Alex T. Smith: Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets
The adventure seeking, fish finger sandwich eating Mr Penguin is back with the second book in the series by Alex T. Smith, the international bestselling creator of Claude.
All Aboard the School Bus of Horrors Illustrated by Euan Cook
From dawn to dusk, the School Bus of Horrors rumbles along city streets and down country roads, searching for another passenger. It looks like any other bus - yellow, black marking, and dirty windows. But BEWARE! Step aboard and experience the ride of your life, or the last ride you’ll ever take!
PRESS START! It’s Blast Off with Thomas Flintham
This action packed series of books created by Thomas Flintham will be sure to entice even the most addicted screen fiends away from their electronic devices and into a crazy inter galactic world of Super Rabbit Boy. These handy bite sized adventures for newly emerging readers are generously illustrated in full colour throughout and perfectly tap into the world of computer games and high octane adventure.
An Interview With Emerging Young Illustrator – Joe Lillington
Arena have represented Joe Lillington for two years and in that time he has emerged as a go-to illustrator for historical non-fiction books for children. With his forthcoming book Ancient Warriors written by Iris Volant and published by Flying Eye Books hitting the shelves in August, Joe takes some time out to discuss his process and where he finds inspiration over on Arena’s blog here. The interview includes time-lapse videos of some of the work in progress he did on the spreads from Ancient Warriors.
Frances Castle Illustrates Journeys of Discovery for Wide Eyed Editions
Frances Castle returns with a second fun and fact-packed non-fiction book in the Spot the Mistake series published by Wide Eyed Editions this month. Journeys of Discover is a lavish and large format, fully illustrated hardback which provides readers with an immersive, puzzle solving experience with a variety of red herrings, misplaced props and out of context objects cleverly hidden within each spread.
Football Crazy With Spike Gerrell
Time to dust off your football boots and prepare for the 2018 Fifa World Cup.
Levi Pinfold Wins The Amnesty CILIP Honour
We’re very proud to announce that Levi Pinfold has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Amnesty CILIP Honour in the Kate Greenaway category for his illustrations in A.F. Harrold’s book, The Song From Somewhere Else (Bloomsbury).
Levi Pinfold Illustrates New Hogwarts House Editions of the Chamber of Secrets
We celebrate the launch of the new covers of the 20th Anniversary editions of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, produced in the vibrant house colours and illustrated by Levi Pinfold. Bloomsbury will release the new house editions this summer in both hardback and softcover versions with the choice of Gryffindor red, Slytherin green, Ravenclaw blue, and Hufflepuff yellow.
Alex T. Smith Animated Claude TV Series on Disney Junior UK
Drum roll please… Disney Junior will be bringing a new animated TV series to UK screens, based on the much-loved books about a beret-clad dog by Alex T. Smith - Claude will air on 4th June.
The SAA Associate Prize for New Talent in Illustration at New Designers 2018, Part 2 July 4 – 7
The Society of Artists Agents (SAA) is delighted to be working in partnership with New Designers 2018.