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Levi Pinfold’s Illustrates 20th Anniversary Editions of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Levi Pinfold’s Illustrates 20th Anniversary Editions of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (illustrator, Phosphor Art)

It’s 20 magical years since we opened the pages of J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third spell binding Harry Potter story in which readers were first introduced to the notion of casting their Patronus, a protective spell that manifests as a silvery animal guardian.

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Rebirding Cover Design by Graham Carter

Rebirding Cover Design by Graham Carter (Arena Illustration, illustrator, Publishing Jobs)

Printmaker and illustrator Graham Carter’s intricate and beautifully patterned work is influenced by the natural world and all of it’s textures and hues. When the conservation writer Benedict Macdonald got in touch about Graham illustrating his latest book, Rebirding, it seemed like the perfect fit.

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Behind the Book: The World Book Day Monster illustrated by Ada Grey

Behind the Book: The World Book Day Monster illustrated by Ada Grey (Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator)

Following the festivity of World Book Day earlier this month, it was timely to go behind the scenes of the magical new picture book The World Book Day Monster written by Adam & Charlotte Guillain. The book, from Egmont, is a celebration of stories, capturing all the excitement and imagination the day inspires as one young reader tries to find someone to share the magic of her favourite book with.

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Introducing: Raquel Marín

Introducing: Raquel Marín (Bright Group, illustrator)

Raquel Marín has built a career out of her passion for typography. Not only does she have a master’s degree in the subject, she is the author of a graphic design book ‘Ortotypography for Designers’ published in 2013 by Gustavo Gili (Barcelona), she founded a small firm, Lalolagrafica, specialising in editorial design and typography and, did we mention, she is currently writing a PhD thesis on the subject too?

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