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Double page spread of a book with labeled illustrations of a sausage, chips and baked beans.

A Q&A with illustrator and writer Matthew Hodson

Matthew Hodson, illustrator and writer

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A double page spread of a book featuring some text about the 1948 London Olympics and an illustration of someone lighting a huge torch, and next to them is a big flock of birds in the sky.

A Q&A with illustrator Laura Carlin

Laura Carlin, Illustrator

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An illustration of a person with a covering over their head with spikes on it. They have a hole in their head with smoke coming out from it. They appear to be standing on a beach with the sea behind them. The sky is pink.

Book of the Month: Boy Island

Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre team

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Photograph of an open book with an illustration of imprisoned people

History of Press Graphics

Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team

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Photograph of two hands opening up a copy of the Illustration and Heritage book.

Book of the Month: Illustration and Heritage

Katie McCurrach, Quentin Blake Centre team

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A person in a colourful studio space leaning on a desk looking ahead smiling. There are artworks stuck on the wall.

A Q&A with illustrator Tess Smith-Roberts

Tess Smith-Roberts, Illustrator

28 February 2024

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Japanese woodcut print of a fisherman standing at the edge of a rock, casting their net into a turbulent sea. An imposing Mount Fuji looms large in the background.

Book of the Month: Hokusai's Fuji

Tara Vidisha Ghose, Quentin Blake Centre team

27 November 2023

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Front cover of Brilliant Black British History, featuring a number of illustrated faces and figures, arranged around the book title.

A Q&A with Kingsley Nebechi on illustrating Brilliant Black History

Kingsley Nebechi, Illustrator

31 October 2023

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A double page spread of an open book with colourful panels of illustration and the text, 'A poem for our land'.

Book of the Month: The Land of Uncertainty

Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre Team

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Front cover of the book, 'Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide' with the author's name 'Kate Charlesworth' at the bottom. At the top of the cover is a quote by Posy Simmonds, 'A stunning achievement.'.

Book of the Month: Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre Team

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Red and yellow illustration of two people looking at pieces of paper in their hands, both people smiling.

One Hundred Years of Photo Wallets

Annebella Pollen, Professor of Visual and Material Culture at University of Brighton

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Flip-through of Feelings: A Story in Seasons

A Q&A with Manjit Thapp about Feelings: A Story in Seasons

Manjit Thapp, illustrator and graphic novellist

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A spread from Drawing for Illustration by Martin Salisbury

Book of the Month: Drawing for Illustration

Tara Vidisha Ghose, Quentin Blake Centre team

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Black and white illustration of Tove Jansson with Moomin troll characters surrounding her and sitting in her lap

Book of the Month: Tove Jansson

Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team

3 February 2023

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A moving flip-through of the Kalakarm Curriculum

A Q&A with Siddhi Gupta about the Kalakarm Curriculum

Siddhi Gupta, creator of the Kalakarm Curriculum

16 January 2023

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