Book Awards: the illustration finalists
This year's NZCYA Awards coverage kicks off with the Russell Clark Award for Illustration Award finalists! We have some exclusive...
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Katie O'Neill: Blue Skies and Happy Dragons
Have you read many comics with Deaf characters using sign language? How about queer characters and environmental themes? Katie O'Neill is...
Illustrating a Classic with Sarah Greig
Earlier this year, Hachette New Zealand ran a unique competition: seeking new illustration concepts for Margaret Mahy's classic The Boy...
Book Awards: the illustration finalists
As part of our ongoing finalist coverage of this year's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we have some glorious...
A Day in the Life: Illustrator Kimberly Andrews
Kimberly Andrews is the illustrator of the re-illustrated Joy Cowley picture book, Song of the River (Gecko Press). Here she tells us –...
How to Capture an Audience (Kiwi-style)
In April, Ruth Paul and Juliette MacIver took their Kiwi author-illustrator talents over to the United Arab Emirates – more specifically,...
Minky Stapleton's A-Z of Making a Book
Illustrating a picture book is not a simple A-to-B process. Minky Stapleton (the illustrator of Linda Jane Keegan's Things in the Sea are...
A Day in the Life of Stevie Mahardhika
Illustrator Stevie Mahardhika is best known for his work for Scholastic NZ, including Row, Kiwi, Row Your Boat and the new picture book...
Interview with illustrator Phoebe Morris
Phoebe Morris is the illustrator of a series of acclaimed picture book biographies written by David Hill, which have included the stories...
Donotello and Roofael in conversation
Two of New Zealand's most celebrated, funny and prolific author-illustrators let us eavesdrop on a chat they had recently. Here are Ruth...
Picture Book Design, the Unsung Hero
Our editor, Jane Arthur, looks into what goes into designing a picture book, and talks with the illustrator and designer of the new...
Behind the Scenes of Puffin the Architect
Kimberly Andrews is the Wellington-based author and illustrator of the new, critically acclaimed picture book, Puffin the Architect...
A Day in the Life: Illustrator Kirsten Slade
Kirsten Slade is the illustrator of the new kids' novel by Eirlys Hunter, The Mapmakers' Race (Gecko Press). Here she tells us – in words...
Book Awards: the illustration finalists
As part of our finalist coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we have some exclusive insights into the...
A Day in the Life: Illustrator Craig Phillips
Craig Phillips describes a typical day in the life of an internationally published, multi award-winning, homeschooling illustrator of...
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