Joey Yu grew up in the UK, but as a child went to Hong Kong with her family most summers. In Varoom 39 she talks about her nostalgic feelings for these trips and her other travels.

This October, we’re at Hoxton Arches exploring what it means to be innovative in the context of illustration, asking; how can this versatile medium be stretched to its creative limits?

Sennep Games’ Alphaputt is a mobile game that combines the studio’s passions for typography, crazy golf and pop culture from the 1980s and 90s. Shane Walter talks to creative director Matt Rice about how Sennep’s nostalgic fantasy world became a reality.

Serena Katt talks to Paul Gravett for the Nostalgia issue about her graphic memoir of her grandfather, ‘Sunday’s Child’, which considers what we choose to remember and to forget.

Manshen Lo created the artwork for the cover of the Nostalgia issue of Varoom. We asked her about her concept and process.

AOI Members can submit their work for the next Members’ exhibition at Hoxton Arches!

In a 2009 interview from Varoom magzine we celebrate Judith Kerr, who talks Mog, her then current work and of course, The Tiger Who Came To Tea – ‘We never thought of a Tiger as something ‘bitey’.’

Taking Enid Blyton’s Famous Five as the backbone of the ongoing campaign for GWR, the instant nostalgic hit of the stories and Eileen Soper’s distinctive illustrative style have become a success for GWR and Electric Theatre.

What did AOI get up to at the Fair? Delivering several events (including on Publishing Contracts), offering advice at the EIF stand Helpdesk, and meeting members who were attending. We also hear from four illustrators who visited in 2019 – “It was such an invigorating experience”.

What’s in issue 39 of Varoom illustration magazine? It’s the Nostalgia issue.