People of Peace celebrates the lives, acts and hopes of 40 of the world’s most important peace activists. Laid out in an Infographic style, the accessible layout and stylish simplicity makes the book a ‘Who’s Who’ of the human rights heroes.

From 1 July 2018 remote loans of ebooks and e-audio-books from public libraries will be collected,and first payments will be made in February 2020.

Chris Labrooy has an enviable career with his work being seen across UK, Europe and the States in advertising, editorial and publishing. Take a minute to read this insight into his practice and his advice for other Illustrators!

Tim Vyner has created reportage images from the Street Child United World Cup “It’s been incredibly vibrant from start to finish and it’s been fantastic to see sport and art changing the lives of so many people.”

This book is the result of two craftsmen at work – a rollercoaster ride of events describing one misfortune after another as Bruce and Allan attempt to write, illustrate then publish a book about a crocodile.

The AOI are aware of the challenges of licensing illustration-led animation images for additional uses. Chris Page of Jelly London lays down some important pointers on this practice.

The AOI takes World Illustration Awards and Jack Sachs to Korea with vibrant programme of events.

This year’s professional Books Category sponsored by NoBrow Professional winner is Soo Kyung Cho for her book Me & Me.

Andreea Dobrin Dinu is this year’s Advertising New Talent Category winner for her illustrations for Art Safari 2017, Romania’s largest art fair.

For a young child, understanding all the little nuances and quirks of human social behaviour must be bewildering. But this book will gently embed into their minds all the names we learn to give our relatives; auntie, nephew, cousin, step-dad etc.

Come down to Somerset House in London between 7 and 20 June to marvel at the wonderfully varied display of the shortlisted 200 works. There is a great variety of..

As well as being great illustrations to view, these varied book illustrations by Edward Bawden are an inspiration in their strength of composition and sparing use of colour.

World Illustration Awards announced at buzzing private view

Illustrator and Animator Rune Fisker is a Coperhagen-based and Danish born designer, who’s dynamic compositions and vivid colours caught the eye of the AOI team and led to animated dialog for June’s Member of the Month.

Light, bright and happy, this is a charming story.”I was imagining a book where the words were opposite to the pictorial narrative, so that children could get a feeling of knowing something that their parent didn’t,” says Eve Coy.

The Australian government is intending to revise their copyright laws and have issued a consultation paper on copyright modernisation, which AOI has responded to.

What’s the best way to operate in the world – all by yourself or with a team of supportive pals? It’s elephants versus mice in this fun, charming story.

Paul Thurlby is this year’s Site Specific Professional Category winner for his illustrations commissioned by John Lewis for their ‘National Treasures’ themed window and store displays, capturing the theme of Britain’s national treasures, from ice creams by the seaside, to afternoon tea.

Two free Walker Books Family Workshops will take place at Somerset House on the 9th June 2018.

Selected from over 3,300 entries, the shortlist and category winners represent the very best of illustration today.

Shih-Hsien Hsu is the New Talent Books category winner for his project ‘Nordic Happiness’.

Your immersive snapshot into the nation’s emergent creative design talent will be coming to New Designers this summer, for two weeks from 27-30 June & 4-7 July.

International copyright law expert, Florian Koempel, looks at the impact of Brexit on UK copyright and other relevant European developments for the AOI.

Pictoplasma, the festival of character design and art, invites all global youth (aged 18—24) to augment the banality of everyday by giving a face to their imaginary friends and secret sidekicks.

We’ve created resources for the Price It Right campaign which supports illustrators and commissioners to be confident in pricing illustration. First up is Pricing Basics.

For the extensive profile in Varoom 37, John O’Reilly talks to the illustrators, art directors and editors who create the sumptuous editions for The Folio Society.

Payments are now available in Euro as well as Pounds! It’s never been easier to join the AOI, with payment in 12 affordable instalments over the year to ease your cashflow.

There will be no requirement for copyright holders to register their IP in the UK following the dropping of a proposed register by the Intellectual Property Office.

With interest in Reportage continuing to grow, this book shows riveting work and provides a strong argument for the power of illustration as a witness and recorder of events through first hand observation.

Launching the Prize shortlist, Lauren Child discussed how first book Clarice Bean, That’s Me came to be, and talks about being Children’s Laureate, perceptions of illustrators and whether they are ‘too nice’.