Abbatt Toys was founded by Paul and Marjorie Abbatt in the early 1930s, and there are many images throughout the substantial book showing a range of period photographs, plans, sketches and products.

Faber and Andlyn celebrate five years of the Fab Prize.

With Gender Swapped Fairy Tales, Karrie Fransman and Jonathan Plackett give an ingenious update to these familiar stories. Their aim for children “to grow up in a world where little girls can be powerful and where little boys can express their vulnerability without anger.”

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Shenzhen Illustration Association to tour the winning and highly commended projects from the World Illustration Awards 2020 competition.

The 2021 AOI Mentorship is now fully underway. Meet the mentees!

One of the picture books Longlisted for this year’s Klaus Flugge Prize is Bartholomew and the Morning Monsters amusingly illustrated by Ruan van Vliet, and we talk to him about his experience with his first picture book.

AOI Member Cecilie Barstad (Creative Director of Gilles & Cecilie) has recently published her new book ‘Rear Window‘,an illustrated anthology observing life in the converted old London Arsenal Stadium during the first national UK lockdown. We go deep into the project and interview Barstad about the process, from sketching to publishing.

The UK’s Spring Budget has been announced today, Wednesday 3 March 2021.

The Northern School of Art, supported by the AOI, announce the Northern Illustration Prize 2021 – now calling for entries.

Jo Ann Miller, consultant at Directory of Illustration, has shared her keen marketing sensibility and love of the illustration industry with artists worldwide for over 27 years.