Illustrators featured in The Parliamentary Review

Attending the Bologna Childrens Book Fair is exciting and sometimes slightly overwhelming, but with the right advice and planning you can make the most of it. Many Agents, both for artwork and literary/artwork attend Bologna, and we asked Penny from Holroyde Cartey and Steph from The Artworks for their top tips for the Childrens Book Fair.

The perfect guide for visiting Bologna. Illustrator Jean Mackey Lebleu revisits her guide to BCBF for first-time visitors to the 2019 fair. From travel to portfolio reviews, it’s all here.

We celebrate Illustrator and artist Toby Leigh who has been a well respected and consistent AOI member for just over 20 years!

The AOI is working with the Small Business Commissioner to chase late payments.

Illustrators globally are invited to enter the inaugural Northern Illustration Prize!!!!

Cat and Dog meet on a bench. The story and ambiguous end of the narrative suggests a book best enjoyed as part of a discussion of the subjects of friendship, thoughtfulness and relationships.

As they transform urban sites, developers are employing strategies to engage with their existing surroundings. Increasingly, working with artists is one of them. We get two differing opinions on this strategy.

An autobiographical skip through Hannah’s tastes in clothing and music, heroes and heroines, with a freestyle approach bringing energy and movement to the dense images.

PIP – the AOI meet up in Bristol – held a discussion around how illustrators manage when it comes to their mental health – and possible solutions.