Attack of the 50ft Laureate!

Last night our Laureate's Christmas video was beamed onto Bolands Mills, Dublin...
Many thanks to the awesome Mags Walsh and Eamon Nolan for pulling this off!

A Very Merry Book Loving Christmas to you all!

Window Painting at Hodges Figgis

I had a deadly time painting the Hodges Figgis Christmas Window yesterday and I couldnt of done it without the  help from Griffeen Valley Educate Together from Lucan! Thank you to David Maybury, Inis Magazine and Children's Books Ireland for the amazing photographs. And to Hodges Figgis for the amazing setting on Dawson Street Dublin. 

Monster Illustrations at The Ark

As part of Telling Tall and Tiny Tales at The Ark, Dublin and as the Children's Laureate I was given a free reign at a GIGANTIC ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP aided and abetted my three illustrators friends: Steve Simpson, Marie Louise Fitzpatrick and Michael Emberley to help create Monster pictures with children last weekend. 

We used huge rolls of canvas and acrylics to create huge panels that will be made into a giant picture book. The theme was Leggit! We created various creatures including hedgehogs, fish, Skeleton Detectives and Chesseburger eating robots legging it after each other.

Amazing creativity burst forth. I particularly loved the brainstorming session with Steve and the 10-12 year olds... And the limited palette of Ikea really suited the robot piece!