A day in the life of Book Festival...

My Poster Design

Megan and The Book Eating Beast

Niamh Sharkey, Norton Virgien, Lisa O Connor and Megan Mc Mahon

Artwork from The Ravenous Beast

Austrian Illustrators Book Work

Oscar

Laureate NaÓg Siobhan Parkinson

Hey guys! Time to catch up and tell you abut all the amazing things happening for Children's Book Festival! Last Friday was the opening of Images Beyond Borders an exhibition of Irish and Austrian Picture Book Illustrators. It was launched last Friday by our wonderful Laureate na nÓg Siobhán Parkinson and Karin Fichtinger-Grohe, Deputy Minister at the Austrian Embassy, at The No Grants Gallery in Temple Bar. I have to say I am so proud to be included in this exhibition. It is right in the heart of Temple Bar and really raises the bar :) It runs for the month of October so make sure to pop in! although they do close for lunch!

Tomorrow I'll post up photos of my Book Festival Library visits, Doodle Mania and how I met the infamous Don Conroy in Skerries!

Exhibition In Temple Bar This Friday!

Images Beyond Borders, a new exhibition of illustrations from children’s literature, featuring Irish and Austrian illustrators opens at The No Grants Gallery in Temple Bar this Friday at 7pm, information here.

The exhibition features 8 original pieces of art from The Ravenous Beast and also includes artwork of The Book Eating Monster! It runs until 27th of October.

BookFest Fever!

It's Book Festival time! I am the official Book Festival Illustrator. For this year’s poster competition CBI are asking you to come up with a name for the book-eating monster who appears on the Children’s Book Festival poster. You could win some fantastic prizes for your school or library! Enter here!

For my BookFest tour dates I'll be visiting libraries in Dublin and Cork this year. I am also one of the illustrators exhibiting at Images Beyond Borders, a new exhibition of illustrations from children’s literature, featuring work by Irish and Austrian illustrators. It is the result of an exciting collaboration between the Irish children’s books laureate, Laureate na nÓg, Siobhán Parkinson, and the Austrian Embassy, and will run for three weeks. The exhibition of orignal art including the Book Eating Monster opens at The No Grants Gallery in Temple Bar this Friday at 7pm. Info here.