
James Turner and Steve May Author Event
About James Turner and Steve May James has been making comics for almost as long as he’s been making poos. He is an award-winning cartoonist, illustrator and comic writer with […]

About James Turner and Steve May James has been making comics for almost as long as he’s been making poos. He is an award-winning cartoonist, illustrator and comic writer with […]

About Nicola Colton Nicola is an Irish children’s book illustrator and author. She grew up in rural Offaly, a childhood steeped in superstitions and stories, where fairies were as real as the […]

About Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre Co-authors Sarah and Philip met at the Edinburgh Book Festival in 2010 and decided to start making books together. They come up with the […]

About Nicky Smith-Dale Nicky Smith-Dale is the author of the hilarious Betty Steady series. As a child, she always had her head in the clouds. During her career as a […]

About Kate Thompson & Loretta Schauer Kate Thompson spent much of her childhood with her nose in books, immersed in literary adventures. After a brief stint as a lawyer, Kate […]

About Simon Philip Simon was born in Chichester in 1988 and has lived there ever since. After studying History at Exeter University, he decided to become a primary school teacher. Teaching rekindled his love of children's books, so much so that he decided to have a go at writing his own. He is the author […]

About Ben Sanders Ben Sanders hasn’t stopped drawing since he was a kid. Decades later he still draws . . . and he’s still a kid. Ben lived in the High Andes of Bolivia for several years but his studio can now be found somewhere in Australia. He really dislikes beetroot, so please don’t offer […]

About Nicola Kent Nicola Kent is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. She won the Independent Booksellers' Best New Illustrator Award (2019) and has been shortlisted in both the World Illustration Awards and the Teach Primary Book Awards. She lives in London with her partner, two children, a cat and a dog, and […]

About Alex Atkinson Alex Atkinson loves a ghost story with a sense of humour. She blames a childhood spent playing murder-in-the-dark and listening to her dad’s blood-curdling bedtime stories. Her debut novel, Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman is the first in a spooky new series. It was Blackwell’s Book of the Month in October 2024. She […]

About Eric Huang Eric Huang grew up in Los Angeles. He's always loved science fiction and fantasy. When he studied palaeontology at university he had dreams of discovering dinosaurs, real-life dragons! Field work didn't live up to his Jurassic Park dreams though, so he spent a year doing odd jobs, including giving tram tours at […]

About Hugh Raine Hugh Raine has two heads. Yes, two! He has one for writing and another one for illustrating! When he has his writing head on, he looks really sophisticated in a tweed jacket and rollneck jumper, walking through the West Yorkshire countryside while thinking up humorous stories about rampaging yetis and frolicking flamingos! […]

About Jacob North Jacob North was born in the South of England and grew up with a longing for magical adventures that centred around LGBT+ characters. Struggling to find them on the bookshop shelves, he decided to write one himself. When he’s not learning the Dutch language or holding out for a snowy winter, he’s […]