Nandi Nandi logo and merchandise. Nandi Nandi is an event caterer serving Southern African food to British audiences. THey have recently opened a cupcake and party decorations shop. [a_gallery]
Events: June 2012
This Thursday, June 14 I’m giving a workshop in Islingotn at Platform. Cambridge Education @ Islington run a shadowing programme for the Greenaway award for primary schools. Children look at the illustrations in the shortlisted books and think about whether they work and why they like them. They then invited to an event where they feedback about the books and…… Continue reading Events: June 2012
Tiger One Page Book
[a_gallery] Months later, here is an example of a finished product. A finished One Page Book. We are aiming to produce six books per class per year for a primary or junior school. That’s a total of 36 OPBs in a full set. It will take time so we are concentrating on press-school to year…… Continue reading Tiger One Page Book
Books are too expensive, or so I’ve been told
What can you do? You hear something like, I really love your books but this one is too expensive. Why is so pricey? You explain; all the expertise, time and hours that have gone in to making the book, the production in China, the… You realise that your fan has glazed over, dipped out, you’ve…… Continue reading Books are too expensive, or so I’ve been told
Teams
Publishing is a team effort with each person playing a specific and vital role in the development of a book. It is also a space where one person with one idea can change everything. Take diversity in Western publishing organisations. It has been discussed and argued for decades that a more diverse industry will be…… Continue reading Teams
“Cowboy Come home”
Working with text and pictures. The text is written and the layouts are nearly done. The working tittle is above. Here are sketches showing the treatment of the text which, to me, should be almost illustrated. The final exploration will be to bring type and image much closer together. Recently, agents and publishers have asked…… Continue reading “Cowboy Come home”
