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News and updates from our team and collaborators.
Spotlight on Animation with the AOI
Inside the Course: Illustrating Children's Books with Claire Alexander
Inside the Course: 2D Animation with Harriet Gillian and Hannah Jacobs
Inside the Course: Developing an Illustration Practice with Lily Kong
Birthday Wings: Own a Quentin Blake Original
Quentin Blake unveils new mural ahead of opening of world’s largest space for illustration
Cockatoos fly into Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
World’s largest space dedicated to illustration announces debut exhibitions
National Illustration Day 2025 Highlights
Meet the Structural Engineer
Premma Makanji, Structural Engineer
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration to open in June 2026
Alicia Powell, Quentin Blake Centre team
Meet the Landscape Designer
Sue Amos, Landscape Designer
Renowned illustrator Oliver Jeffers joins board of Trustees
Alicia Powell, Quentin Blake Centre team
Quentin Blake's Airborne
Liz Williams, Archivist at Quentin Blake’s studio
Not For Art's Sake
Claudia Zeff, Creative Consultant to Quentin Blake
Meet the Services Engineer
Bianca Wilcox, Max Fordham
Meet the Gallery Designer
Matt Schwab, All Things Studio
Happy National Illustration Day!
Lindsey Glen, Director
A day in the life of an Illustrator
The Association of Illustrators
Meet the Architect
Tim Ronalds, Tim Ronalds Architects
Quentin Blake’s Feathered and Four Legged Friends
Katie McCurrach, Quentin Blake Centre team
History of Information
Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre team
Who’s coming out to play?
Kirsty Sullivan, Quentin Blake Centre team
A Q&A with illustrator and print-maker Viola Wang
Viola Wang, illustrator and print-maker
A Q&A with illustrator and writer Matthew Hodson
Matthew Hodson, illustrator and writer
Quentin Blake's A Hundred Portraits
Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre team
Bobby Joseph's Laureate Library List of Graphic Novels
Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre team
A Q&A with illustrator Laura Carlin
Laura Carlin, Illustrator
Boy Island
Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre team
Remembering John Yeoman
Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team
Comics for MPs
Myfanwy Tristram, Comics Cultural Impact Collective
A Q&A with artist, animator and educator Lily Ash Sakula
Lily Ash Sakula, Illustrator
A big thank you
Lindsey Glen, Director
A Q&A with picture book creator Anka Schwelgin
Jo Shallow, Quentin Blake Centre team
History of Press Graphics
Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team
Illustration and Heritage
Katie McCurrach, Quentin Blake Centre team
A Q&A with illustrator and creative educator Jhinuk Sarkar
Jhinuk Sarkar, Illustrator
A dozen new drawings of old friends
Claudia Zeff, Quentin Blake’s Creative Consultant
A Q&A with illustrator Tess Smith-Roberts
Tess Smith-Roberts, Illustrator
A Q&A with illustrator and creative educator Grace Holliday
Grace Holliday, Illustrator
New River Adventurers
Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team
Celebrating National Illustration Day 2023
Lindsey Glen, Quentin Blake Centre team
Hokusai's Fuji
Tara Vidisha Ghose, Quentin Blake Centre team
A Q&A with Lena Yokoyama on celebrating illustration
Lena Yokoyama, Illustrator
A Q&A with Kingsley Nebechi on illustrating Brilliant Black History
Kingsley Nebechi, Illustrator
A Q&A with Nina Chakrabarti on illustrating history
Nina Chakrabarti, Illustrator
The Land of Uncertainty
Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre Team
Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide
Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre Team
One Hundred Years of Photo Wallets
Annebella Pollen, Professor of Visual and Material Culture at University of Brighton
A Q&A with Manjit Thapp about Feelings: A Story in Seasons
Manjit Thapp, illustrator and graphic novellist
Drawing for Illustration
Tara Vidisha Ghose, Quentin Blake Centre team
Tove Jansson
Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team
A Q&A with Siddhi Gupta about the Kalakarm Curriculum
Siddhi Gupta, creator of the Kalakarm Curriculum
A Q&A with Liz Williams, Archivist at Quentin Blake’s studio
Liz Williams, Archivist at Quentin Blake’s studio
Quentin Blake at 90 - our favourites
Tara Vidisha Ghose, Quentin Blake Centre team
A Q&A with non-fiction illustrator Owen Davey
Owen Davey, Quentin Blake Centre course tutor
A Q&A with picture book author and illustrator Claire Alexander
Claire Alexander, Quentin Blake Centre course tutor
A Q&A with children’s picture book illustrator Sharon King-Chai
Sharon King-Chai, Quentin Blake Centre panelist
A Q&A with graphic novelist Rachael Ball
Rachael Ball, Quentin Blake Centre course tutor
The Centre is in Progress!
Lindsey Glen, Quentin Blake Centre team
Illustrating Verse
Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team
From the experts: advice for emerging fashion illustrators
Josie Spalla, Quentin Blake Centre team
A Q&A with fashion illustrators Montana Forbes and Joanna Layla
Natasha Knight, The AOI
A Q&A with illustrator Laura Copsey and designer Philip Crewe
Laura Copsey and Philip Crewe, Quentin Blake Centre resident illustrators
A Q&A with illustrator Sharpay Chenyuè Yuán
Sharpay Chenyuè Yuán, Quentin Blake Centre resident illustrator
Copsey and Crewe Narrative Extraction Services
Laura Copsey, Philip Crewe, Quentin Blake Centre resident illustrators
Remembering Raymond Briggs
Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team
New look, same love for illustration
Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team
Uncovering hidden heritage at New River Head
Lindsey Glen, Quentin Blake Centre team
Freddy and Ernest: a mid-century LGBTQIA+ picture book
Josie Spalla, Quentin Blake Centre team
Illustration first moves
Josie Spalla, Quentin Blake Centre team