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NEW Spring 2018 Illustration Brochure

We are bringing a little sunshine to London Book Fair this week with our brand new Spring 2018 brochure. This seasons extended portfolio showcases some of the incredible talent represented by Arena in the illustrated fiction and non-fiction field.

Aleksei Bitskoff: Beyond the Odyssey

This month sees the launch Maz Evan’s third raucous adventure Beyond the Odyssey with another epic cover illustrated by our very own Aleksei Bitskoff. Published by Chicken House.

King Coo in The Phoenix Comic

To celebrate the publication of King Coo in paperback Adam has teamed up with the gang at The Phoenix Comic for a month of mayhem, each weekly issue for a month will include a double page “Coo-traption” extravaganza solving a variety of seemingly unsolvable problems

Catch That Egg Illustrated by Anna Chernyshova

Spring is in the air in Catch That Egg! and there’s a flurry of baby animals including Floppit and his gigantic furry bunny feet bouncing off the pages. This stunning bloom-filled picture book has been written by Lucy Rowland, illustrated by Anna Chernyshova and published by Macmillan

Steve May Illustrates Noah Scape…

Introducing Noah, Noah…Noah and Noah and Noah…and Noah!? Noah Scape, Can’t Stop Repeating Himself by Guy Bass and illustrated Steve May publishes with Barrington Stoke on March 15th

Fabio the World’s Greatest Flamingo Detective

Fabio is a tricolour triumph so pour yourself a glass on pink lemonade and get on the case with Fabio the detective and his giraffe associate Gilbert

Arena March Calendar by Frances Castle

Our desktop calendar image for March is this arresting image by Frances Castle from the vinyl cover, The Green Line, for record label Clay Pipe Music

Arena February Calendar by Adam Stower

February is here and we celebrate with this dashing fellow, Piggy Handsome illustrated by the equally dashing Adam Stower

Happy New Year: 2018 Arena Calendar

We welcome in the New Year with the first of our Arena Desktop Calendar 2018 images by Graham Carter for the Children’s BAFTA awards.

Arena Illustration Calendar 2018

To all of our smashing clients thank you so much for such a wonderful range of interesting projects over the last year and for your trust in our illustrators to deliver great work. To all of our incredible illustrators we are so proud of what you do.

We wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Fulfilling New Year.

Arena December Calendar by Kristyna Litten

We round off this year’s desktop calendar with a beautiful illustration by Kristyna Litten, Winter Birds for December

Arena November Calendar by Levi Pinfold

Our November calendar image is by Levi Pinfold, this atmospheric cover illustration is for The Secret Horses of Briar Hill, written by Megan Shepherd and published by Walker Books

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We celebrate All Hallows’ Eve with this charming illustration by Anna Chernyshova

Arena October Calendar by John Howe

Our October calendar image is this stunning image by John Howe taken from the cover of A Miscellany of Magical Beasts (Bloomsbury)

Arena September Calendar by Euan Cook

Our September Calendar image is by Euan Cook, taken from Either Way, the graphic novel he illustrated for Magination Press

Arena August Calendar by Aleksei Bitskoff

Our pin up for August’s Calendar is this marvellous mischief of mice created by Aleksei Bitskoff

Arena July Calendar by Jonny Duddle

Taken from his forthcoming picture book, ‘Pirates of Scurvy Sands’, our July calendar image is by Jonny Duddle which should have you rushing to the coast to indulge in some sun, sea and surf

Arena May Calendar by Adam Stower

Arena Calendar image for May is by Adam Stower, taken from his first novel for children, King Coo, published by David Fickling Books this week