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2019 Summer Reading Challenge Intergalactic Success

The Space Chase Summer Reading Challenge campaign branded by Adam Stower launched across the Nation in July, encouraging young readers from 4 to 11 to read 6 books over the summer holidays. With a clever rewards system, engaging activity packs and a cornucopia of eye catching display material the 2019 challenge was a blast off success from the start.

Blast off with The Summer Reading Challenge Space Chase

Blast off in to space on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with the 20th Summer Reading Challenge, branded with intergalactic illustrations by Adam Stower and complete with smelly stickers, little readers will not fail to be inspired to visit their local library to get on board.

Enter a world of adventure at Discover Story Centre

With a huge tooty fanfare we are thrilled to announce our collaboration with Discover Story Centre in Stratford on July 27th with a whole day of events with Adam Stower, Jonny Duddle and Simon Bartram.

Instagram to Instafan…

At Arena HQ we are thoroughly enjoying embracing Instagram to share the amazing work our illustrators create, it’s the perfect visual platform to showcase the best of the best as well as brilliant little snippets and sneak peeks.

Adam Stower strikes Gold with King Coo Book Two!

The Curse of the Mummys Gold is the second instalment in the raucous, rip-roaring laugh-a-minute fiction series by Adam Stower (published by David Fickling Books)

Building Worlds With Our NEW SHOWCASE PORTFOLIO!

It’s that exciting time of year again, the moment we get to reveal our new showcase brochure featuring some of the amazing new work our illustrators have been busily beavering away on. This season we have focused on world- building and character creation, mirroring some of the recent successes some of our brands have had on the small screen.

Troll and the Oliver are back with a show stopper challenge!

It’s been 5 whole years since jolly little Oliver first evaded the big blue troll, in Adam Stower’s Troll and the Oliver published by Templar, and now they are back with a brand new look cover!

In a slapstick game of cat and mouse, clever Oliver deftly manages to avoid certain death at the hands of a trolls digestive system. Troll is set on a Oliver shaped morsel and he won’t stop until he gets one, has Oliver’s luck run out?

Unlocking Imaginations with King Coo Events

Learning to write is one of the most important things that a child at primary school will learn. Children use their writing in almost all other subjects of the curriculum and good writing also gives children a voice to share their ideas with the world. This week we’ve been out and about with King Coo creator Adam Stower road testing a brand new King Coo event.

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

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

Piggy Hero the sequel: Adam Stower

Pip Jones has returned with her Guinea Pig hero Piggy Handsome and his sidekick Budgie, Jeff. ‘Piggy Hero’, illustrated by Adam Stower published by Faber and Faber

Piggy Handsome by Pip Jones and Adam Stower

Piggy Handsome – ‘a guinea pig destined to be sat on’ is a new series for young readers who enjoy a good laugh. Beautifully illustrated with soft charismatic drawings by Adam Stower which perfectly catches the charm of this little creature and his best buddie Jeff a little blue budgie.

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

King Coo by Adam Stower

Adam Stower’s first novel for children, King Coo published by David Fickling Books.
“If Peter Pan had been a girl… with a beard… then she’d have probably been called King Coo”

Adam Stower: Animals Behaving Badly

Adam Stower’s lively illustrations just leap off the pages of this fabulous new book, “Animals Behaving Badly” by Nicola Davies, published by Walker Books

Adam Stower: The Thornthwaite Betrayal

Adam Stower has created another fabulous cover illustration for Gareth P. Jones’ ‘The Thornthwaite Betrayal’, published by Piccadilly Press

October Calendar, Death or Ice Cream?

Arena’s October calendar is Adam Stower’s striking book cover for Gareth P. Jones published by Hot Key Books.

Odd Aquaticum- Just Published

Check out Adam Stower’s marvellous illustrations for Alistair Grim’s Odd Aquaticum by Gregory Funaro, published by Alma Books, out this month!