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.
Filed under: Arena, Children's Books, New Work, NewsTo 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.
Filed under: ArenaTony Spears sets out on his second exciting adventure through the button in his kitchen which takes him to the flight deck of the Invincible spaceship
Filed under: Children's Books, Just Published, Neal LaytonCongratulations to Neal Layton and Andy Stanton for their inclusion on the shortlist for this year’s Scholastic Laugh Out Loud Book Awards.
Filed under: Awards, Children's Books, Neal LaytonSummer is here! The sun is out and what better image to celebrate June than this magnificent piece by Neal Layton, taken from Danny McGee Drinks the Sea
Filed under: Children's Books, Just Published, Neal LaytonUncle Gobb and the Dread Shed, written by Michael Rosen with riotous illustrations by Neal Layton was the overall winner of the Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2016
Filed under: Awards, Children's Books, Neal LaytonNeal Layton has teamed up with Andy Stanton, author of Mr Gum, for this hilarious new book, Danny McGee Drinks The Sea, published by Hodder Children’s Books
Filed under: Children's Books, Just Published, Neal LaytonWhy are picture books so important? The main difference between picture books and other books is that picture books are highly illustrated, they are a collaboration of words and pictures, both are as important as each other in telling the story, directly communicating with children.
Filed under: Children's Books, The Illustration ProcessNeal Layton, Alex T. Smith and Thomas Flintham have been nominated in the Coventry Inspiration 2017 Book Awards.
Filed under: Alex T Smith, Awards, Children's Books, Neal Layton, Thomas FlinthamNeal Layton’s latest children’s book adventure, The Invincible Tony Spears, published by Hodder, is out today!
Filed under: Children's Books, Just Published, Neal LaytonOur next stop in our out of this world space series is non-fiction, that’s right the FACTS about space!
Filed under: Arena, Children's Books, Concept Art and Character Design, Frances Castle, Neal Layton, Thomas FlinthamChildren’s illustrator Neal Layton’s newest picture book is here, The tree. Home to a family of birds in their nest, but what happens to the animals when a man and woman decide to cut it down and use it for their dream house?
Filed under: Children's Books, Just Published, Neal LaytonArena’s new illustrations for the Spring portfolio are here!
Filed under: Arena, Children's Books, New WorkThis April’s Arena calendar is a sneak peek of Neal Layton’s Invincible Tony Spears! We have just updated Neal’s portfolio so take a look to see more of Tony, that will be published later in the year by Hodder Children’s Books.
Filed under: Arena, Children's Books, Neal LaytonNeal Layton, Thomas Flintham and Aleksei Bitskoff have all illustrated book which have been nominated for the Doncaster Book Award!
Filed under: Aleksei Bitskoff, Arena, Awards, Children's Books, Neal Layton, Thomas FlinthamNeal Layton’s portfolio has been updated with some of his latest work (and some that you can’t even buy yet!) Watch out for two titles written and illustrated by Neal and some excellent alternative books.
Filed under: Book Covers, Children's Books, Neal Layton, New WorkOur illustrators love to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve so we thought it would be a good opportunity to share some of our favourite spooky illustrations
Filed under: ArenaNeal Layton created a magnificent mural at Discover Children’s Story Centre for the Big Draw 2015
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