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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.

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.

The Invincible Tony Spears and The Brilliant Blob

Tony 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

Shortlisted for the LOLLIES 2017

Congratulations to Neal Layton and Andy Stanton for their inclusion on the shortlist for this year’s Scholastic Laugh Out Loud Book Awards.

Arena June Calendar by Neal Layton

Summer 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

Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed Wins Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2016

Uncle 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

Neal Layton: Danny McGee Drinks the Sea

Neal 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

Picture Books are Important!

Why 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.

3 Arena Artists Nominated for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards – update

Neal Layton, Alex T. Smith and Thomas Flintham have been nominated in the Coventry Inspiration 2017 Book Awards.

The Invincible Tony Spears by Neal Layton- Just Published

Neal Layton’s latest children’s book adventure, The Invincible Tony Spears, published by Hodder, is out today!

Outta This World: Space! – The Facts

Our next stop in our out of this world space series is non-fiction, that’s right the FACTS about space!

Neal Layton, The Tree

Children’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?

Arena Spring Portfolio 2016

Arena’s new illustrations for the Spring portfolio are here!

April 2016 Calendar- Neal Layton

This 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.

Arena’s Doncaster Book Award Nominees…

Neal Layton, Thomas Flintham and Aleksei Bitskoff have all illustrated book which have been nominated for the Doncaster Book Award!

Neal Layton’s Updated Portfolio!

Neal 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.

Happy Spooky Halloween!

Our illustrators love to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve so we thought it would be a good opportunity to share some of our favourite spooky illustrations

Neal Layton: Big Draw: Bartholomew & The Bees

Neal Layton created a magnificent mural at Discover Children’s Story Centre for the Big Draw 2015