Public event for illustration as shortlist announced
Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2017
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The shortlist for the Klaus Flugge Prize, which recognises the most exciting newcomer to children's book illustration, will be announced at a public event at Foyles Charing Cross on Wednesday 17th May. Michael Foreman, Emily Gravett and Mini Grey will also lead discussions on picture book illustration.
Together with the announcement of the shortlist, the Foyles event will celebrate the art of the picture book: Professor Martin Salisbury, Course Leader in the MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art, and illustrators Michael Foreman, Emily Gravett and Mini Grey will discuss what makes great picture book illustration, and how illustrators today use pictures to move, entertain and influence their audience. The 2017 Klaus Flugge Prize shortlist will be announced by last years winner Nicholas John Frith, 2017 judge Tamara Macfarlane and chair of the judges Julia Eccleshare. All of the longlisted illustrators and their editors have been invited to attend. The event will begin at 6.30pm and conclude at 8.00pm. This is a ticketed event and tickets cost 8 or 5 for Foyalty members and students. A glass of wine is included in the cost of the ticket. The venue is The Auditorium at Foyles, Level 6, 107 Charing Cross Road. Tickets can be purchased via the link, below. There are 15 books on the Klaus Flugge Prize longlist. They are: Hannah and Sugar, Kate Berube, edited by Tamar Brazis (Abrams) Baxter's Book, Hrefna Bragadottir, edited by Louise Bolongaro (Nosy Crow) World of Information, James Brown, written by Richard Platt, edited by Denise Johnston-Burt (Walker) Animal Surprises, Abbie Cameron, written and edited by Nicola Davies (Graffeg) Bob the Artist, Marion Deuchars, edited by Elizabeth Jenner (Laurence King Publishing) The Museum of Me, Emma Lewis, edited by Alice Chasey, (Tate) Life is Magic, Meg McLaren, edited Libby Hamilton (Andersen Press) First Snow, Bomi Park, edited by Victoria Rock (Chronicle Book) Little Mouse's Big Breakfast, Christine Pym, edited by Louise Bolongaro (Nosy Crow) Duck Gets a Job, Sonny Ross edited by Alison Ritchie (King's Road Publishing) The Journey, Francesca Sanna, edited by Harriet Birkenshaw, (Flying Eye) Little One, Jo Weaver, edited by Emma Layfield (Hodder Children's Books) Hiding Heidi, Fiona Woodcock, edited by Lara Hancock, (Simon and Schuster) Little Red, Bethan Woollvin, edited by Suzanne Carnell (Two Hoots) The Lonely Giant, Sophie Ambrose, edited by Lizzie Sitton (Walker)
