Arena Welcomes New Artist: Joe Lillington  

We are thrilled to introduce Joe Lillington, an exciting new talent to our roster. Joe is a recent graduate from University College Falmouth and already has two picture books under his belt.

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The Bear and the Piano wins illustrated book category for the Waterstones Book Prize 2016!

What an extraordinary day it was yesterday, March 17th 2016, the date of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize - now in its twelfth year and selecting the very, very best in new and emerging talent for children’s writing and illustration. Uniquely, it’s a prize argued over and voted for by the most books-passionate of people; Waterstones’ own experienced booksellers.

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Alex Trochut / Top 5 Most Influential Designer in the Last 20 years

Alex Trochut’s 2016 is already shaping up to be an extraordinary year, with a whirlwind of nominations and prizes announced in the first few months alone: in January he won 2 Awards of Excellence from Communication Awards Typography Annual for his artwork for Alagoas’ new album and his self-initiated ‘GO’ typography project.

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Jonny Duddle’s Cave of Doom, Shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Book Award

We all like a good laugh and what can be better to get your child hooked on reading than sharing a funny book with them? Former Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen, has announced the shortlist for the first ever Laugh out Loud Book Awards (The Lollies).

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Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet shortlisted for the LOLLIES book award!

We are very excited to announce that Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, co-creators of veggie-hero,  Supertato have been shortlisted for the best laugh out loud picture book award this year, for the brilliant I need a wee!

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Paul Garland, Award winning illustrator joins Lipstick

Paul Garland likes to use metaphor and word play to create simple bold imagery, the simpler the concept the more effective the solution.

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Benji Davies wins Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award

Benji Davies’ Grandad’s Island (Simon & Schuster) has done the double at this years Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards winning both the best picture book prize and being crowned overall children’s book of the year, beating off competition from three other category winners.

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Début Artists Illustrate Award-Winning Covers for THE RIVERSIDE Magazine

James Taylor, Infomen and Yehrin Tong all contributed to THE RIVERSIDE MAGAZINE’s recent success, when it scooped up not one but three design awards:  The German Design Award, the Iconic awards, and the Red Dot Design award.

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‘Supertato: Hap-pea ever after’ chosen for World Book Day 2016!

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Benji Davies WINS AOI World Illustration Awards 2015 : Picture Book Category

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