News Letter - Emily Drawing On Her Youthful Talent
Alfred and the Pirates - Irving Finkel, Emily Donegan (Illustrator)
When Roald Dahl's former right-hand man Quentin Blake describes you as "a real talent", it would be hard not to get carried away. Especially when you're just 15, as in the case of Bangor schoolgirl Emily Donegan, who will be signing copes of the first book for which she has provided the illustrations in her hometown. Amazingly, the teenager started working on the artwork for Alfred and the Pirates, the latest children's book by British Museum curator Irving Finkel, when she was only 12... ...
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