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Klaus Flugge Prize 2019 Shortlist Photos

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For full details of shortlisted and longlisted illustrators (together with links to their websites and Instagram feeds) see the previous post…

Julia Eccleshare & Anthony Browne

Julia Eccleshare was in conversation with Anthony Browne as a prelude to the shortlist announcement.

Browne showed us a drawing he had made as a 6 year old and went on to speak about his career with reference to some key titles, revealing at one point that he and his publishers had come under fire from the Magritte estate. He talked too about his new book, Little Frida: A Story of Frida Kahlo

copies of which were available for signing:

Most of the longlisted illustrators attended the presentation and four of the six shortlisted illustrators were present to hear the news. The winner will be announced later in the year:

Longlisted Illustrators

Shortlisted Illustrators

Klaus arriving at the event

Informal images from the evening… Who had a banana poking from their bag?

Klaus Flugge 2019 Shortlist

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Photos of the presentation will follow in a separate post

The shortlist for the 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize was announced live at an event held at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London earlier this evening (Wednesday 15th May).

Set up to honour publisher Klaus Flugge, founder of Andersen Press and one of the most important and influential figures in children’s picture books, this important award, now in its fourth year, is for the most promising and exciting newcomer to picture book illustration.

From a longlist of twenty picture books by debut illustrators, a panel of judges comprising former Waterstones Children’s Laureate and preeminent illustrator Anthony Browne; Kate Milner, 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize winner; Derek Brazell, of the Association of Illustrators; Seven Stories bookseller Billiejo Carlisle; and Farrah Serroukh, Learning Programme Leader at CLPE (Centre for Literary inPrimary Education), have chosen a shortlist of six.

The shortlist this year is notable for being all female.

The Klaus Flugge Prize 2019 Shortlist

The Extraordinary Gardener – Sam Boughton
(Tate)

Editor Holly Tonks, designer Ness Wood
What the judges said: There’s an exuberance in the artwork; some wonderful spreads and Joe’s urban world is really well done; it has real child appeal

Sam Boughton graduated with a BA in Illustration from Bristol UWE before studying at the Cambridge School of Art where she was awarded a distinction in the MA in Illustration. Shortly after that she won the Ronald Searle Award for Creativity and was Highly Commended for the Macmillan Prize.
Website: http://www.samboughton.co.uk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samboughton/

Looking After Daddy – Eve Coy
(Andersen Press)

Editor Libby Hamilton, designer Rebecca Garrill
What the judges said: The images tell their own stories; really good interplay between text and illustration; I smiled all the way through

Eve Coy studied at Edinburgh University and became an artist working for Aardman Animation. She gained in MA in children’s illustration at the Cambridge School of Art.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eve.coy/

The King Who Banned the Dark – Emily Haworth-Booth
(Pavilion Children’s Books)

Editor Neil Dunnicliffe, designer Lee-May Lim
What the judges said: A great idea and it really makes the most of light and dark; there’s lots of variety in the use of page layout, and lots of surprises; it’s full of energy and humour

Emily Haworth-Booth teaches at the Royal Drawing School in London. Alongside her picture books, Emily is currently working on a long-form graphic memoir for adults. Her short comics have previously appeared in print in the Observer and Vogue.
Website: http://emilyhaworthbooth.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyhaworthbooth/

I Can Fly – Fifi Kuo, editor Leilani Sparrow
(Boxer Books)

Designer David Bennett
What the judges said: A beautiful book; a lovely sense of movement; the story has been done before but she’s transformed it; fantastic drawing skills, every penguin is different

Fifi Kuo trained at the Cambridge School of Art and is Taiwanese. Since graduation she has won Bronze in the Macmillan Prize, been shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Award and won merit in the iJungle Illustration Awards. She is keen for her picture books to conveya meaningful message.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fifisillustration/

Julian is a Mermaid – Jessica Love
(Walker Books)

Editor Tanya Rosie, art director Deirdre McDermott
What the judges said: It reminded me of Sendak, it’s hard to believe it’s a debut; the illustrations say things that words would struggle to express; delivers an important message without feeling didactic

Jessica Love is an author-illustrator and a New York based actor. She has a BA in studio art from the University of California as well as a graduate degree from The Juilliard School for performing arts. Julian is a Mermaid is also shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.
Website: https://jesslove.format.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesslovedraws/

Red and the City – Marie Voigt
(Oxford)

Editor Peter Marley, designer Kate Adams
What the judges said: The characters are simply drawn but have real personality; there’s a European feel to the artwork; a clever, multi-layered retelling of a well-known story

Marie Voigt was born in former East Berlin and  holds degrees in Media Technology and Marketing and had a successful career in TV, branding and graphic design before realising that making picture books allows her to combine all her passions.
Website: http://www.marievoigt.com

Other books longlisted for the Prize were:

  • The Long Island, Drew Beckmeyer, editor Taylor Norman, designer Kristine Brogno (Chronicle Books)
  • Mini Rabbit Not Lost, John Bond, editor Alice Blacker, designer Goldy Broad (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
  • The Ink House, Rory Dobner, editor Jo Lightfoot and Katherine Pitt, designer Mariana Sameiro, (Laurence King)
  • Cycle City, Alison Farrell, editor Taylor Norman, designer Ryan Hayes (Chronicle Books)
  • Erik the Lone Wolf, Sarah Finan, editor Jenny Broom, designer Zoë Tucker (Lincoln Children’s Books)
  • Maybe the Moon, Frances Ives, editor Jocelyn Norbury, designer Jack Clucas (LOM Art)
  • Say Hi to Hedgehogs, Jane McGuiness, editor Becky Watson, designer Beth Aves (Walker Books)
  • You’re Safe with Me, Poonam Mistry, written by Chitra Soundar, editor Alice Curry (Lantana Publishing)
  • The Red Dread, Tom Morgan-Jones, editor Emma Hargarve, designer Julie-Ann Murray (Barrington Stoke)
  • The Story of Tantrum O’Furrily, Mark Nicholas, written by Cressida Cowell, editor Anne McNeil (Hodder Children’s Books)
  • The Buildings that Made London, Josie Shenoy, editor Saskia Gwinn, designer Sophie Gordon (Bloomsbury)
  • I Love You Bunny, Alina Surnaite, editor Katie Cotto, designer Mike Jolley and Karissa Santos (Lincoln Children’s Books)
  • The Wardrobe Monster, Bryony Thomson, editor Ruth Huddleston, designer Mike Jolley (Old Barn Books)
  • The Best Sound in the World, Cindy Wume, editor Katie Cotton, designer Zoë Tucker (Lincoln Children’s Books)

Jan Pienkowski honoured with BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award

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This wonderful portrait of Jan Pienkowski (by David Bebber) is taken from the Booktrust website.

Jan Pienkowski has today been presented with the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award. The presentation took place in the Barbican’s Garden Room with many luminaries of the children’s books world present.

Now aged 82, Pienkowski has Alzheimer’s and finds it difficult to speak in public. David Walser therefore spoke on his behalf, giving a moving account of Jan’s early life and harrowing escape from Poland, and revealed that Jan cannot stand to hear screaming or any very loud noise to this day.

Walser also spoke with humour about his partner’s Alzheimer’s. “Since being told about it, he has forgotten it many times so when I, or any friends in the know, remind him, it always comes as a lovely surprise. He has been able to enjoy the news many times over.” Penkowski sat beaming graciously on a chair set out for him at the side of the stage. After being presented with the award plaque, I noticed him taking a cloth from his pocket and giving it a shine.

Before the presentation those involved with the judging (Nicolette Jones, Smriti Prasadam-Halls, SF Said) paid glowing tributes to Pienkowski’s work.

from the Booktrust site:

The BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates the body of work of an author or illustrator who has made an outstanding contribution to children’s literature. The award has been running since 2015 to recognise an author or illustrator’s lifetime of work. Previous winners include Shirley Hughes, Judith Kerr, Raymond Briggs, Helen Oxenbury and the late John Burningham, who were awarded the first ever double prize in 2018. 

Jan Pieńkowski, aged 82, was born in Poland in 1936 and spent his early years there and in Bavaria, Vienna and Italy before arriving in England at 10 years old. 

Jan is renowned for being one of the greatest innovators in book illustration, particularly for his signature silhouette cut-out illustrations and his pioneering pop-ups. His books tread the perfectly fine line between being slightly frightening but also humorous and fun. Jan says: ‘It’s ok to have scary books, as long as you’re tucked up in bed, because it’s a safe distance.’

 

Cloud Boy by Marcia Williams

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Harry Christmas and Angie Moon are best friends and almost-twins. Ever since they were born two days apart they’ve been partners in cloud-spotting, sweet-eating and treehouse-building. But when Harry is taken to hospital for headaches that won’t go away, he needs Angie more than ever. Because when things fall apart, only a best friend can stitch them back together. Told through Angie’s lively diary, this is a bittersweet story about friendship and growing up.

Waterstones

Toffee by Sarah Crossan

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Times Children’s Book of the Week 27 April 2019

I am not who I say I am, and Marla isn’t who she thinks she is. I am a girl trying to forget. She is a woman trying to remember. Allison has run away from home and with nowhere to live finds herself hiding out in the shed of what she thinks is an abandoned house. But the house isn’t empty. An elderly woman named Marla, with dementia, lives there – and she mistakes Allison for an old friend from her past called Toffee.

Allison is used to hiding who she really is, and trying to be what other people want her to be. And so, Toffee is who she becomes. After all, it means she has a place to stay. There are worse places she could be. But as their bond grows, and Allison discovers how much Marla needs a real friend, she begins to ask herself – where is home? What is a family? And most importantly, who am I, really?

“It’s a reflection of Crossan’s skill that the misery never feels overdrawn and the characters stay with you long after you have read the last line.”
Alex O’Connell THE TIMES

Waterstones

Filed Under: YA

Rayne And Delilah’s Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner

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Josie and Delia are best friends and co-hosts on their own public access TV show, Midnite Matinee. They dress as vampires Rayne and Delilah, perform daft skits involving skeleton raves and dog weddings, and show the weekly so-bad-it’s-good low-budget horror movie. But the end of senior year is coming, and Josie is torn between pursuing her television dreams in a new city or staying making TV with her BFF. What’s more, she’s just met a boy, Lawson, who is totally not her type, but is just a little bit intriguing . . .

“Outrageously funny, with whip-smart, surreal dialogue, this tender portrait of friendship under the strain of inevitable changes is an absolute must-read.”
Imogen Russell Williams GUARDIAN REVEW

Waterstones

Filed Under: YA