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Ripple Grove Press Interview – Fantasy in Children’s Picture Books
When I was at Portland State University going for a master’s in book publishing (Yes, that’s a real thing!), I had the amazing opportunity to work one-on-one with some local publishers. One such opportunity was my internship with a family-owned, children’s picture book publishing company called Ripple Grove Press. The owners, Rob and Amanda, were […]
Bastien Lecouffe Deharme – Artist Spotlight
Some of you may know this already, but I am an art addict. I love fantasy art and sci-fi art and classical art and surreal art and…well you get the idea. I even have a rather large Pinterest board (or 10 or 11…) full of my favorite artists, art, and cover art. Today I was […]
Genre of the Impossible
For a while now there has been an emphasis on realism in our fantasy, which has created some exciting new stories and series, including some personal favourites. However, as the trend for ever more ‘real’ fantasy grows stronger, I hope there will always be a place for the impossible and the mysterious in our genre. […]
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
Before I get started, this isn’t the sort of review that folks are used to here, given that the book in question is meant for little kids. However it should be noted that little kids find can find the fantastical in everything and books geared towards them tend to reflect that. There’s less concern with […]
The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains: A Tale of Travel and Darkness with Pictures of All Kinds by Neil Gaiman
This is a review of the book and the performance which took place on 6th July 2014 in the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. When I was a little girl I loved dark stories – like fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers or ghost stories for example. Either read in the darkness of my bedroom with […]
Judge A Book By Its Cover – An Interview with Larry Rostant
I never intended to buy The Painted Man by Peter V. Brett. I was walking through a bookshop intent on picking up something else, most probably a crime novel. I hadn’t read a fantasy novel in a long time. But the cover caught my eye and stopped me in my tracks. The hooded man glared […]
Raiders of the Lost Art
It was always a dream of mine that once my book was published, and the film deal secured, Drew Struzan and Ralph McQuarrie would step into Bespin’s carbon-freezing chamber and battle for the right to produce the artwork. Admittedly, this is looking increasingly unlikely, given that Mr McQuarrie has departed into the great matte painting […]
Interview with John Kenn: The Post-It Note King
The first time I saw something by John, I knew it was something special. His eerily imaginative art on a deceptively simple medium was a thing of wonder. If you’ve never heard of him–I wouldn’t be surprised. The mysterious artist lists little of himself. Instead, he lets his terrifying and wondrous art do the talking. […]
Larry Elmore – Artist Spotlight
Do you remember when you saw your first fantasy artwork? I do. It was the summer of 1981. I was only seven years old at the time; probably playing with my Star Wars action figures while wishing my parents would take me to Kiddie City to buy more LEGO. Man, who didn’t love that original […]
