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Illustration of a person sitting on a stool with five cats standing next to them

Quentin Blake’s Feathered and Four Legged Friends

Katie McCurrach, Quentin Blake Centre team

The front cover of Sennen by Shanti Rai, with an illustration of a person standing in a large hand, against a starry sky.

Bobby Joseph's Laureate Library List of Graphic Novels

Cassie Ash, Quentin Blake Centre team

Layout of a double page of a book, with an illustration of two people measuring an octopuses' tentacles. There is some text stuck onto the page, including some 'amazing facts about this book'.

Remembering John Yeoman

Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team

Comics for MPs

Myfanwy Tristram, Comics Cultural Impact Collective

Illustration of a child surrounded by bottles, they are pouring the contents of one of the bottles into a big metal saucepan. Purple smoke is coming out of the pan.

A dozen new drawings of old friends

Claudia Zeff, Quentin Blake’s Creative Consultant

Celebrating National Illustration Day 2023

Lindsey Glen, Quentin Blake Centre team

30 November 2023

Bold and graphic illustration of a map depicting the course of the New River.

A Q&A with Nina Chakrabarti on illustrating history

Nina Chakrabarti, Illustrator

16 October 2023

Four sketches of Matilda reading

A Q&A with Liz Williams, Archivist at Quentin Blake’s studio

Liz Williams, Archivist at Quentin Blake’s studio

23 December 2022

Illustration of two people flying on the backs of birds over a mountain scape

Quentin Blake at 90 - our favourites

Tara Vidisha Ghose, Quentin Blake Centre team

2 December 2022

Photograph of people creating art at a table.

The Centre is in Progress!

Lindsey Glen, Quentin Blake Centre team

Remembering Raymond Briggs

Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team

Scrolling text saying 'New Look'

New look, same love for illustration

Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team

Industrial brick building with blue sky above

Uncovering hidden heritage at New River Head

Lindsey Glen, Quentin Blake Centre team

Three people, two dragons and a cat having a tea party

Freddy and Ernest: a mid-century LGBTQIA+ picture book

Josie Spalla, Quentin Blake Centre team