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Picturebook Story Structure

Picturebook story structure

Where I try and analyse a popular picturebook to try and understand how the story is constructed and email it out about once a week.

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Urban Sketching Drogheda

Sketchy People Drogheda

A regular urban sketching meet-up in Drogheda. 2:00pm – 4pm on a Saturday. We meet weekly during the summer and monthly during winter.Bring pens, pencils

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Drink and Draw – Laytown Bettystown and Mornington

A semi-regular and relaxed meet-up of creative folks in the Bettystown, Laytown, and Mornington area. We usually meet in lounge of Reddans in Bettystown.No agenda

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Key takeaways from the Bookseller Marketing and Publicity conference 2019

At the end of last month the UK publishing industry descended on the Barbican in London for the Bookseller Marketing and Publicity conference. I was

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Top takeaways from The Bookseller Pr and Marketing conference 2018

The brightest and best of the UKs book PR and Marketing professionals gathered this week in London’s Milton Court.  Top of the agenda was sharing

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Top Takeaways From The Bookseller Children’s Conference 2019

The theme of this year’s children’s conference from The Bookseller was ‘How To Publish For Everyone In Today’s Divided World’ . I have tried to

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Top Takeaways From The Bookseller Children’s Conference 2018

Non-fiction and better representation in books were the main topics to emerge at this year’s Bookseller Kids Books Conference in London. I have tried to

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  • Picturebook illustration
  • Book cover illustration
  • Comics
  • Blog
  • Picture Book Resources
    • Picture Book Retreat 2022
    • Top 500 influencers in kids books
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Menu
  • Picturebook illustration
  • Book cover illustration
  • Comics
  • Blog
  • Picture Book Resources
    • Picture Book Retreat 2022
    • Top 500 influencers in kids books
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