Quentin Blake
Before Quentin Blake, there was Nancy Ekholm Burkert – Dahl’s forgotten illustrator
Bunnies were out. Beatrix Potter had the monopoly on rabbits, kittens, ducks and Mrs Tittlemouses. ‘I knew I had to…
Under Harry Potter’s spell: most children’s books have become shamelessly derivative, says Melanie McDonagh
Go to any bookshop — always supposing you’re fortunate enough to have any left in your neck of the woods…
'I would find myself forging my own work': Quentin Blake on how he came to found the House of Illustration
Ariane Bankes talks to Quentin Blake about a new project that will bring illustration out of the shadows
