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Publication date!
Exciting news folks! We have a new publication date for The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle…18th March 2021. Put it in your diaries folks!
Posted in Making changes
Tagged bicycles, cats, children's books, children's fiction, faeries, fantasy, giants, Hannah Foley, libraries, magic, March 2021, middle grade fiction, owls, publication, publication date, publication day, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, Xavier Bonet
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Faces of Transition
New work I did for the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) went live last week. Their conference theme this year is The Faces of Transition. As part of this commission I used imagery from the Roman god Janus to … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged conference, Cyrenians, Faces of Transition, family conflict, future, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, Janus, past, Roman God, SCCR, scotland, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution
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Discover Kelpies
I have some very exciting news! Last week I received a wonderful email telling me I’d been short-listed for the Discover Kelpies Writing competition. This is a competition run by Scottish Publisher, Floris Books, to find new writers for children. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged children's books, competition, Discover Kelpies, Edinburgh Book Festival, Floris Books, Hannah Foley, kid lit, publisher, scotland, Scottish, shortlist, writing
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Emotional homunculus
Have you ever heard the term homunculus? If you Google it you get images of a funny-looking human with enormous lips and enormous hands. The homunculus is a visual representation of what our body looks like to our brains. In … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged 1970s, biology, brain, chemistry, child psychologist, Chile, conflict, conflict resolution, Debasers Filums, design, dictatorship, Dr Sara Watkin, East Kilbride, education, families, Felipe Bustos Sierra, Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow Science Centre, homunculus, illustration, illustrator, mediation, Nae Pasaran, Pinochet, Primate, SCCR, science, scotland, web-design agency, young people
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Time for school
The skies are leaden and the day is blustery. The radio regales me with dire weather reports from Scotland; wind, rain and the chance of snow at rush hour tomorrow. Meanwhile I sit snugly at my desk and press Send … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children, education, elephants, family, gazelle, giraffe, Hannah Foley, hippo, hippopotamus, illustration, illustrator, kids, mountains, non-fiction, nose wiping, rhino, rhinoceros, sacred ibis, safari, school application, scotland, snot, spoonbills, starting school, stormy weather, tissues, waterhole, wildebeest, zebra
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Layers
I’m fascinated by layers. My dissertation for my degree was about layers in landscape. I once read about how the Japanese value tarnished objects more than polished ones because the tarnish shows the layers of handling. The object gains worth … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged australian, blood pressure, blue, children, china, chipboard, dinamap, education, garden, green, Hannah Foley, healthcare, heart rate, house, illustration, layers, mantelpiece, medal, medieval, mother, old houses, players cigarettes, rose, ruby, scotland, shrubs, singing, son, sunlight, vital signs, weeds, WW2
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German Biscuits
Look! A recipe for German biscuits in the Waitrose Magazine last month! German biscuit is the pre-war name for Empire biscuits (‘German’ was considered unpatriotic). Never heard of an Empire biscuit? Read about my passion for this little known biscuit … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
Tagged baking, Empire Biscuits, german biscuits, scotland, Waitrose magazine, WW1
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#KeeptheHeid
Here is a screen shot of the front page of the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) website. I have not long completed a commission for them for illustrations for a new web game called Keep The Heid (scottish for … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged arguments, biology, brain, Circus, family conflict, flip your lid, illustration, Keep the Heid, parenting, parents, SCCR, scotland, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, young people
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Juggler
At the weekend we celebrated Burns night with a gathering of friends and family. I know we’re not in Scotland any more but it seems a nice way of remembering our time there and celebrating some of the things we … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged animation, Burns night, Burns Night Supper, carrot, Empire Biscuits, friendship, gravy, haggis, hospitality, illustration, juggler, neeps, Nigella Lawson, poetry, recipes, robert burns, scotland, Scottish, shortbread, stovies, swede, tatties, toddlers
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#5000NoMore
Here’s a quick screen shot of some new illustrations of mine for the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution Christmas Campaign. It’s a fantastic cause so do head over and have a look by following this link.
Posted in Illustration
Tagged #5000NoMore, #StopTalkListen, 5000 no more, campaign, charity, christmas, family conflict, illustration, scotland, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resol, youth homelessness
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