A jumbled post
Apologies for long silence — I've been busy finishing my latest (and zaniest) picture book. More about that in a few days. Stay tuned.
I'm happy to report that the cover illustration for The Little Girl and the Giant won the "Lice knjige" ("The Face of a Book") award for the best book cover illustration published in Croatia in 2008-2009, whereas the illustrated edition of Life of Pi received a certificate of merit.
Here they are, displayed in the publisher's bookshop window in Zagreb, Croatia.
^ (photos by Ivana & Denis)
Speaking of Life of Pi: The Illustrated Edition, a few weeks ago there was a book presentation in Profil Megastore — the biggest Croatian bookstore — with Yann Martel (via Skype) and yours truly (via actually being there). It was great — many thanks to Saša Radmilov for making this event possible.
Btw, chances are we'll do a presentation again in a month or so, this time in the city of Split on the Croatian coast.
^ (photo by Saša Radmilov)
Still with Pi, but cut to the other side of the Atlantic. Washington State University Vancouver selected Life of Pi as the Campus Reading Project Book for 2009-2010. They asked to use my illustrations to create posters and handouts, and they did — to a very nice result. More here. (Thanks, Nickie!)
I'm happy to report that the cover illustration for The Little Girl and the Giant won the "Lice knjige" ("The Face of a Book") award for the best book cover illustration published in Croatia in 2008-2009, whereas the illustrated edition of Life of Pi received a certificate of merit.
Here they are, displayed in the publisher's bookshop window in Zagreb, Croatia.
^ (photos by Ivana & Denis)
Speaking of Life of Pi: The Illustrated Edition, a few weeks ago there was a book presentation in Profil Megastore — the biggest Croatian bookstore — with Yann Martel (via Skype) and yours truly (via actually being there). It was great — many thanks to Saša Radmilov for making this event possible.
Btw, chances are we'll do a presentation again in a month or so, this time in the city of Split on the Croatian coast.
^ (photo by Saša Radmilov)
Still with Pi, but cut to the other side of the Atlantic. Washington State University Vancouver selected Life of Pi as the Campus Reading Project Book for 2009-2010. They asked to use my illustrations to create posters and handouts, and they did — to a very nice result. More here. (Thanks, Nickie!)
♫ NP: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Sorya Market
