Life and work of a Japanese master artist

Hokusai: a Life in Drawing by Henri-Alexis Baatsch is a beautifully designed and presented introduction to the artists life and work.

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Hilarious fun with Preston Pig

Wonderful drawings from the children in the Nursery and Reception classes at Northleigh Primary School in Malvern 

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Imaginary pets can be as demanding as real ones!

Invisible Dogs by Ruby Wright is a charming and colourful book about the power of imagination to help offset anxiety.

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A question of attribution

Thomas Kyd: A Dramatist Restored by Brian Vickers is a book full of passion, scholarship and controversy - controversy both confronted and generated by the author who is bold and uncompromising in his championing of his claims for Thomas Kyd.

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A fairy story from a Musketeer

Prolific French author, Alexander Dumas  took some time out of his novel writing labours to amuse himself by writing When Pierrot Was Young, which is beautifully illustrated by Peter Farmer

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Finding George Orwell on The Letterpress Project Website

Guest writer, Alun Severn offers a digest of George Orwell-related articles that can be discovered on The Letterpress Project website

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