The recently published book A Visual Feast — Irish Street Art is a photographic collection from the streets of Ireland featuring the work of ADW, Asbestos, The Bogside Artists, Canvaz, Conor Harrington, Conor Casby, Fink, Gene, Lamps, Karma, Loki Demonseed, Maser, Vango, Will St. Leger & many more.
John Rocque’s Dublin: a guide to the Georgian city is an interesting new book by the Royal Irish Academy that reproduces forty extracts from John Rocque’s drawing with commentary.
IGI member Karen Nolan has written a book that has recently been seen on RTE 1’s Four Live show. It has been welcomed as ‘a long awaited publication’ by Brendan Grace and recounts the history behind the slogan that jump-started Gay Byrne’s career in the Irish media – ‘Anytime is Urney time’.
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Ward Jenkins details his process from rough draft to final pages – moving from concept to thumbs, drafts, line and colouring.
The NYTimes Book Review’s fall roundup of the best of what’s new in children’s literature includes Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2010, When a City Feels Like Home, Interactive Books, How We Learned to Recycle, Just Over the Page a Parallel Universe, Reading Dogs and Untrained Boys.
Illustrator Maira Kalman has collected her wonderful NY Times Blog on American History in a new book called And the Pursuit of Happiness. Buy it here.
This Wednesday sees the opening of a very exciting show of the work of Cor Klaasen, curated by Niall McCormack from the fantastic Hi-Tone Blog.
Cor Klaasen: Jackets, Covers & Sleeves
Venue: Adifferentkettleoffishaltogether, 18 Ormond Quay Upper
Times: Daily 11 – 5pm. Thurs 4 – Wed 10 November inclusive
Opening: Wednesday 3 November, 2010, 6 – 8 pm. Guest Speaker: Brian Lalor
Niall will be giving a talk about Klaasen at OFFSHOOT 4 in The Sugar Club on Thursday this week from 7Pm.
It’s no secret that Derek Landy’s Skullduggery Pleasant series has stormed the best-sellers lists – and managed to pick up the Book of the Decade gong along the way.
The iconic skeleton detective has become one of the most recognisable characters on shelves over the last four years – thanks to the art of Tom Percival.
Stepping out from the shadows of the necromancers – Tom’s first picturebook Tobias and the Super Spooky Ghost Book has just hit bookshelves and to celebrate he has kicked off writing a new blog.
Crowd-sourced t-shirt phenomenon Threadless commemorates its 10-year anniversary with a book depicting its best designs year-by-year. Written by co-founder Jake Nickell, he covers the history of the company from its conception in his Chicago bedroom to the successful business it is today, featuring 100s of designs from the likes of Si Scott, Olly Moss, Geof Mcfetridge and others. Order your copy here.
You may find yourself starved of visual delectabilities for a week or three – before BANG! Like a good bus, The Guardian picture galleries come in clusters. Not one or two – but three great galleries appear.
First up – to celebrate Polly Dunbar’s appointment as Booktrust Writer in Residence:
Then there is 50 years of John Burningham:
and – saving the best for last – how about an audio slideshow with Raymond Briggs talking illustration, careers and writing:
