WELCOME TO SALLY KINDBERG'S WEBSITE!  Artist and author Sally Kindberg has a vast experience of working on books and features, and running drawing workshops for both children and adults in venues as far apart as China and Shetland. She recently drew comic strips for a 4-book Bloomsbury series, including the History of Space. As her childhood ambition to be an astronaut has not (yet) been realised, she explored the outer galaxies by drawing them. During Sally's time as a travel writer, she wrote and illustrated an Independent on Saturday column for a year, sailed on a Tall Ship to Lisbon, and attended Elf School in Iceland. She is currently writing/illustrating another children’s book series for Bloomsbury called Draw It!, working on the Short and Unlikely History of Sally Kindberg in graphic narrative form, and assembling a Dust Museum. Recent exhibitions: Meeting Mr Punch (London 2012) Cartoon Correspondence (Shetland 2012 and London 2013) Interview and freelance advice on the Writers & Artists' website. See more of Sally Kindberg's work in The Contact Book. SK's blog    Getting ready to pop out in 2013, Sally Kindberg's Draw It! See sample drawings from Draw It  Arriving in 2012, in the fourth Kindberg/Turner/Bloomsbury Production... The Comic Strip Book of Dinosaurs "Sally Kindberg’s lovely illustrations grace each page, and the text and pictures have been very well paired together. Each dinosaur has a small speech bubble next to its illustration which either asks questions or provides factual information" BookGeeks.co.uk "...humorous and beautifully coloured illustrations make this little book a delight for children and adults alike..." The Comic Strip Book of Dinosaurs review on ReadPlus "...Packed with interesting facts - the illustrations are excellent...." Creative Steps/Autumn 2012 "...This book is brilliant for dinosaur fans and also for reluctant readers when they engage with the cleverly drawn and funny comic strips...." School Librarian/Spring 2013  September 2011 "This book is absolutely crammed full of fascinating facts, interesting trivia and stories about the world we live in. Even if you find history boring, you will love this book!" Primary Times (Midlands & Black Country) ‘Back to School’ issue ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "This is a gem of a book: something that children will want to read, and parents will want them to read" The Bookbag "An easy and enjoyable way to extend knowledge of a subject" Parents in Touch "An easy and fun way to get kids interested in history. This book is packed with facts but in a way that makes learning fun" Get Set Kids "This is a fantastic book and I think it would make an ideal Christmas present" The Bookette  The Greeks are coming! Stump-scorching, eye-gouging, shipwrecks and baby-eating ... meet Greek gods, monsters, heroes and drop-dead hairdos in The Comic Strip Greatest Greek Myths. A Kindberg/Turner/Bloomsbury production. October 2010. "...All the essential myths - plus a few brilliant but less well-know ones - have been condensed in one hilarious volume. This fantastic book will be enjoyed by children and adults alike....." Primary Times/February 2013  Not for the nervous. Dreadful Fates (Tracey Turner/Sally Kindberg/A&C Black. March 2010) has killer corsets, indestructible monks, bottled brains and over-keen surgeons, as well as other grisly ends and some very weird funerals.  See lots of whooshy stuff in the The Comic Strip History of Space, featuring the ENTIRE KNOWN UNIVERSE plus some bits we're still not sure about. Night-time will never be the same again. A Kindberg/Turner Production, published by Bloomsbury in October 2009. See Comic Strip History of Space listed in The Guardian's Top 10 children's books on Space. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ review of The Comic Strip History of Space on The Bookbag website  The Comic Strip History of the World A Kindberg/Turner Production Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in October 2008 The entire history of the world as it's never been seen before. Includes the most gripping, gruesome and slightly unexpected things to have happened in the last several billion years... with pictures. Plagues, Wars, Empires, Spectacular haircuts... ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ review of The Comic Strip History of the World on The Bookbag website   Images from books written and illustrated by Sally Kindberg. (Barnes & Noble 2007)  Pictures by Sally Kindberg for Foul Facts by Tracey Turner (English Heritage August 2007)   Ghastly Book of Dover Castle published by English Heritage 2006 illustrated by Sally Kindberg, written & devised by Tracey Turner.  Children's illustration for books published by Éditions Gründ 2006  Hair - Sally Kindberg (Walker Books, £2.99), ages 6+
  Sally Kindberg runs short workshops on how to to develop a simple visual narrative using a sequence of frames, speech bubbles and humour. Workshops include an interactive drawing demo. Surprise endings may also be included. Any age (the oldest participant so far has been 60) but mostly aimed at 5 -11 year olds. Sally Kindberg Workshops and Events 2013 City University, January Space Fiction/The National Space Centre, February Cartoon Correspondence Exhibition, London, March Novium Museum, Chichester, July West Dean College, Chichester, July Exhibition  10th September - 12th October 2012 'Meeting Mr Punch', Sally Kindberg's exhibition of photographs and drawings about her meeting Punch and Judy man, Leslie Press, who lived at 148 Gloucester Avenue in the 1930s. (Photos from the event | Press from the event) Sally Kindberg Comic Strip events 2012 Hong Kong Young Readers Festival, March (Photos from the event) Beijing Bookworm Festival, March Netley Primary School, March Chichester Writing Festival, April Brent Libraries Dickens Event, April Brent Libraries Story Lab, August  Frinton-on-Sea Literary Festival, October (Photos from the event) Guardian Big Draw Bonhoga Gallery 'Cartoon Correspondence' exhibition, Shetland Isles, November SCBWI Illustrator Masterclass, December Sally Kindberg Comic Strip events 2011 Kingswood, Elmwood and Paxton Primary Schools, March Brent Libraries, August Edinburgh Book Festival, August Bath Festival of Children's Literature, September 'This event was hilariously funny.' Young reviewer, Bath Chronicle Shetland Wordplay Book Festival, September Thinking Outside the Box, September Frinton-on-Sea Literary Festival, October Guardian Big Draw, October Victoria & Albert Museum Big Draw, October Cartoon Museum, October Comica Festival 2011, November London International Comics Festival, Bishopsgate, London Sally Kindberg Comic Strip events 2010 Birmingham Young Readers May 25th Hay Literary Festival June 2nd Chalk Farm Library Space Hop July 24th Kings Place Music Foundation July 25th Kentish Town Library August 2nd (Wonderful drawings by Kentish Town Children - and thank you mysterious visitor from Jupiter for making surprise appearance. Look forward to running workshops on your planet soon) Brent Libraries Space Hop August Pentonville Prison September Guardian Big Draw 9th October 2010 Guardian Big Draw 2007 & 2008 Guardian Big Draw Family workshops 2005/6  TRAVEL WRITING & ILLUSTRATIONS CURATORS & COLLECTIONS - Cityguide Magazine interviews GOING FOR GOLD GARLIC A GO GO PIRATE QUEEN OF THE WILD WEST PIXY POWER TREASURE ISLAND? NEWMARKET    See some of Sally Kindberg's illustrations for the weekly Guardian Puzzle column here, and in Pyrgic Puzzles, published by Guardian Books spring 2007   Small Talk - comic strip by Sally Kindberg  See more episodes of 'grudge'  SEE S.K'S PHOTOS   © S.KINDBERG 1999 - 2011 |