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House of Dreams workshop with Sally Kindberg at Swedenborg House

The painted wooden summer house where eighteenth century polymath Emanuel Swedenborg sometimes wrote his mysterious books,  thought of inventions, planned his garden or played music on his organ, is now in Skansen, Sweden.  I visited here when I was three … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s online Swedenborg workshop (with live drawing)

Yesterday ran my first online Zoom-y workshop for Swedenborg House, preceded by a fab promotional video made by Jacob Cartwright.  Great to meet everyone and tell them briefly about polymath Swedenborg and some of the mysterious objects from Swedenborg House, … Continue reading

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Swedenborg House workshop – leaflet proof arrives

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My Draw It! Pirates workshop at Barnes Children’s Literature Festival

  What a delight to take part in Barnes Children’s Book Festival yesterday, not only to see fantastic drawings by children at my Draw It! Pirates workshop but to revisit Barnes, where I once lived with my small family in a granny-flat … Continue reading

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Draw It! London workshop at Eternal London exhibition, Tabernacle Gallery London W11

Happy to run one of my workshops at Gabriel Fine Arts‘ fascinating Eternal London exhibition in the Tabernacle Gallery last saturday, and see some of the visual delights drawn by participants in the tunnelling system inspired by my book Draw It! London (order it here).  Great fun.  And … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s Comic Strip Workshop at SCBWI Conference, Winchester

Only just spotted this review of my comic strip workshop at last year’s fantastic SCBWI Conference in Winchester. With thanks to participants and author/illustrators Mike Brownlow and Anne-Marie Perks. More about this on previous blog post.  

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Journey into space at Sally Kindberg’s SCBWI graphic novel workshop, Amsterdam

Multi-talented author, editor and SCBWI Amsterdam’s Regional Advisor Mina Witteman asked me to run a workshop about graphic novels in Amsterdam.  I had about 50 images of work by a wide range of comic strip artists/writers to show at the beginning of the session, but before the workshop … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s workshop at ABC bookshop Amsterdam February 21st 2015

Great atmosphere and wonderful results from children at my tunnelling workshop event at the fantastic ABC bookshop in Amsterdam last saturday.  The underground adventures were inspired by tunnels in my Draw It! London and other Draw It! books published by Bloomsbury.   … Continue reading

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Draw It!

Looking forward to Draw It! workshop on the 28th May, and big excitement yesterday. Dust from Dr. Who’s Tardis arrived (via, erm, Cardiff’s BBC studios) in an Encyclopedia Gallifreya bottle.  Another fascinating addition to my Dust Museum.  And official date … Continue reading

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V&A Big Draw

Great space and several teenagers wandered in slowly (as they do) to discover my Department of Mysterious Objects, comic strip style.  Lovely to see Sue Grayson Ford, director of the Campaign for Drawing, having a look at the Big Draw events on offer.  … Continue reading

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