Why do we avoid doing the things we genuinely want to do?
After reading 'We Need Your Art', I stopped trying to fight procrastination and started asking what it was trying to tell me instead.
As a book cover illustrator and publishing enthusiast, the subject of banned books feels incredibly close to home for me. This reflective essay explores censorship, storytelling, libraries, and visual communication through the lens of illustration and publishing design, inspired by a discussion at Manchester’s Mixed Media Club.
From Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings to recent controversies surrounding school libraries and young adult fiction, I reflect on why ce