Yesterday, a sunny Saturday was spent having a wonderful time with my fabulous family, doing a book signing and drawing promo at the new and mighty Neighbourhood Store in Shoreham by sea. Emma and Gary have recently opened up a consignment shop and local creative hub, where lovely vintage clothing and furniture, new- up cycled and re purposed items are sold, alongside new artwork and crafts, plus two other of my most favourite things in the world- records and trainers! It's

Once I set out on this journey to write and illustrate my book, having spent many years sending artwork to print, this was the first time I actually created a book from scratch and was involved in every process along the way. The book binding, printing and finishing processes are all fascinating, and something I, and I'm sure many others take for granted when picking up and reading books. My decision to make a casebound, hardcover book meant there were considerations with spi