Current & future events

The first ever exhibition dedicated to Quentin Blake’s illustrations for poetry – on tour in Kirkby and Ayrshire. The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear © Quentin Blake

An exhibition of previously unseen Quentin Blake illustrations for Roald Dahl’s The BFG – on tour all over the UK. Drawing from first version of The BFG © Quentin Blake

Pioneering infographics that challenged racism in turn-of-the-century America – on tour in Amsterdam. Distribution of Negroes in the United States, 1900, ink and watercolour © W. E. B. Du Bois

Learn book-binding techniques to create beautiful and useful books. Handmade Sketchbooks © Merlin Evans

Learn to illustrate trans and non-binary characters. © Julian Gray

Discover the joys of illustration through a series of mini creative projects over 4 weeks with Merlin Evans. Pleasures of Illustration © Camelia Burn

Spend a day with the award-winning illustrator and designer as he shares his journey to success, along with his agent and team at Puffin. Look Up! © Dapo Adeola

The first ever retrospective of one of the most influential author-illustrators of all time – on tour at Kircudbright Galleries and The Bowes Museum. Ethel & Ernest © Raymond Briggs

Watch our Founding Trustee draw a giant mural of his life at the future Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. Quentin Blake: The Drawing of My Life © Wingspan Productions

Ground-breaking graphic design that transformed children’s learning, from the 1940s to today. Selected book covers, with permission of Otto and Marie Neurath Isotype Collection, University of Reading

Tell your personal story in graphic novel form. Weardale Fairies © Rachael Ball