This looks like an amazing event. There is a really great line-up of illustrators on the panel, including Jamie Hewlett, Posy Simmonds and living legend Quentin Blake.

“Each will select and explain a personal choice of favourite illustrations, drawn from different genres, cultures and styles. The event will be chaired by Rachel Cooke, columnist and features writer, The Observer. Presented in association with House of Illustration. Please note that tickets for this event include free entry to ‘LATE at the Library ILLUMINATE! A Celebration of Illustration’ in the Entrance Hall, running from 19.00 to 22.30. This event is part of the British Library’s Spring Festival, a five day celebration of creativity, fashion and design.”

When: Fri 2 Mar 2012, 18.30 – 20.00

Where: Conference Centre, British Library

Price: £10 / £7.50 concessions

Needless to say we at the Lounge have booked our tickets. We hope to see you there!

Accomplished playwright, painter, poet and illustrator Mervyn Peake (1911-68) has an exhibition on now at the British Library. It started on the 5^th of July, but there’s plenty of time to catch it as it ends on the 18^th of September. The British Library recently acquired an archive of Peake’s work, and it’s on show. A big plus for Alice fans; his original drawings for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass can also be seen at the exhibition.