Hello World! I hope you are well and surviving the heat if you are in the northern hemisphere, or the winter blues if you are down south! Franco Belgian Comics For the last 20 months I have been living in France, and on top of the excellent cheese and wine, there are some absolute gems of comics! More specifically what is called franco-belgian comics, as opposed to the US superhero comics or the japanese mangas. The franco belgian comic style was born just after the second world war in France...

A few weeks ago, I attended the largest children’s book fair in the world in Bologna, Italy. Having read and heard about it for a long time, I tried to go there with little expectations and let it happen as naturally as possible. Bologna, Italy The first thing that was amazing is that you are in a medieval Italian town surrounded by centuries old buildings, amazing food and a beautiful foreign language. We loved strolling under the hundreds of archways and on pedestrian cobblestone streets....

The biggest children’s book fair in the world is happening every year in Bologna, Italy. A few hours away from where I am currently staying so I have decided to go, likely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I don’t think I would fly across half the planet to go there (New Zealand is 18,000km away from Italy). But because I am nearby, I have decided to go and make the most of it. I am going to meet fellow authors and illustrators, catchup with publishers, mingle with other people and enjoy the...