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Exhibition: Picture Hooks Emerging Illustrators

Rediscover the magic of picture book illustration at the Picture Hooks exhibition in the Scottish Storytelling Centre from 4th November!

Exhibition: Picture Hooks Emerging Illustrators

About Exhibition: Picture Hooks Emerging Illustrators

Where else can you meet a bear on a fishing trip, a sky full of soaring lapwings, a tower of toys and a Rainbowsaurus?

Rediscover the magic of picture book illustration at the Picture Hooks exhibition, featuring artwork from five emerging children’s book illustrators and their acclaimed illustrator mentors Chris Haughton, Jill Calder, Alison Murray, Anna Wilson and Steve Antony.

Let your imagination run wild and soak in the colours and characters that make picture books so powerful for any age.

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