Lynn Breeze's News

Great news!

2009-04-05T17:25:00.000-07:00

In a major breakthrough, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has responded to public pressure and called an inquiry into Wirral Council’s decision to close 11 of its 24 libraries. This is the result of public pressure. As I was born on the Wirral, I am particularly pleased to hear this news from Alan Gibbons. So keep campaigning and come to the conference! (See previous post "Campaign for the book")

Alan Gummerson

2009-04-05T07:35:00.001-07:00

I have admired Alan Gummerson's work for years and it was great to see his exhibition at Dean Clough yesterday. It included prints, drawings, paintings, ceramics, bronzes and assemblages (one of which I bought!). The exhibition is at Dean Clough (Viaduct Theatre, Crossley Gallery) Halifax, from Saturday 4th April to Sunday 10th May 2009 from 9:30am until 5:00pm.

Doggy Downloads

2009-04-05T06:26:00.000-07:00

I love dogs but not the downloads they leave in my garden and on our little street. Please feel free to download my polite notice and display it where dog owners can see it!

My books in India!

2009-03-26T08:01:00.000-07:00

I received this lovely picture of children in an Indian orphanage with some of my books. My daughter and her friend have been helping out there where the 64 children are being, fed, clothed, educated, and cared for by Rev. Ratnam and his wife. They depend wholly on fundraising for this great work and donations can easily be made by checking the website: www.missionfortheruralpeople.org

Campaign for the Book

2009-02-20T05:45:00.000-08:00

aagibbons@blueyonder.co.uk) who is doing so much for the cause ...despite the recent cuts in the Wirral. Shame on them.

Book Ahead

2009-02-20T04:40:00.000-08:00

As part of the Book Ahead initiative (www.bookahead.org.uk) I have visited several libraries in North Yorkshire this year. The children in Pickering Library were in good voice and have just finished singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in this picture!

Colne Blues Festival

2008-08-04T06:52:00.000-07:00

Colne Blues Festival will be on August Bank Holiday again this year. I'll be singing on Saturday 23rd August at Jim's Acoustic cafe at 4.30. with a fabulous band of musicians called The Radio Rhythm Riders. Come and hear... it's free!

Photograph of the band by Tony Isseyegh

Jargonisation

2008-07-16T06:24:00.000-07:00

I was asked to do some drawings for someone in the business of selling International Education. The lecture to be illustrated was so full of indecipherable jargon that I began by making fun of the words themselves. To my surprise, the client liked it...

Carousel

2008-07-12T17:53:00.000-07:00

This is an article, by Chris Stephenson, recently published in Carousel magazine.
Photograph by Claire McNamee.
Click to read.

Quentin Blake

2008-07-05T04:42:00.000-07:00

There is currently a retrospective exhibition of the works of David Wright at Linden Artsmill in Hebden Bridge. His intriguing paintings are about to go on tour, as far as the new National Gallery in Pakistan. Previous exhibitions at Linden Artsmill include works of Paula Rego, David Quirke and Quentin Blake. I was delighted to be asked to open the exhibition by Quentin Blake during the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival two years ago and I also ran an Illustration Workshop that week. The picture is of Quentin Blake, Steve Childs and me, after a talk Quentin gave at the Artsmill during his exhibition and some of David Wright's paintings can be seen in the background.

Twenty Second Giraffe

2008-07-04T17:07:00.000-07:00

The Children's Book festival at Rotherham this week had a packed programme and included Melvyn Burgess, Ian Whybrow and Ben Haggarty. Children and parents alike were spellbound by Ben Haggarty's storytelling although the content was sometimes dark and gruesome. At one of my visits to the Rotherham libraries, I was challenged by the children to draw something in 20 seconds... They asked for a giraffe.

Icelandic books

2008-07-04T14:24:00.000-07:00

Some of my books from the "This Little Baby" series were published in Icelandic some years ago by Mal Og Menning. On a recent visit to Reykjavik I had a meeting with the publisher, Sig Gunnarsdottir. I was made very welcome and was thrilled to hear that Sig almost knew my books off by heart as she had read them so often to her daughter when she was small... And Iceland was amazing.

Courier article

2007-10-17T14:27:00.000-07:00

The Halifax Courier have recently written an article about my work - ’Lynn Breeze has an amazing talent of capturing childhood as it really is - with all its heart-warming simplicity’
Click to read.

Thanks webmistress!

2007-08-20T14:39:00.000-07:00

Thanks webmistress for all your wonderful work!