• Kelpies

    #FlorisDesign: 5 Top Tips for Cover Design

    by  • 13 October 2015 • Children's Books, Design and Illustration, Floris Design, Kelpies • 0 Comments

    The Kelpies Design & Illustration Prize 2016 has officially opened and the judges are eagerly awaiting this year’s entries! In 2014, we launched the Prize with the aim of discovering new children’s design talent in Scotland. Since then, two books from our Kelpies range have had fantastic make-overs. The Sign of the Black Dagger by...

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    #FlorisDesign Quickfire Interview with Richard Morgan

    by  • 19 August 2015 • Children's Books, Design and Illustration, Floris Design, Kelpies • 0 Comments

      Illustrator of…   With us for #FlorisDesign is the pencil-and-paintbrush wielding Viking and illustrator Richard Morgan who will be doing a quick-fire interview with us about his work on Thorfinn the Nicest Viking. Today is a special day as we’re able to show you for the first time the covers for the series...

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    #FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Kirsteen Harris-Jones

    by  • 22 July 2015 • Children's Books, Design and Illustration, Floris Design, Kelpies • 0 Comments

      Illustrator of…   Kirsteen Harris-Jones illustrated her first Picture Kelpies book, No Such Thing as Nessie! in 2013 written by none other than Chani McBain, our Sales and Marketing Manager! Kirsteen’s latest Picture Kelpies book is The Grouse and the Mouse by Emily Dodd. It’s a story about two loveable characters, Bagpipe and...

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    Student Scoops Second Annual Kelpies Design & Illustration Prize

    by  • 13 April 2015 • Awards, Design and Illustration, Floris Design, Kelpies • 0 Comments

    On Friday evening, the Floris team trooped down to The Creative Exchange in Leith to host the award ceremony for the second annual Kelpies Design & Illustration Prize. The bright and airy exhibition space was the perfect backdrop for the twelve shortlisted designs – the various interpretations of the design brief were really brought...

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    Happy World Book Day!

    by  • 5 March 2015 • Children's Books, Kelpies • 0 Comments

    The days are getting longer, the nights are getting shorter, and today is a whole day for celebrating books! Lots of our authors have been out and about this week, shouting from the rooftops about how great books are and getting school kids using their imaginations to create brilliant stories. Read on to find...

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    Drum roll please: the results of our Kelpies School Library Competition!

    by  • 23 February 2015 • Children's Books, Kelpies • 0 Comments

    At Floris Books, we love libraries and passionately believe in their importance within the community. Libraries are safe-havens but they are also places of adventure and magic and freedom. To celebrate Scottish school libraries and their dedicated staff, we launched our inaugural Kelpies School Library Competition. Our aim? To fill the shelves of one...

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    Kelpies Design & Illustration Prize Winner Announced

    by  • 15 March 2014 • Awards, Children's Books, Kelpies • 0 Comments

    We are very excited to announce that Edinburgh-based illustrator Astrid Jaekel is the winner of the inaugural Kelpies Design & Illustration Prize! We made the announcement at an award ceremony last night at Edinburgh’s Gallery Seventeen, where we will also be showcasing the ten shortlisted entries this weekend. Astrid’s design for the cover of...

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