02 May 2024

Christopher Nibble learns about butterflies and caterpillars in the second story featuring the guinea pigs of Dandeville.

02 May 2024 | Paperback | 36 pages  230 x 230mm | Ages 5-7 | £7.99

The book shows children how they can learn through observing and exploring nature safely and respectfully. Complete with a list of caterpillar facts and a step-by-step guide on how to look after a caterpillar of your own, it provides a great accompaniment to outdoor learning, fit to inspire any budding naturalist. Previously published by Oxford University Press, Christopher’s Caterpillars has been redesigned and republished by the team at Graffeg.

Charlotte Middleton studied Graphic Art with English and then specialised in Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. Her first book, Tabitha’s Terrifically Tough Tooth, was

published in 1998 and since then she has written and illustrated more than 15 books.

07 May 2024

Learn about the frog lifecycle in Shann Jones’s debut children’s book.
| Paperback | 36 pages  230 x 230mm | Ages 5-7 | £7.99

Isabella, Elis and Macsen are regular visitors to Mamgu’s ‘magic’ garden. 

One day, they discover a new arrival in the fountain, a frog they name Suki. Little do they know that this new arrival will take them on a magical adventure through the frog’s lifecycle, learning many weird and wonderful facts about them along the way. The Magic Garden: Frog encourages children to recognise the extraordinary in all creatures.

Along with being a useful teaching aid and an entertaining story, this book is also an extremely personal project for author Shann Jones. The magic garden is heavily inspired by her own garden in Llandysul, Ceredigion, and a portion of the royalties from the book will be donated to Froglife, a British wildlife charity committed to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles.

Shann Jones is a Pulitzer-nominated journalist and professional author with six previously published books. She is also the co-founder and co-director of Chuckling Goat, an explosively successful natural health business. The business is based on the couples’ family farm in Ceredigion, Wales, where the real ‘Magic Garden’ is located.

23 May 2024

A summer story of joy and sparks of inspiration.
Hardback | 48 pages |  200 x 200mm | £12.99

Following on from the autumn and winter solstice stories, The Wish Gatherers and The Lightbringers, The Joy Bringers sees the seasons turn once more, with summer providing the backdrop for a tale of finding sudden inspiration and sparks of joy.

Written by author and felt artist Karin Celestine who made the felt creations at the centre of this tale and photographed them for this book, The Joy Bringers offers a gentle short story about finding the small beauties and inspiration in everyday things and bringing joy to others.

The story aims to solve the question of where these sudden sparks of joy, inspiration and wonder come, showing the wild creatures from the story hiding them throughout
the world for us to find and spread them to others. The book concludes with a short essay by folklorist Pamela Thom-Rowe who describes some of the British traditions around the summer solstice that can be found within some rural communities.

The Joy Bringers is the third in the four-part Tales of the Turning Year series, a series that draws inspiration from nature, the seasons and folkloric traditions in order to inspire and encourage both young and old alike.

Karin Celestine lives in a small house in Monmouth, Wales. In the garden is a shed and in the shed is another world. The world of Celestine and the Hare. It is a place where kindness, mischief and beauty help people smile. Karin is an artist and author who creates needle felted animals of charm and character, including the stars of their story books published by Graffeg.

23 May 2024

The UK’s only known drag-farmer captured in photographs by award-winning photographer  Billie Charity.
Hardback | 96 pages |  200 x 200mm | £18.99

Billie Charity is an award-winning portrait and reportage photographer who has worked closely with  David Hurn, John Bulmer and Niall McDiarmid. Her clients include the National Trust, the Big Lottery Fund, the Canal and River Trust, the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, the Poets’ Society, Country Living and Faber. Her two previous photo books, People of Hay and Colour, were launched to critical acclaim.

Dean Goodwin-Evans, aka Boo La Croux, is an enterprising UK performer and winner of Miss Drag UK 2021. Dean spends his days focusing on agriculture, but his free time on drag culture.

30 May 2024

An adventurer’s ideal holiday through the Himalayas on a mountain bike.
Paperback | 256 pages |  210 x 148mm | £16.99

Billie Charity and Boo La Croux talk to Ben Andrews
24 May 2024, 19:00, Spring Stage, £11

Peter the Cat's Little Book of Big Words with Zeb Soanes
26 May 2024, 11:30, Spring Stage, £7

Sue Kent and Sarah Raven
30 May 2024, 11:30, Global Stage, £13

16 May 2024, Markenfield Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire.

1000 Tudor People author Melita Thomas visits the atmospheric surroundings of the historic Markenfield Hall. Visit the property's website for further details.

This week, Graffeg author Harry Holland, whose Paintings book was published at the end of 2023, spoke to Nation Cymru about the book and his status as one of Britain's foremost figurative painters. Full article available here.

18th May 2024 – 7th July 2024,
Nunnington Hall, Yorkshire.

Each year, the British Wildlife Photography Awards embark on a journey around the UK in a touring exhibition. 

From 18th May 2024 to 7th July 2024, the exhibition will be based at Nunnington Hall, Yorkshire.
Visit their website for further details.

11.00, 25th May 2024, Leith Hill, Dorking, Surrey

Join local author Marielle Bayliss for a reading from her book Frog's Bog, plus enjoy fun frog facts, frog jokes and activity sheets to take home or complete in the library. Suitable for ages 2-6 years. Visit the property's website for further details.