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Paperback | 192 pages | Size 250 x 200mm |

Publication 30th September 2025 | ISBN 9781802587234

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  • This book offers an in-depth look into the creative process of director Joanna Quinn and screenwriter Les Mills, including a range of sketches, storyboards, final artwork and entertaining and insightful commentary from both Joanna and Les. Included is a scene-by-scene adaptation of the Academy Award®- and BAFTA-nominated Affairs of the Art, a film about Beryl’s extraordinary family whose interests become all-consuming – from pickling, to body painting, to taxidermy, no passion is off limits. Welcome to the extraordinary world of Beryl!

    Beryl is the unconventional heroine and a beloved star of the animation world – a middle-aged woman navigating life’s challenges with determination and humour. From factory worker to aspiring artist, Beryl’s journey is a celebration of female empowerment and the pursuit of dreams, making her an endearing character who resonates deeply with audiences everywhere.

  • 'I have long been a fan of Joanna Quinn and Les Mills’s brilliant short films and their sharply observed Beryl. Always exceptionally staged, wonderfully animated and featuring Joanna’s rocksolid draughtsmanship, and featuring the trenchant and acerbic dialogue of Les. Their films celebrate the art of hand drawn animation as few films do.’ John Musker, Academy Award® nominated Director, Producer and Writer at Disney (including Hercules, Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Moana).

  • Joanna Quinn

    Through revealing and often hilarious anecdotes, you’ll learn about Joanna and Les’s creative backgrounds and how they develop their ideas. With comprehensive behind-the-scenes insights, you’ll see how they take the initial concept of an idea to final production Ideal for animation students, Beryl fans,
and everyone really!

    Cardiff based Beryl Productions has been in existence since 1987 and specialises in individually hand-drawn character animation. Their raison d’être is to produce high quality, accessible animation using humour as an essential element. Apart from their film work, they have created TV commercials for clients including Procter & Gamble, Fallon, KalKan, Coca Cola, Nestlé, United Airlines. 

    A full list of awards and festival selections for Affairs of the Art can be seen here:

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  • Les Mills

    Screenwriter and producer Les Mills studied Fine Art in Cardiff, London and a Masters at Rutgers University in the USA but gradually became more interested in film, culminating in him becoming Director of the Film School at University of Wales, Newport.

    He first collaborated with Joanna on her graduation film, Girls Night Out and in 1988 they formed their company Beryl Productions International. Les wrote and produced the next three award-winning Beryl films and produced Wife of Bath for which he won a BAFTA and an Emmy. In 2022 he received the British Animation Awards Writers Award and was nominated for an OSCAR® for Affairs of the Art.

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