At the start of this year our small team completed the third book in the Examberry Children's Classics series: Treasure Island. Holding this gorgeous bundle of books in my hands brings to life the hard work we have committed to over the past year and the addition of this third title makes our series feel [...]
Author: Hannah Maggie
A trip to Paris | February 2023
There's a sun breaking through the cloudiest of my thoughts. At the start of this year it quickly became clear to me that I needed to prioritise my happiness above everything and I feel more myself than I have done in a couple of years. Visiting Paris was definitely a turning point in both my [...]
Happy New Year | Thoughts to end 2022
Before the new year is upon us, I hope to summarise a few thoughts I am ending 2022 with. I understand this time of year can be daunting and so I hope they might bring some comfort to anyone out there who needs it. Change can be an emotional minefield to navigate. This year more [...]
A Christmas Carol | Book design
Presenting the last project I completed this year (and just in time before the festive season ends!). It was a joy to bring Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol to life, as part of the on-going Examberry Children's Classics series. Book description: Join Ebenezer Scrooge for a mysterious Christmas Eve in Charles Dickens’s festive classic [...]
If I am not writing, I don’t know who I am | from Hannah Maggie December 2022
If you're not writing, I don't know who you are, Bruce said. Which was funny because, without writing, I don't know who I am either. I missed my blog in that moment. Having a space to share, practise and entertain a side of myself that is incredibly important and integral to my life. Being a [...]
Frameless Exhibit | Marble Arch
It started with 'hey, we've not been to an exhibit in a while' and 24 hours later we were descending mirror-walled escalators to the Frameless exhibit in Marble Arch. The Frameless exhibit, compromised of art by renowned artists such as Van Gogh and Monet, converts traditional art into digital, animated recreations that are projected onto [...]
You are never done. | from Hannah Maggie May 2022
I have been embracing life to the point where I feel I don't have time to live. Inside of me there is an insatiable hunger to learn more, create more, see more of the world. Beside me is the notebook I have just spent some hours writing ideas in. I was inspired by Charlotte Moore's [...]
The Wind in the Willows | My first piece of Book Design
Halfway through 2021, halfway between my 24th and 25th birthday, I found myself with an opportunity to have a hand in illustration and book design. Hand on heart, I'd never wanted to be an illustrator. For one I didn't think my skill was up to scratch. And secondly, I had no interest in spending much [...]
Remnants of a Daydream
Short zine containing 5 poems. Each poem in Remnants of a Daydream is formed from making quick notes of 'thoughts I would like to remember later'. With minimal editing, they are short and focused on a particular sentiment from a larger thought pattern. I like to think of these sentiments as the little pieces from [...]
From Hannah Maggie, August 2021
Hello blog, it's been a long time... It's taken me a long time to write this piece, and blogging about anything else besides the truth felt dishonest. But the fact is talking about myself has become increasingly difficult the older I have become. Perhaps because I am also finding reality is becoming a little more [...]
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