Arena is delighted to announce that Claude In The City, written and illustrated by Alex T Smith has been recommended by Richard & Judy’s Children’s Book Club

Jonny Duddle’s brilliant illustrations bring Derek Keilty’s ‘wild west’ fantasy adventure to life

Tomislav Tomic sent us some lovely new work, here’s our favourite one

The Times newspaper features Steve May’s characters from Cartoon Kid

The final book in the award winning series by Michelle Harrison, The Thirteen Secrets

John Howe explores the creative process behind the creation of his book Lost Worlds in this trailer

Congratulations to Frances Castle, who has been awarded a Merit in 3×3′s Professional Illustration Show

Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain Machine, is published this month and features Alex T Smith’s hilarious illustrations

Arena’s newest talent, Kristyna Litten, has been busy with her first editorial commissions and been creating new book cover designs which you can see on her new online portfolio

Best wishes for the New Year, here is January’s image by Christopher Gibbs from Arena’s beautiful 2011 desktop calendar