About this episode

The episode features an interview with Emma Farrarons, the chair of judges for The Klaus Flugge Prize, discussing the award and its significance for newcomers in children's book illustration.

We talk to the chair of judges and the 2025 winner of The Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration, Emma Farrarons. Emma won the prize in 2025 which is for the year’s most exciting newcomers to children’s picture book illustration. This year she is back as the chair of judges alongside illustrator Rob Biddulph, illustrator and course director for the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, Shelley Jackson and co-owner of the The Book Nook in Hove, V...

People in this episode

Hosts: Katy Donnelly, Alison Palmer

Guest: Emma Farrarons

Topics covered

• children's book illustration
• Klaus Flugge Prize
• interview with judges
• newcomers in illustration
• Emma Farrarons

Keywords

• Klaus Flugge Prize
• children's illustration
• Emma Farrarons
• Rob Biddulph
• Shelley Jackson
• Cambridge School of Art
• new illustrators

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cambridge School of Art, The Book Nook

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