![]() ![]() ![]() I’ll take only a few minutes, and then the party can go on. I know that this is not the place for long speeches, but as you are all gathered here, I can’t pretend it’s business as usual. I’d like to thank my three main publishers: Macmillan, Scholastic and Nosy Crow Kate Wilson, who has published me for thirty years Julia Donaldson, with whom I have forged an extraordinary – and extraordinarily successful – partnership and I’d like to thank readers – the parents and the children who have grown up with the books I have illustrated and The Bookseller and the judges who chose me, an foreign EU citizen in Brexit times – that’s a nice gesture.īut I also accept it with a heavy heart and maybe even a slightly bitter feeling – it feels like a consolation prize. I am very grateful to receive this inaugural Nibbie for illustration. Today, with Axel’s permission, we are publishing the speech that he gave upon accepting last night’s award (you can also watch a video of the speech at the top of this post, courtesy of The Bookseller). Last night, Pip and Posy illustrator Axel Scheffler received the inaugural Illustrator of the Year Award at the British Book Awards (otherwise known as the Nibbies), and delivered an impassioned speech on Britain’s place in Europe. ![]()
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