Happy World Intellectual Property Day everyone! Events are taking place all over the world but none in the UK - what does this tell us about our perception of the importance of respecting and preserving intellectual property? http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2016/map.html

As the sun streams through the office window here at The Organisation​ our thoughts turn to summer - picnics in parks and on beaches, strolling in shady woods and generally reconnecting with nature. This is a nice little article featuring one of Lorenzo Sabbatini's illustrations that extols the virtues of getting back to basics and encourages language teachers to include activities and texts inspired by nature in their lessons. Now all that is left to do is to keep our fingers crossed we actually get a summer this year!!!

We are loving this new wallpaper featuring Gareth Lucas' adorable animal characters! Designed to make learning the alphabet fun for children and bringing out the child in those of us that are a little older! Go on, download one - you know you want to!! Click here to brighten up your Wednesday morning!!

Another wonderful 'Illustrator Saturday' interview this week with one of The Organisation's illustrators! This time featuring the stunningly intricate drawings of Quino Marin - thank you Quino for your kind words about us! Click here for full article.

A lovely article on this Writing and Illustrating blog featuring the very talented Richard Johnson explaining his creative process - click here

Alison Jay - 12 Dancing Princesses.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Alison Jays brand new picture book at the Bologna Book Fair , with Little Bee books. She has illustrated the classic German fairy tale of the 12 Dancing Princesses! Filled with her simply stunning, evocative art, this is a real collectors item and one to cherish! Released in August, we can't wait to get our hands on this!