Walker Books launches prize in tribute to late founder

Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 01/07/2011 - 09:00 Walker Books has launched an award for new illustration to help mark the 20th anniversary of the death of the company's founder, Sebastian Walker. The Sebastian Walker Award will be run in collaboration with the MA course in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University. It will be presented annually to the most promising graduate whose MA project will be considered on a first option basis by Walker books. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]

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