EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 11 © 2015 The Book Palace (96 pages PAGES in Full edition)

90 Out There: Freya Hartas Freya Hartas graduated from Falmouth College in 2014. Describing her years at Falmouth as “really enjoyable at one of the most idyllic places you could be an art student”, she certainly hasn’t let the grass grow under her feet. Her first commission came when she was still studying, and the resultant illustrations for the ‘Dark Lord’ series of books won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2012. She was also among twelve illustrators who were awarded the Lemniscaat Illustration Awards for her picture book ‘Little Kong’. As Freya relates, “I’ve always loved drawing, my bunk bed as a child had drawings stuffed in every corner, even under the pillow, and I used to stay up all night drawing mice… I was quite obsessed with them for some