Ever wondered what happens on stage after you’ve left the theatre? Here’s a little peak into what goes on behind the scenes on Emily Brown and the Thing which is currently touring the USA! pic.twitter.com/nVzLAQWzve — Tall Stories (@TallStoriesNews) May 9, 2019

View this post on Instagram The play of “Emily Brown and the Thing” by @cressidacowellauthor & me is playing to a beautiful 100 year old theatre packed with children, just off Broadway, Times Square, New York – Keep having to pinch myself… we’re here with the kids to see the show. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The stuff of […]

Big Thanks to #haylingislandbookshop for the pop-up shop in #Romsey today…📕📚📕📚✍️ A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jul 9, 2018 at 9:00am PDT

  Emily Brown and the Thing are back on stage this Christmas! You can catch them at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot 6-24 December… After which the show will move on to Australia, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates and the USA!   Here’s a poster about it…   And here’s a fab trailer!  

Preparing for an Easter getaway? Look out for the poetry points at Heathrow Airport! There are four pillars in terminals 2-5 each with specially written travel poems recited by their authors Michael Rosen, Danny Wallace, Laura Dockrill and MG Leonard. As you might have guessed I did the illustrations which feature cameos of some of the […]

  Practicing drawing Emily Brown and Stanley for a school visit next week…   IMG_7975 from Neal Layton on Vimeo.

  …all four Emily Brown books, have been re-printed with shiny new covers!    

‘On Thursday 2nd July Chichester High School for Girls had the illustrator / author Neal Layton visit the library. We were joined by three local primary schools who we have been working with on a transition project. ‘Neal’s talk was fascinating. He talked about the books he had written and illustrated the materials he uses […]

Delighted to be included in the impressive line up at the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival last week. Great to work alongside Cressida Cowell again, a big thanks to the organisers, and all who came along to the event! Here’s a few pictures…  

If you’re heading to the Apsex gallery with your kids this weekend, why not try playing ‘Eye Spy’ whist you’re there? These four things are hidden in the exhibition. You can download a copy here, or pick up one at the gallery…