Events

Quentin Blake biography by Ghislaine Kenyon

Opening of the new maternity ward in Angers, France

Quentin Blake mural at Addenbrooke's Hospital

See Quentin Blake in conversation with Shaun Tan - 27 August 2012

Sign up now for 'Quentin Blake Virtually Live' 24 September 2012

Book now to hear Quentin talk at the V&A on 30 September

Quentin on air - in French and English

Jenny Uglow on 'The Illustrator's Magical Art' in The Guardian

Quentin Blake now on Twitter!

Quentin Blake talk, 'The Prospect of Print' at the London Original Print Fair 2013

Quentin Blake at the Hay Festival 2013

'Matilda' sells for £30,000 at auction for charity English PEN

Quentin receives the Lifetime Inspiration Award at Literally... Coventry

Quentin Blake talk at Sidcup Library, 25 June

Crack Magazine interviews Sir Quentin Blake

Listen again to Quentin giving a tour of his studio to the BBC World Service

'Fantastic Mr Quentin Blake' interviewed in 'Charlie Hebdo'

Gizmo under the hammer at the Gromit Unleashed Auction

Hastings storytelling festival: 11 - 17 November 2013

Hastings storytelling festival: 11 - 17 November 2013

Quentin at the Soho Literary Festival, 29 September 2013

The Book Bus Roadshow is coming! October 2013 to March 2014

'Open Doors' auction for the House of Illustration

'20 odd questions' answered by Quentin Blake

Quentin at the 'Imagine' Festival, 23 February

Listen to Quentin's podcast from the 'Slightly Foxed' Readers' Day 2013

Interview in 'Liberation' Weekend, May 2014

Quentin Blake in Aytre

Quentin Blake talks to Simon Schama

Quentin Blake in the 'Spectator', 5 July 2014

Listen to 'Daumier and Blake: Artists of Modern Life' podcast

Roald Dahl Day 2014: Puffin Virtually Live event

#AskQuentinBlake with the House of Illustration

Quentin Blake & Oliver Jeffers at the Southbank Centre

Charity auction of first edition books at Sotheby's

Hastings Illustrators' Festival, 6 December 2014

Quentin Blake interviewed in 'Varsity'

'The World at One' visits Quentin Blake

Comic Relief Art Auction goes live online

Art to be auctioned in aid of Hay Castle

Quentin Blake interviewed in the Observer

'Sidcup Words and Music' Festival, June 2015

Quentin at Downing College 'May Ball' 2015

Q&A interview with The Arts Desk, July 2015

Quentin attends the opening of the 'Bibliothèque Quentin Blake

Quentin supports The Prince's Trust 'Evening of Art'

'Beyond the Page' at the V&A

Quentin at Hastings Storytelling Festival 2015

Quentin Blake & Bruno Heitz: the 'Big Duo', 19 November 2015

Interview - 'From La Fontaine to Charlie Hebdo'

New 'Quentin Blake Gallery' opening in 2016 at the House of Illustration

Quentin reveals unpublished drawings from 'The BFG'

Tatton Park celebrates Roald Dahl's centenary

'Quentin Blake and France' at Kings Place

'Roald Dahl, the BFG and me' interview by Nicolette Jones

Art in Hospitals, Creativity and Well-being Week 2016

'Life under the Atlantic' launches in J Sheekey restaurant

'Life under the Atlantic' launches in J Sheekey restaurant

Giant 'BFG' banners and drawing stations welcome visitors at St Pancras International

'The Big Friendly Read' now on!

Quentin interviewed in new Roald Dahl documentary

Quentin Blake prints brighten up children's Ophthalmology Department

Special 'Roald Dahl Day' draw-along with Quentin

Special 'Roald Dahl Day' draw-along with Quentin

'Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave' stage tour in London

10th anniversary celebrations for The Book Bus

Collaborators Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark interviewed in iNewspaper

Quentin Blake artworks in fundraising auction to support House of Illustration

'The Five of Us' comes to London Underground

Quentin Blake & Emma Chichester Clark talk to Graham Norton

Quentin interviewed about his latest work - BBC Radio London

Quentin Blake auctions announced at Christie's, London

Jerwood Gallery relaunches as 'Hastings Contemporary'

Quentin creates 'portable rainbows' as free e-cards

Behind-the-scenes 'Making of' Clown feature on All4

Quentin Blake & John Yeoman: Fifty Years of Children's Books

'The Roald Dahl Centenary Portraits' now at Hull Central Library

'The Best of All Possible Worlds' now at the Heong Gallery

'The Only Way to Travel' exhibition at Jerwood Gallery

'The Life of Birds' exhibition opens at House of Illustration

'The Bulging Portfolio of Quentin Blake' at The Artworks, Halifax

Exhibition 'Linda Kitson: Drawings and Projects' at House of Illustration until 30 April

'The Roald Dahl Centenary Portraits' on show at The British Library

'Illustrators 2016' exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery

'The BFG in Pictures' at Tullie House, Carlisle: 5 November 2016 - 5 February 2017

'Pictures from Punch' at the Cartoon Museum

'The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots' artworks on show at House of Illustration

'Inside Stories' at National Museum Cardiff

'Michael Morpurgo: A Lifetime in Stories' at Seven Stories (until July 2017)

'The BFG in Pictures' at House of Illustration: 24 June - 2 October 2016

'What are you Like?' exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery: until 22 May

'Seven Kinds of Magic' at the House of Illustration's Quentin Blake Gallery

Griffin tapestries come to Downing College, Cambridge

Quentin Blake: The Hospital Drawings - extended until 31 May 2016

'Freedom from Torture' art exhibition and auction 2015

'Inside Stories' opens at The Lightbox, Woking

'A Quentin Blake Summer' exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery, July 2015

'Life under Water: A Hastings Celebration' exhibition 2 July - 6 September 2015

'Draw me a Story' exhibition at The Story Museum

Authors' letters found at Reading University

Quentin Blake artworks at Montreuil

'Quentin Blake and Friends' appear at Mottisfont and Nunnington Hall

'Artists on the Beach' at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings

'Quentin Blake: Inside Stories' at the House of Illustration

'Nos Compagnons' at Galerie Martine Gossieaux

'Moving Stories' at Seven Stories

'As Large as Life' comes to Hall Place, Bexley, Kent

Chris Beetles Gallery presents 'Quentin Blake: Fireworks, Fanfares & Fancies!'

Quentin's hospital exhibition 'As Large as Life' at the Harley Gallery

Chris Beetles Gallery presents 'The Illustrators' 2013

'Picture This: Children's Illustrated Classics' at the British Library, Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

'Quentin Blake: As Large as Life' comes to The Herbert, Coventry, July-November 2013

Quentin Blake exhibition at Cross Street Gallery, Islington until 1 August

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2013

'The Art of Storytelling' at Pound Arts Centre, Corsham: June & July 2013

'Quentin Blake: As Large as Life' opens in North Wales

House of Illustration 'What are They Like?' at Swiss Cottage Gallery

'Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand' at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge

'Quentin Blake: As Large as Life' at Bankfield Museum, Halifax

Exhibition of new Quentin Blake drawings in London and Norfolk

Octoquentinicious at Chris Beetles Gallery

Last chance to see the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2012

Quentin Blake's 'Green Ship' at RHS Garden Rosemoor

'Swimmers' exhibition opens at Clare Hall, Cambridge

'The Illustrators 1837-2015' at Chris Beetles Gallery 21 Nov - 9 January

Rare Quentin Blake drawing comes to BBC 'Antiques Roadshow'

New BBC documentary: 'Quentin Blake - The Drawing of my Life'

'90 Candles' project celebrates Quentin's 90th birthday

Quentin's art draws visitors to UK wetlands

Drawn to Water: Autumn wetland adventures await!

Celebrating the first ever National day of Illustration!