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Tim Lerwill and Kel Dyson have tremendous success with 'The Snow Sheep'
Self-publisher Tim Lerwill has achieved tremendous success with his books in ‘The Farmer Tim’ series including ‘The Snow Sheep’ and ‘The Vegetable Patch’ – both beautifully illustrated by by our very own Kel Dyson.
Tim says, ‘I have enjoyed writing and publishing ‘The Snow Sheep’ and ‘The Vegetable Patch’. I’ve had to get to grips with how the publishing industry operates, which is very difficult to break into, especially with children’s books.’
Nevertheless Tim has achieved the seemingly impossible and will even be performing a series of book readings at schools, libraries and book festivals in 2010.
Tim chose The Bright Agency to source an illustrator and eventually settled on Kelly Dyson. Tim comments ‘Kelly’s illustrations really brought my books to life’.
February 11, 2010
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Bright Team Wrap for Kids Company!
On Friday 18th December some of the Bright team made their way down to Kids Company HQ to help with The Great Wrapping Extravaganza 2009! Kids Company play host to over 2,000 underprivileged children on Christmas day and brighten up their day with presents, food and fun! The hundreds of gifts were donated from all sorts of sources, really proving that peoples’ generosity at Christmas knows no bounds. It was an excellent day and much fun was had by all. Many thanks must go to Kids Company for their inspiration and generosity of spirit!
December 22, 2009
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Joelle Dreidemy Wins Sheffield Children's Book Award!
Joelle Dreidemy’s humorous picture book ‘Smelly Peter’ has just been chosen as the winner of The Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2009!
The Sheffield Children’s Book Award began in 1988. The project was first started to encourage children and young people to read and also to highlight the very best children’s books published each year.
In the first year just 6 local schools took part and this number has grown every year to a total of 202 school groups this year. It’s an event for children voted for by children.‘Peter is different – he only ever eats peas. And they make him rather smelly! Then one day he turns completely green. His school mates laugh at him but he is spotted by some aliens from outer space, who think he looks wonderful! So they whisk him away to make him their king…’
November 26, 2009
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Go Go Jennie Poh! Harrods launch new bags with Jen's designs!
Jennie Poh’s gorgeous, girly designs were picked up by the peeps over at Harrods and hey presto, check out these fabulously chic clutches and bags below!
http://www.harrods.com/HarrodsStore/find/p/0000…Today Harrods. . . tomorrow the world!!
February 01, 2010
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Lisa Fox wins the SCBWI Cover to Cover competition
A big congratulations is in order for Lisa Fox who recently won the Cover to Cover competition at the SCBWI conference in Winchester with her cover ‘The Dodee And The Dolphin’.
http://britishscbwi.org/conference2009/fringe.h…
Well done Lisa!!
December 16, 2009
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'The Girls Book Of Secrets' (Katy Jackson) is nominated for WHSmith 'Book Of The Year' award!
MOM Books has announced that ‘The Girls book Of Secrets’, illustrated by Katy Jackson, has been selected as part of the ‘WHSmith Children’s Book of the Year’ award, one of only twenty four! The retail chain will be promoting the book across their 365 strong chain of stores, highlighting its success with stickers.
Good luck Katy!November 10, 2009
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Ben Mantle wins Children's Interactive BAFTA 2009!
Congratulations go to Ben Mantle, who, as lead animator on the Cbeebies website ‘Big and Small’, recently won a Children’s Interactive BAFTA 2009! Ben’s job was to bring to life the two main characters from the hit TV show, who interactively talk to the viewer, guiding them through the groundbreaking 3D website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/bigandsmall/). He also helped design, build and animate the extensive garden which includes many more interactive games and activities.
The website is based on the Cbeebies show ‘Big and Small’ which is a comedy TV show for kids, about a big character (called Big) and a small character (called Small) who, despite their differences, are the very best of friends. The website is aimed at 3-6 year olds and enables the child to interact with the characters and objects within the Big and Small house. Lenny Henry, the on-screen voice for the top rated Cbeebies show, also recorded a new script for the website, to create a more interactive atmosphere. The project was a joint project between Plug-in Media and Kindle Entertainment.
January 26, 2010
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A BRIGHT NEW BABY!
Lulu, our accounts assistant at Bright, has given birth to a beautiful new baby boy. She came into the office to visit us recently and there was much cooing and ahhing . . . even from Adam! We’re all delighted for her but we can’t wait for her return in February too!
We’re very proud of you Lulu!! xx
December 16, 2009
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New Job -New Year Start date Jan 2010
The Bright Agency provides a cutting-edge tailored service to the world of illustration. We have become renowned within the industry for our dynamism & pro-active approach representing our artists, so it will be a special person who joins our team of agents.
The position calls for someone with proven sales & organisational skills. Someone who can build relationships with our artists and contacts and match the needs of both. The role requires you to build existing on relations, create new opportunities, visit clients, interview artists, keen eye for illustration and trends, update records, manage contracts and requires some travel.
Knowledge of any field within publishing would be an asset, however we believe in appointing the right person with the right approach so welcome diverse applications.
In return we offer a salary range of £ 25,000 -£ 35,000, a strong monthly bonus, commission, free lunch, training, travel expenses, 22 days holiday and a day off for Christmas shopping.
Our people make the difference in our business. If you are interested, please contact:
Vicki Willden-Lebrecht (Director)
vicki@thebrightagency.com
www.thebrightagency.comOctober 27, 2009
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Vicki Willden-LeBRAVE bob-sleighs to raise money for the Light Fund!
Organised by Bear Conran’s Stephen Gould, The Light Fund Bobsleigh Challenge takes place from March 2nd to 4th at the Ingles track, just outside of Innsbruck . . . and Bright’s brave MD is taking part!
The Light Fund raised over £70,000 last year for a number of charities including Kidscape, Guide Dogs for the Blind, The Douglas Bader Foundation, Nordoff Robbins, Multiple Sclerosis, The Lymphoma Association and The Institute for Cancer Research. The bobsleigh event will play a large part in this year’s fundraising efforts. They do a fantastic job and even donated £5,000 to Bright last December for our charity Kids Company.
There 18 bends to navigate over a length of 1,200 metres, with a vertical drop from start to finish of 98.1 metres. They will hit speeds in excess of 80mph on some bends and will experience five times the force of gravity – and flipping over or falling out is not a healthy option!
Good luck Vicks! We’re all behind you . . . though thankfully not in the bobsleigh with you!
January 20, 2010
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CALLING ALL CLIENTS! Please help us provide a brighter Christmas for Kids Co children this year!
Bright have teamed up with the Kids Company to provide a better Christmas experience for inner city children this year. Bright will not only be donating funds but also time, helping to paint signs for their Christmas party. You can help too! If you and your company can donate anything this Christmas for the Kids Co children whether it be books, wrapping paper, toys, merchandise, activities or games, Bright will ensure that each gift is wrapped and received by a child this Christmas. If you are kind enough to donate please get in contact with Amber (amber@thebrightagency.com) or anyone from the Bright team. Or if you would like further information on how to donate, other ways in which you can become involved in either the charity auction or Kids Co, please get in touch!
http://www.kidsco.org.uk/news-events/2009/chris…
November 30, 2009
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BRAND LICENSING BRIGADE
We came . . . We exhibited . . . We conquered!
The Bright Group International (BGI) recently made its debut at The Brand Licensing show 2009 at Olympia . . . and went down a storm! All the team were there to promote four captivating new characters pitch-perfect for licensing; including Sue Hendra’s ‘Barry The Fish With Fingers’, Lee Wildish’s ‘Cowboy Carl’ and ‘Swamp Life’ and Gary De La Cour’s ‘Boglysaurus’. We received rapturous feedback and were stunned by the amount of attention our outstanding new projects generated – which just goes to show we’ve definitely made the right move heading into the licensing arena.
Full steam ahead . . . next stop Cannes for MIP!
(http://www.mipworld.com/en/MIPTV/)
October 06, 2009