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Neale Osborne

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Birmingham, The United Kingdom

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Fiction, Fantasy, Children's

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Writer and illustrator Neale Osborne was born in July 1970.
His debut children’s novel 'Lydia’s Tin Lid Drum' was published by Oxford University Press in 2009, and its exotic sequel 'Lydia's Golden Drum' in 2013.
('Tin Lid Drum' was later revised and retitled 'Lydia's Enchanted Toffee'.)
'The Castle of Desires' is Neale’s only novel for older readers, set in 1930s California … and in the chambers of an enchanted fortress.
Since 2023, he has written and illustrated articles for classical music magazine Liner Notes: an overview of Soviet opera films was followed by pieces on the music of Malipiero, and Rimsky-Korsakov's opera ‘Mlada’, as well as guides to the film ‘Medea’ (with Maria Callas), and to Carl Nielsen's enchanting score for ‘Aladdin’; ...more

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I love your book "Lydia's Tin Lid Drum". What do you picture happening when Lydia grows up?

Neale Osborne There is a sequel to ‘Tin Lid Drum’ called ‘Lydia’s Golden Drum’ in which Lydia and Elixa (and a few other new characters) travel to the Spyssi Lands …moreThere is a sequel to ‘Tin Lid Drum’ called ‘Lydia’s Golden Drum’ in which Lydia and Elixa (and a few other new characters) travel to the Spyssi Lands in search of the Jampyr sorceress Kafeena.
Without spoiling the ending of that book (which hints at the future lives of some of the characters), there is a line, right at the beginning which says: “For Lydia, all would soon be settled … she was going to live in Karamesh to become a gourmet toffee chef.” It’s the place she’d always dreamed of going to (cooking and eating toffee there all day!) and so I hoped she might find peace in Mixakoko, and live ‘happily supper afters’.(less)

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this isn't really a question, but I read Lydia's tin lid drum when I was maybe six years old and I fell in love but I could never remember the title!? I've spent so long searching and searching to find this book and I only just managed to and i'm so so happy. Your book inspired me to write, and I've been published in anthologies and won competitions, and I really feel like i owe it to you. So thank you so much.

Neale Osborne It was so nice to receive such a heartening and complimentary message, thank you, Ella - although, judging by your obvious enthusiasm (and achievement…moreIt was so nice to receive such a heartening and complimentary message, thank you, Ella - although, judging by your obvious enthusiasm (and achievements thus far), I’m sure you would have been inspired to write one way or another!
Here’s to your continued success,
Warmest wishes, Neale Osborne.(less)

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	Lydia's Enchanted Toffee (Lydia, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jason Rascal's Spring in Time (The Seasonal Dreamworlds, #1) 3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Castle of Desires 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jason Rascal's Mad Summer Games (The Seasonal Dreamworlds, #2) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Art - the graphic work of Neale Osborne it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lydia's Golden Drum (Lydia, #2) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sour Puss - the inky cartoon art of Neale Osborne 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jason Rascal's Autumn Nightmare (The Seasonal Dreamworlds, #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter Sweet - the collected art of Neale Osborne 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Before drawing the curtain across the porthole, Lydia took a peek outside. The evening uneven sea glimmered with slices of dairy moon, the surface waves a shifting brew of dark tea stirred by an atmospheric spoon.”
― Neale Osborne, Lydia's Golden Drum

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“They're here, they're there, they're every-whevery-where!”
― Neale Osborne, Lydia's Enchanted Toffee

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“The evening uneven sea glimmered with slices of dairy moon, the surface waves a shifting brew of dark tea stirred by an atmospheric spoon.”
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“Literature is the aesthetic exploitation of language”
― Anthony Burgess, A Mouthful of Air: Languages and Language, Especially English

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“One single sentence, one frame of film, and abracadabra! the story’s wings would take her to another lost world, another magic realm that was ready to be explored.”
― Neale Osborne, The Castle of Desires

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“The evening uneven sea glimmered with slices of dairy moon, the surface waves a shifting brew of dark tea stirred by an atmospheric spoon.”
― Neale Osborne, Lydia's Golden Drum

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