Emily Haworth-Booth's Blog

My sister Alice Haworth-Booth and I co-authored PROTEST!, a non-fiction history of protest for all ages from 9 upwards, also designed by Alice and illustrated by me. Published in June 2021, it’s 168 pages long and covers a huge number of protests and movements from the first recorded sit down strike in Ancient Egypt, to Black Lives Matter, Extinction Rebellion and the School Strikes in the present day. Available here and at all good bookshops.

My new picturebook, The Last Tree, has been described by the Bookselller as a ‘thought-provoking ecological fable’. It will be published by Pavilion Children’s on 6th Feb 2020.

I have a personal essay on ‘Graphic Medicine’ in this beautiful new book, Ways of Drawing, published by the Royal Drawing School and Thames & Hudson, lavishly illustrated with drawings from the alumni and faculty. You can order it here

Some sample pages from my graphic novel in progress. It’s a work of autofiction about the stories we tell ourselves, and weaves together climate change, environmental activism, romantic comedies and fairy tales.

An illustration for The Poetry Society to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Foyles Young Poets award, of which I was a recipient in 1998 – so I felt both happy and ancient doing this commission.

The King Who Banned the Dark will be published by Pavilion Children’s this October!

Cover for The King Who Banned the Dark

So delighted to have been shortlisted for the Laydeez Do Comics Prize for graphic novels in progress!

The cover for my graphic novel in progress (working title)

It’s great to be part of Draw the Line, an online anthology of actions anyone can take if they’re feeling disillusioned with the current political climate. All the actions are illustrated by comics artists. My brief was to illustrate ‘Attend Meetings':

The project is the brainchild of Myfanwy Tristram and with any luck will make it into print in the near future…

Here are some more recent pages from my graphic-novel-in-progress, as I haven’t put any up here for ages…

I’m so proud to have made the album artwork for this amazing record by the very talented Little Country Giants. The album will be released officially on 27th February; I’ll post some links here when it is.