Interview: Destynee Onwochei & Noriko Matsubara
I worked with BBC Children’s for their new Storytime App earlier this year. I illustrated one of their stories called "Olanna's Super Senses" written by Destynee Onwochei. Prior to the…
Coloured Pencil Illustration Work in Progress
I'm working on my next picture book "Bocchi and Pocchi and Baby Sock." I just finished this illustration, a chaotic living room where Baby Sock paints everywhere!This illustration took me…
Newspaper Article ‘Creator’s Desk’
A Japanese newspaper reporter got in touch with me a while ago and told me about their new column called 'Creator's Desk @ Artist's Workplace.’ This column is aimed at…
Noriko Matsubara at Hachinohe Book Center, August 2019
Reunion with my Year 1 teacher
Last August, I was giving a talk at Hachinohe Book Center in Japan, promoting my newly published book.When it was time for Q&A, an elderly lady stood up from the…
Noriko Matsubara at home
Behind the Scene – How I came to do what I do
I want to talk about why I do what I do - creating children’s books. Before I started writing and illustrating children’s books, I was doing an art project that focused…
Interview with Children’s Author Pippa Goodhart
I’m curious about how longstanding children’s authors work. How do they get so many ideas? What do they do if they get stuck? Because I have gone through stagnant periods…
Illustration by Gillian McClure
Interview with Children’s Author/Illustrator Gillian McClure
I love what I do - working as an artist, children’s book author and illustrator. But I have challenges. How can I find more time to work while raising a…
Noriko Matsubara at Newton Hall Library, County Durham, UK
Lads and Lasses We Love – Noriko Matsubara
This blog first appeared on Digital Sparkles' blog article on 12th November 2018. You can read it here.ORIGINAL POSTTell us a bit about yourself and what you doHello, my name…
Illustration from "Bocchi and Pocchi: A Tale of Two Socks" by Noriko Matsubara
How Bocchi and Pocchi began
ORIGINAL POSTIn this blog I’d like to share my inspiration for my Bocchi and Pocchi picture books and why they're about socks, as I have been asked about it quite…
Illustration from "Bocchi and Pocchi's Big Surprise" written and illustrated by Noriko Matsubara
A caterpillar comes to stay – inspiration for “Bocchi and Pocchi’s Big Surprise”
One day when I took a cabbage out of the fridge and I found a caterpillar between cabbage leaves. I told my husband to take the caterpillar outside. He refused…