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…
Noriko Matsubara’s blog page. Noriko shares insights into the process of making children’s books and inspiration for stories.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…