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With less than a month to go before the deadline of our Book Illustration Competition 2019, we take a look at last year’s winning entry – now a completed commission and a beautifully bound book published by the Folio Society. Sherlock Holmes front cover (c) Folio Society

Quentin Blake and John Yeoman on tour... Quentin Blake at Lady Lever Gallery

A few highlights from our Christmas Party, which featured festive readings by Joanna Lumley, David Walliams and Jane Asher and live illustration by Gerald Scarfe, Axel Scheffler, Posy Simmonds and Chris Riddell... Joanna Lumley and Posy Simmonds on stage (c) Michael Czerwinski

It's just around the corner! Here's a taste of what to expect from a handful of the 100+ illustrators who will be selling on the day. From seasonal stag beetles to mini Mozart baubles, this is your opportunity to buy from independent illustrators this Christmas, and find something unexpected... @graceattlee

Matilda, Mr. Stink and the Minpins are in the Netherlands photography by Lucas Hardonk

Ahead of her talk at House of Illustration tonight, the acclaimed graphic novelist tells us about some of the personal origins of her latest book, Wolf... Wolf Boy Rachael Ball

Meet YiMiao Shih, our fifth Illustrator in Residence, who wants to hear from you! She takes over our Instagram account this week to tell us about her project and to find out: ʻWhat is Brexit to you?ʼ She explains… rabbit

John Vernon Lord talks us through a process of annotating, choosing ‘frozen’ moments, fumbling and stumbling and imposing restraints… Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1 credit John Vernon Lord John Vernon Lord

Learning is at the heart of what we do here at House of Illustration. Our new video takes you through our education mission to build confidence and art skills in school pupils and teachers, adults and families... education video

John Vernon Lord, whose original series inspired our September Drawing a Day Challenge, selects his winner and runners-up... Sojung Kim-McCarthy (1)

Ahead of our talk and book signing with Lauren Child, Jessie Burton and Angela Barrett, we hear from the women behind this new book published by Bloomsbury. Angela Barrett Sketch (c) Angela Barrett

We challenged you to draw an inch-sized drawing every day throughout September. Here are the results! Click on the images to enlarge them and see who they are by. A P Payal

We challenged you to draw an inch-sized drawing every day throughout September. Here are the results! Click on the images to enlarge them and see who they are by. Fiona Thomson

We challenged you to draw an inch-sized drawing every day throughout September. Here are the results! Click on the images to enlarge them and see who they are by. Kara Campbell

We challenged you to draw an inch-sized drawing every day throughout September. Here are the results! Click on the images to enlarge them and see who they are by. Padma Malini

And we're delighted to announce that John Vernon Lord, whose inch-sized drawings inspired our Drawing a Day Challenge, is to judge the competition! (c) Fawa Shah

It's day 20 of the challenge and to celebrate everyone's hard work we're featuring 50 of our favourites - a very small selection of some of the many beautiful, miniature works that you've been sharing with us. Remember, we will be featuring all 30 images of everyone who completes the Drawing a Day Challenge at the end of the month, so keep up the excellent work! (c) Amy Bogard

Selected highlights from the first few days of the challenge. Blake Gore

This September we’re challenging you to do a drawing every day. The twist? They have to be just one inch big. A drawing a day

This summer we’re taking inspiration from Enid Marx and celebrating popular art. We want to see your drawings and photographs of all the weird and wonderful collectable – and not so collectable – objects that enrich our lives as people and as illustrators. Enid Marx - popular art 6 (c) Enid Marx