Ehsan Abdollahi’s poetry commemorates his UK visit Ehsan Abdollahi has written a poem to commemorate his first ever visit to the UK! Edinburgh Book Festival is now over, and the illustrator of When I Coloured In the World and A Bottle of Happiness has returned to Iran, but he writes of all his happy memories of his events in both London and Edinburgh. This beautiful poem has been translated from Farsi by Azita Rassi. …
Here’s a lovely review of our panel event with Ehsan Abdollahi and Friends at the House of Illustration, written by Sue Martin at Books Go Walkabout: Ehsan is an award-winning illustrator of children’s books, his work is published through Tiny Owl Publishers. He teaches at Tehran’s top Honar (Art) University and he is currently in the UK to attend the Edinburgh International Book Festival and other engagements. On Thursday 10th August he joined a…
Our panel event at the House of Illustration had an air of celebration about it! A 70-strong audience and six wonderful panellists came together to celebrate Tiny Owl illustrator Ehsan Abdollahi’s arrival in the UK last week, for an evening of discussion about art, borders and intercultural collaboration. The panel was chaired by Erica Jarnes, managing director of the Poetry Translation Centre. The panellists sharing the stage with Ehsan Abdollahi were illustrator James Mayhew, author…
Tiny Owl are delighted to invite you to hear a panel discussion with Ehsan Abdollahi at the House of Illustration! The illustrator of When I Coloured In the World and A Bottle of Happiness made headlines recently when his visa application was declined, denying him the opportunity to appear at Edinburgh International Book Festival. After an overwhelming surge of public support and media coverage in the Guardian and The Bookseller, this refusal was overturned, enabling…
We are thrilled to announce a happy ending to the story of our illustrator’s visa. Ehsan Abdollahi, illustrator of When I Coloured In the World and A Bottle of Happiness, initially had his visa application refused for his planned visit to the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Now, after enormous public support, we have received news that his application has been granted and that all of Ehsan’s events in London and Edinburgh will be going ahead as planned. Delaram Ghanimifard, publisher at…