Alex Milway - Official Website
Children's author, illustrator, screenwriter
I’ve got four signed copies of Big Sky Mountain, each with an original pencil illustration from the book to give away!
All you have to do is head to the competition page and answer a simple question to be entered into the draw! The competition is running for a week, and the more you share it with friends, the more chances to win you get.
Good luck!
This week sees the publication of Big Sky Mountain, the first in a new series, all about a young girl called Rosa, who goes to live with her gran in the wilderness.
The story is really important to me, born out of my relationship with my grandma, who would always take me ‘trekking’ up the Malvern Hills.
She’d march us up there, come rain or shine. It really helped foster my love of the outdoors, and hills in particular.
The stories are stuffed full of my favourite things, such as canoeing, sitting around campfires, a friendly moose, a pair of diligent and very busy beavers, and of course, cabins.
I hope you like this world of Big Sky Mountain as much as I do!
It’s lovely weather here today. We moved to the seaside six months ago, so you can imagine we have been making the most of the glorious weather. Lots of swimming in the sea! Because I don’t have lovely thick fur like the beavers in Big Sky Mountain, I have to admit to being a big fan of the wetsuit. If you follow me on Instagram, I’m sure you’ll have seen a LOT of photos of us on the beach – whatever the weather!
I’ve got some freebies to give away in the coming days, so stay tuned!
Half term is upon us already! Who can believe it?! If you’re stuck in lockdown, I thought you might enjoy this series of videos I made, which are up on my YouTube channel.
As well as silly songs, word games and a reading from one of my books, each video has a ‘How to Draw’ section, where I take you through the simple techniques I use to draw some of my most-loved characters (including Harold from Pigsticks and Harold and T. Bear and Madame Le Pig from Hotel Flamingo.)
How to Draw T. Bear
How to Draw Harold The Hamster
How to Draw Madame Le Pig
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Alex
Win a Pin Badge!
If you draw one the characters, please do send me a photo! I can’t promise to reply to every message, but I promise I will look at them all.
If you send to me by 1 November at 5pm I’ll pick one and send out an enamel pin badge from my new Alex Milway Shop! [COMPETITION NOW CLOSED]