Finalist Bologna Children's Book Fair for Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

Congratulations to illustrator Marjorie Crosby-Fairall for being chosen as a Finalist for the Bologna Book Fair 2025 Illustrators Exhibition.

The Bologna Children's Book Fair has been working for over 60 years to discover new trends and rising talents in global illustration.

This year, 4,374 illustrators entered for the Illustrators Exhibition 2025, with a total of 21,870 submissions coming from 89 countries and regions.

To determine the winners, the international jury shortlisted 324 finalist artists.

Marjorie’s illustration submission was a sequence of illustrations from her upcoming picture book Emmie Builds Something New. The book will be her debut as both author and illustrator and will be published in 2025.

New PB for Lesley Gibbes and Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

Congratulations to author Lesley Gibbes and illustrator Marjorie Crosby-Fairall on the upcoming publication of

Demolition Dinosaurs

a hardback picture book for ages 0-7 published by Scholastic

July 2024

There's a dangerous building in the centre of town and the Demolition Dinos are smashing it down!
Another exciting, action-packed dinosaur picture book from award-winning, best selling creators Lesley Gibbes & Marjorie Crosby-Fairall.

Demolition Dinosaurs is book 3 in this dinosaur series. Be sure to collect them all!
Dinosaur Dads
Dinosaur Dads to the Rescue
Demolition Dinosaurs



SCBWI Award for Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

Congratulations to illustrator Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

SCBWI Summer Conference 2023 Portfolio Showcase Honor Awardee

The SCBWI annual Summer Portfolio Showcase is a career-launching opportunity for illustrators—a juried showcase which get their illustrations in front of the top publishing professionals working today. This year’s format was a three-image portfolio.

Portfolios were judged as a whole, not on any individual image. The judges were looking for:
Children’s book publishing appropriateness.
Consistency of a strong illustrative “voice” throughout.
Fresh and unique styles.

See here for details of the SCBWI Summer Conference 2023 Awards

Huge congratulations Marjorie from all of us!