Alison O'Toole

Advance copy of THE WILD CARDS — box, cards, ribbon and concertina. Design by ⁦@AlisonOToole⁩. Words by ⁦@RobGMacfarlane⁩ and artwork by the astonishing ⁦@JackieMorrisArt⁩. Releasing next month —

Happy publication day ⁦@RobGMacfarlane⁩ & ⁦@JackieMorrisArt⁩!

We're delighted to announce that there is now an audiobook of #TheUnwinding! Narrated by @bethanyporter1 and with music from @TheBookshopBand, it's a lovely, lovely thing. Here's a sneak preview, and you can get yours at the link below. bit.ly/38qCIMv

You are cordially invited to launch #TheUnwinding with us tomorrow at 6pm. @JackieMorrisArt in conversation with designer @AlisonOToole and Unbound's @johnmitchinson. bit.ly/2Ce644M

@PeediePointyDog @JackieMorrisArt @unbounders This is so so beautiful! 🧡

The night that little Lottie passed away I opened ‘The Unwinding’ randomly at the story ‘Solace’. So I ordered ‘The Silent Unwinding’ and Jackie very kindly signed it🥰 It begins with Lottie in pencil and oils @JackieMorrisArt @unbounders #TheSilentUnwinding #TheUnwindingGallery

@HFHAMissGerrard @RobGMacfarlane @JackieMorrisArt Hi Miss Gerrard 👋🏻 It’s definitely possible to recreate something like this for the school’s hallway. Just a case of getting accurate measurements of the area (and noting fixtures like where windows and plug sockets are located) and then deciding the elements you’d like featured.

@JackieMorrisArt @autumnrosewell @WoollardJessica Oh wow!! 🧡

@LizzieHKaye Gosh, thanks so much for such kind words Lizzie. I can’t wait for my copy to arrive to see it as a real object at last — hounding the postman every day!

Special mention for @AlisonOToole who is a designer of incomparable talent and intuition.

Watching The Unwinding, and Silent Unwinding, by @JackieMorrisArt @unbounders finding their way out into the world, and forgot I’d pledged for it! One of the last books due out that I commissioned in my Unbound days, it’s a thing of extraordinary beauty. Seek it out, and enjoy...

Bowled over by the beauty that is The Lost Spells by @RobGMacfarlane @JackieMorrisArt The cover and some of the pages were revealed today! @AlisonOToole @HamishH1931 Have done wonderful things. You can pre-order your SIGNED copy from us NOW via book-ish.co.uk/product/978024…

I love lettering projects, but I’m always so completely paranoid I’ve made a spelling mistake somewhere in there! 🖊👀 #theunwinding @unbounders @JackieMorrisArt @johnmitchinson

@JackieMorrisArt This is utterly mesmerising!

@sleepykane @mecobtweets @BenIllustrator Thanks for the shoutout @sleepykane! I made it as bespoke lettering for the cover, and then also made a slight variation on it for each header within the book. Not an actual font I’m afraid! But maybe I should turn it into one? So many people ask for it

@mecobtweets @BenIllustrator @AlisonOToole created that font.

This is a long shot, but does anyone know what font this is?

@qikipedia @UnaLedger @JackieMorrisArt How about this! 🖤

People who grew up watching black and white TVs are significantly more likely to dream in black and white.

@UnaLedger Thank you, it was such a special project 🙂

Beautifully serene

@gem_millward @drsmileyarun @PICU_BCH @gilljen45 @JackieMorrisArt @the_MFoundation @bchfoundation And thank you for everything you guys are doing too — that’s more special than anything else x

@AlisonOToole @drsmileyarun @PICU_BCH @gilljen45 @JackieMorrisArt @the_MFoundation @bchfoundation It really is a beautiful room, thank you.

Our wish for @PICU_BCH was to create a calm and reflective space, a room that offers respite from the stress of the intensive care unit, a place that feels safe enough for families to be vulnerable or comforted for a while themselves, before returning to their child’s bedside 🏩

@mip_MIIP Those are really lovely words, thank you 🙂

@helenadurham @NikkiSarkar_ @DannGooding @PICU_BCH @gilljen45 @JackieMorrisArt @the_MFoundation @bchfoundation @NUHCriticalCare @CritCareMatron @ruth_pettit @KateWhittle2 Ahhh, the good old plastic sofas! They can sometimes be tricky to get around, but in this case the room isn’t actually a clinical space so there was a lot more freedom in selecting the furniture 🙂

@StephanieHelmey @gilljen45 @PICU_BCH @JackieMorrisArt @the_MFoundation @bchfoundation They’re extremely fine brushes — I’m on holiday at the moment so I don’t actually have them with me but I can check what brands they are once back in the studio and let you know x

@AlisonOToole @gilljen45 @PICU_BCH @JackieMorrisArt @the_MFoundation @bchfoundation Just beautiful! Can you tell us about those brushes and drawing tools in the last shot? I’ve never seen them.

As 2019 draws to a close, am thinking back over a very special commission for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital’s PICU. It was such an honour to work alongside their amazing team, thank you to the incredible @gilljen45 for getting in touch to see if I could reimagine the space!

@ChallenDr @JackieMorrisArt @MrEFinch Thanks Christine!

@JackieMorrisArt @MrEFinch @AlisonOToole That is absolutely gorgeous fantastic