Shaping the Labyrinth An Illustration & Visual Storytelling Workshop About the Workshop: Every story is a labyrinth — not a trap, but a place of mystery, transformation, and truth. "Shaping the Labyrinth" is…
This August, we are thrilled to welcome internationally acclaimed illustrator and picture book artist Valerio Vidali to Istanbul for a special workshop hosted by Shhhbooks. Known for his poetic visual…
“Javier Zabala’s work is characterized by the combination of different elements and the expressionism he applies to children’s books. None of his works leave us indifferent; his avant-garde and pictorial…
YOUR OWN VOICE. Face to face 2024 Istanbul Your Voice has to be discovered. This is the first drawing of which I am aware, a row of Egyptian soldiers painted…
"Three things are important to me; 1. To feel and accept myself, I mean both in general and in specific meaning: the motor skills of my hand and the peculiarities…
Introduction to Jesús Cisneros´s Workshop Garden and Forest We have all ever visited a garden. Maybe even take care of a garden. If we ask ourselves what a garden is,…
"If we try to tell a story from the very beginning by calculating everything, we always end up with fewer surprises and above all less poetry and less truth." Manuel…
Research by archaeologists show that the history of play is as old as human history. There are documents, findings showing that many games played today were played in ancient times…
Nikolay Gogol's short story "The Nose", illustrated by Merve Erbilgiç, is getting ready to meet you soon. You can buy our first edition on our website (worldwide) or from select…
Hello everyone from the morning of May 16th! This week we kick off a new series of posts for you. In this new Shhhbooks series, we ask questions about illustrated…
