Picture This! features work by the finalists of the prestigious Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for emerging Illustrators, 2017, with work by celebrated illustrator, Fifi Colston. Illustrations by Fifi from the books, Far, Far From Home (Elizabeth Pulford, 2012) and The Red Poppy (David Hill, 2012) will be on show. Fifi has had a richly varied career as a writer, illustrator, poet, wearable arts designer and costumer for the film industry and she regularly runs art and writing workshops with schools. Torty and the Soldier by Jennifer Beck and illustrated by Fifi Colston is shortlisted for the 2017 N Z Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Lael Chisholm, an 18-year-old freelance artist and designer from Feilding, was the winner of the Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for Illustration, 2017. The Award’s three judges chose her work for its interesting and thoughtful interpretation of the story and the assured use of materials and technique,” said Gavin Bishop. “That this year’s winner, Lael Chisholm, has not long finished school has blown us away!” Debra Miller, Penguin Random House, Publishing Director. “We are very much looking forward to publishing Lael’s illustrations to accompany the story Granny McFlitter, the Champion Knitter by Heather Haylock in 2018.” Lael was dux at Feilding High School in 2015.