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Here's the cover I did for Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell! This is the kind of book I dreamed about working on as a kid: a world filled with fantastical creatures and a story with equal parts danger and wonder. In addition to the cover I did approx. 40 b+w interior illustrations for this edition, out Sept 10th, 2024!

Many thanks to AD Carol Ly for bringing me this one! Also credit goes to Jason Carne for the great type design!

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cradle: ascension by ashley mackenzie

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Iron Widow, Heavenly Tyrant, by Xiran Jay Zhao. Book covers (official)

Artist: Ashley Mackenzie

《 If artist found / any info needs correction, please let me know! 》

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25 Days of Prints with INPRNT: Ashley Mackenzie.

Today's selection for 25 Days of Prints with INPRNT is the sensational work of artist Ashley Mackenzie, all of which are available in her INPRNT Shop.

Be sure to follow INPRNT on Tumblr, too!

[walrusmagazine]

Why William Gibson Is a Literary Genius

Forty years after his breakout story, “Johnny Mnemonic,” the father of cyberpunk remains one of the best writers around

The world Gibson was building was a wormhole away from most science fiction—from space-opera optimism and the sort of intergalactic intrigue that’s settled by laser sword. Gibson’s heroes were hustlers, their turf the congested city. They used substances, skirted the law, and self-edited via surgery. He provided more detail, the following year, in the story “Burning Chrome,” which coined the term cyberspace: a boundless 3-D grid, “an abstract representation of the relationships between data systems”—a kind of web.

Read more at thewalrus.ca.

Illustration by Ashley Mackenzie (ashmackenzie.com)

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William Gibson - Art by Ashley Mackenzie

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Book Notes: Impossible Creatures

When I was a kid, my cousins and I watched the ABC mini-series The 10th Kingdom on repeat because we loved it so much. A woman's father is kidnapped by trolls and she has to travel to a land full of all of the fairytale characters we know and love to save him? Sign me up. That's probably why "portal fantasies", where a character goes through a portal into another world more fantastical and magical than our own, often become instant and lifelong favorites of mine. Stardust by Neil Gaiman, The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson, In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan, Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis. The list goes on and on. And the newest addition to this engaging subgenre? Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, with gorgeous illustrations throughout by Ashley Mackenzie.

A girl with a flying coat from a world full of magical creatures. A boy with a penchant for animals from our own less obviously magical world. Mal and Christopher both feel the stifling weight of overprotection, a list of things they can't do instead of can: stay in the garden and away from the forest, no birthday candles or potato peelers so they can't hurt themselves. But curious children can't obey all of the rules. So when Christopher goes to the top of the hill he isn't supposed to be on while visiting his eccentric grandfather, he's both shocked and pleased to find a stampede of creatures that shouldn't exist, as well as Mal, a girl who climbed over a wall she shouldn't have climbed. What ensues is the adventure of a lifetime. In a bid to save the magic that is slowly leeching away from Mal's world, they leave on a quest looking for answers, picking up a Berserker, a marine scientist, and a ratatoska (a green, squirrel-like creature) along the way. Sailing through the island nation, encountering magical creatures both helpful and dangerous, a murderer comes ever closer and the urgency rises. 

The first book in a new middle grade series, Impossible Creatures is sure to enchant young and old alike. It will be on our shelves this coming Tuesday, September 10. The first printing has sprayed edges and foiling on the cover, and we have several copies that are signed by the author! We can't wait to share this new book by a longtime favorite author with you all. I, for one, cannot wait for the next book and to travel back to the magical land of The Archipelago.

-- Becca

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'Weaver' & 'Unraveller' by Ashley Mackenzie.

A2 (16.5" x 23.4") screen print, on 300gsm Gmund Bauhaus paper, in numbered limited editions of 80 for £45 each, or £80 for the 2 print set.

On sale Friday November 18 at 5pm UK through Black Dragon Press.

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Ashley Mackenzie’s illustrated book cover for Xiran Jay Zhao’s Iron Widow.

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"One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection." — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down

Art by Ashley Mackenzie

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[ashmackenzie]

I had the pleasure of doing the cover and some b+w interior illustrations for The 66th Rebirth of Frankie Caridi by Johnny Marciano which was just released last week! I had a lot of fun with the swirling effect on this wraparound and a chance to get entirely carried away with a palette of greens.

Many thanks to AD Jay Emmanuel for bringing me on for this one!

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Rien que pour la couverture #176

Rien que pour la couverture #176

Cher(e)s Voyageur(e)s, C’est samedi (petit changement de jour pour ce rendez-vous, adieu routine), et c’est le moment du rendez-vous “Rien que pour la couverture“. J’ai trouvé ce rendez-vous sur le blog Les lectures de Gribouille. Il m’a tout de suite conquise. Je vous en présenterai 5 par rendez-vous, et je vous mettrai si je les ai lu et si je les ai dans ma PAL. J’ai trouvé un compte super…

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) dir. Bill Condon.

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Assorted Nintendo and one piece doodles

[walrusmagazine]

Why Are There so Few Female Conductors?

For women, the symphony is not so different from the boardroom

It’s one thing for a woman to be playing second oboe or viola, a neat figure in black wedged in the orchestra pit. It is another for her to be the head of that tuxedoed flock, commanding them with a wave of a baton. The politics of the symphony may be obscure, but the prejudices women face as they vie for the podium exist across the entire spectrum of professional achievement.

Read more at thewalrus.ca.

Illustration by Ashley Mackenzie (ashmackenzie.com)