“Alphonse, That Is Not OK to Do!” Launch Party at Gosh London in April

By John Freeman on 22 March 2016

Gosh London will be hosting a launch party and signing for the picture book Alphonse, That is Not OK To Do! with Daisy Hirst on Wednesday 20th April 2016, starting at 7.00pm.

Daisy Hirst is a children’s book author, illustrator and poet, whose previous work The Girl With The Parrot on her Head, a beautiful story about a young girl dealing with moving and having to make new friends. It was released in paperback in January.

In her second book, Natalie mostly loves her little brother Alphonse being there – they name the pigeons, bounce things off the bunk beds, have stories in the chair and make lots of fun stuff together.

But, when Natalie catches Alphonse eating her most favourite book, well …that is not OK!

Daisy also draws comics: she recently worked on some jam comics with Becky Palmer. Her comic Lesley and Marvin and the Llamas de Muerte appeared in the first issue of LOAf (about fears); Bats to the Future followed in Issue 2 (friends).

LOAf (“Thick-sliced comics for big kids and little adults”) is for sale online at Etsy and at shops in London, Cambridge, Bristol, Paris and elsewhere. (More info here)

• Alphonse, That Is Not Okay To Do! Launch Party 7.00pm – 9.00pm Wednesday 20th April 2016 Gosh London.1 Berwick Street, W1F 0DR London | Check out the event on Facebook or here on the Gosh web site

• Daisy Hirst is online at www.daisyhirst.com

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.