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Dear all,
We are thrilled to share the news that Bloomsbury Children's title THE IMAGINARY by A.F. Harrold and illustrated by Emily Gravett has been optioned for film by Japanese animation company Studio Ponoc and is planned for cinematic release in Summer 2022!
THE IMAGINARY is an outstanding story of friendship, imagination, memory and loss. Comic, scary, and deeply moving, this remarkable story has won the United Kingdom Literacy
Association (UKLA) Book Award, the British Book Design and Production Award, was longlisted for CILIP’s Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal for acclaimed children’s literature and has been translated into 18 languages.
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The Imaginary – Official Teaser Trailer (Studio Ponoc, Japan Summer 2022)
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Rudger is Amanda’s best friend. He doesn't exist, but nobody's perfect.
Only Amanda can see her imaginary friend – until the sinister Mr Bunting arrives at Amanda's door. Mr Bunting hunts imaginaries. Rumour says that he eats them. And he's sniffed out Rudger. Soon Rudger is alone, and running for his imaginary life. But can a boy who isn’t there survive without a friend to dream him up?
A brilliantly funny, scary and moving read from the unique imagination of A.F. Harrold, this beautiful book is astoundingly illustrated with integrated art and colour spreads by the award-winning Emily Gravett.
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A.F. Harrold is an English poet (1975 – present) who writes and performs for adults and children. He is the owner of many books, a handful of hats, a few good ideas and one beard. He spends his time showing off on stage, writing poems and books, and stroking his beard (it helps churn the ideas). He lives in Reading with a stand-up comedian and two cats.
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Emily Gravett was born in Brighton. After leaving school with few qualifications, she spent eight years living on the road before getting a place on the BA illustration course at Brighton University. She won the Macmillan Prize for Illustration with Wolves, which was published to great acclaim in August 2005, winning many prizes and marking the beginning of an international career creating extraordinary books for children. She lives in Brighton with her daughter, partner and two rats.
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Paperback - 224pp - Age: 8-12 years
WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
Publishers: SPANISH MEXICO / CENTRAL AMERICA (Grupo SM Mexico), ITALIAN (Mondadori), JAPANESE (Poplar Publishing), GALICIAN (Rinoceronte Editora), SIMPLIFIED CHINESE (Shanghai 99), POLISH (Wydawnictwo Literackie). PORTUGUESE BRAZIL (Brinque), FRENCH (Seuil), GERMAN (Heyne/Random), GREEK (Metaixmio), DUTCH (Clavis), KOREAN (Garam), TURKISH (Kirmizi Kedi), SPANISH SPAIN & CATALAN (Little Blackie Books), VIETNAMESE (Tre Publishing), RUSSIAN (Kariera Press), ROMANIAN (Art Grup).
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