Huw Aaron
Huw Aaron is a cartoonist, illustrator and children's author. He was born in 1980 in Swansea, but subsequently settled in Cardiff.[1][2]
Career
[edit]After a short period as a chartered accountant, Aaron began working as a freelance cartoonist in 2009.[1] He has regularly contributed cartoons to Private Eye,[3] Reader's Digest, The Oldie,[3] Prospect,[4] The New Statesman, The Spectator and The Rugby Paper, for whose cartoon, North Stand, Aaron was highly commended in the 2012 British Sports Journalism Awards.[5][6]
Aaron has written and illustrated a number of children's books, predominantly in Welsh. He was chosen by the Books Council of Wales to write the £1 Welsh language book for World Book Day in 2021.[7] Together with his wife, Luned Aaron, he won both the Tir na n-Og Award (Welsh language primary category) and the Wales Book of the Year (Children & Young People Award) in 2023 for Dwi Eisiau bod yn Ddeinosor.[8][9] In 2024, Aaron signed an alleged six-figure contract with Puffin Books for seven books, the first of which, Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob, was published in March 2025.[10]
Selected works
[edit]- Ha Ha Cnec (2021)[7]
- I Want To Be A Dinosaur (Welsh: Dwi Eisiau Bod yn Ddeinosor) (with Luned Aaron) (2022)[8][9]
- Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob (2025)[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "contact. huw aaron". huwaaron.com. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Ask Huw Aaron". Learn Welsh. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ a b Murray, Rob (27 September 2013). "Special report: 50 years of cartoons in Private Eye". Professional Cartoonists Organisation. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Cartoonist of the month: Huw Aaron". Prospect. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ Cole, Ian (25 March 2013). "2012 British Sports Journalism Awards". Sports Journalists' Association. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ Murray, Rob (28 April 2013). "The Round-up". Professional Cartoonists Organisation. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Huw Aaron's cartoons to raise a smile on World Book Day 2021". Books Council of Wales. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ a b Williams, Menai (5 June 2023). "Tir na n-Og Winners 2023". Books Council of Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Wales Book of the Year 2023". Literature Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ Fraser, Katie (22 March 2024). "Puffin triumphs in eight-way auction for a seven-book deal with Huw Aaron". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 22 March 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ Bannerman, Lucy (25 April 2025). "Finally, a monstrously funny bedtime story". The Times. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025.
- ^ Carter, Imogen (4 March 2025). "Picture books for children – reviews". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
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