Huw Aaron

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Huw Aaron is a cartoonist, illustrator and children's author. He was born in 1980 in Swansea, but subsequently settled in Cardiff. [1] [2]

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Career

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  [ cy ], 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

References

  1. 1 2 "contact. huw aaron". huwaaron.com. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ask Huw Aaron". Learn Welsh. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 Murray, Rob (27 September 2013). "Special report: 50 years of cartoons in Private Eye". Professional Cartoonists Organisation. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Cartoonist of the month: Huw Aaron". Prospect . 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  5. ↑ Cole, Ian (25 March 2013). "2012 British Sports Journalism Awards". Sports Journalists' Association . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Murray, Rob (28 April 2013). "The Round-up". Professional Cartoonists Organisation. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Huw Aaron's cartoons to raise a smile on World Book Day 2021". Books Council of Wales . 30 November 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  8. 1 2 Williams, Menai (5 June 2023). "Tir na n-Og Winners 2023". Books Council of Wales . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Wales Book of the Year 2023". Literature Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Bannerman, Lucy (25 April 2025). "Finally, a monstrously funny bedtime story". The Times . Archived from the original on 25 April 2025.
  12. ↑ 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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