John Patience - about me

  • I trained in typography and book design at the Harris College in Preston, Lancashire, UK.
  • I worked briefly as a designer for a couple of publishers in London, England.
  • I did various jobs to earn a living, whilst writing and illustrating my own children's books and trying to get published.
  • My first self-authored illustrated children's book was published in 1980 - The Seasons in Fern Hollow
  • Since then I have had more than 100 titles published in many countries around the world and translated into many languages.
  • I have written, designed and illustrated both "flat" books and pop-up books including doing the paper engineering.
  • Please use the links under John Patience Books above for more information about and pictures of some of my books.

Please note that we are now re-publishing a lot of my titles, so if you've been looking for an old favourite but you'd prefer to buy a new copy rather than used / second-hand, it might be on our Talewater Press page where you'll find information about available and forthcoming titles.

PUBLISHERS / IPR BUYERS:

Buying John Patience Books

Please note that we do not have stocks of any of John's books.

  • You can buy new copies of the ones we have republished - see a list here.
  • You can buy used copies from Amazon, Abebooks and Ebay. Or try BookFinder.com which lists copies available from many different booksellers worldwide.

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