Yet another year with a lot of exciting projects is about to end. Phanhabs Savanna, twikga's third book, was published in spring. In summer the Wild Picha site was launched, showing the pictures behind the twikga books. Willem and Tanja Dekker opened their first photo-exibition in september. Meanwhile Elisabeth Visser and Tanja Dekker are working on the new Tata&Squack adventure, which will...
Today twikga launches it's second book in the Phanhabs series: Savanna. Phanhabs stands for "phantastic habitats". They are creative impressions of the habitats of wild african animals. This book illustrates the change of seasons in the african savanna in nine colorful plates. The first plates illustrate the dry season, with dusty planes and golden light. In this harsh environment a lot of...
Aus der twikga-one-woman-show ist im letzten Jahr eine lebhafte few-woman-show geworden, DANK allen Mitstreiterinnen und natürlich unseren männlichen Helfern, sowie Verlagshund Duvel. Dieses Jahr stand im Zeichen von Vertrieb und Medien. Wir haben einiges auf die Beine gestellt… Inzwischen arbeiten wir in Deutschland und in Holland mit mehreren Großhändlern und Buchhändlern zusammen und danken...
It was great to be in Bologna again. In 2008 we were overwhelmed by the idea to see the whole world of children's books, publishers, agents, writers, illustrators buzzing in one place for a few days. Back then we were still trying to find a publisher for our books. By now we are glad we have our own publishing company, seeing all the great opportunities out there. Thank you Bologna, for the...
May your "wildest dreams" come true in the New Year! Tanja & Elisabeth
Our journey comes to a hold for a magical Christmas, Tata&Squack have found their way into the world. After the hard work, we are looking forward to share some quality time with family and friends under the christmas tree. Enjoying what we have achieved in 2011 and wishing for an inspirational and successful New Year. Merry Christmas Tanja & Elisabeth
Wat een feest! Zaterdag 5 november, een prachtige, zonnige herfstdag op één van de mooiste plekjes in Amsterdam, vierden wij samen met familie en vrienden het verschijnen van Tata & Squack - De Grote Reis. Een bijzonder moment met mooie, grappige en uitleggende woorden om het proces en de samenwerking te beschrijven die na 4 jaar tot ons eerste kinderboek heeft geleidt. Dit alles onder...
The story of how our idea Tata & Squack-The big Journey turns into a book has many beginnings. Its journey starts in 2007 as Tanja asks me to develop together with her a wildness story about a girl and her animal friend in Africa. From idea to book our journey is fraught with challenges. The idea was there but the characters, shape, style, tone, design, were yet to be created. During the next...
