A TWYFORD artist took a trip to Reading Museum for a special book signing on Monday.
Sally Castle used lockdown to illustrate Oscar Wilde’s children story, The Happy Prince.
With Wilde’s connections to Reading Gaol, Sally was set on drawing the story in the town, and readers can spot local landmarks.
Sally said the book signing event went really well.
“We had a steady stream of people coming in and it was so lovely meeting different people saying how much they enjoyed the book,” she said.
“I got inspired in lockdown to work on a personal project and, after reading Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince and Other Tales and the story seemed like such a lovely thing to illustrate.
Sally said she has added in private jokes linked to Reading, including the Maiwand Lion sculpture.
She added: “I would say this book is more appreciated by adults but I’ve also added in lots of details that children would very much enjoy.”Key words were also picked out and used to place decorative text alongside the drawing throughout the book.
The book is available at tworiverspress.com