Welcome to the fourth episode of Flipped. We're delighted to present to you an interview with Niamh Sharkey, author, illustrator, current Laureate na nÓg and creator of the new Disney show Henry Hugglemonster. Enjoy. Subscribe in iTunes here Download episode (right/ctrl click) Facebook page (!) Podcast Contents 00:01 - Intro 01:28 - Early beginnings and stealing library cards 03:58 - Keeping Sketchbooks 05:30 - Australia, Tazmania + the first book 08:05 - Giant Turnip and Niamh's Process 10:00 - Ravenous Beast 11:30 - Animated Series - Henry Hugglemonster 16:30 - Thinking about your audience 17:20 - Spirit of the book 19:00 - Art Direction for Hugglemonsters 23:20 - Laureate na nóg + Pictiúr 25:30 - Radio Doodle + little pages 26:20 - Google doodle 27:40 - Drawing is cool - Oh yeah! 29:20 - Back to Henry 30:40 - Outro and Competition details References Niamh's Blog http://niamhsharkey.blogspot.ie/ Laureate na Nóg http://childrenslaureate.ie/ Catch Henry Hugglemonster on Disney Junior (UK) at the following times or check out disney.co.uk for more info. Fridays at 14:49, 17:49 A little bit about Pictiúr http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/blog/pictiur-is-going-to-parliament/ Flipped was produced by Aidan McAteer & Megan McMahon, edited by Aidan McAteer and featured music from www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com We wanted to say a special thanks to Niamh for taking the time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy the podcast - let us know what you think at flippedpodcast(at)gmail.com. Now you can like our Facebook page page, plus listeners in Ireland can win a copy of the wonderful hardback book "The Art of Hotel Transylvania" www.flippedpodcast.com