John, born in Guyana and now a resident in the UK, is a world-renowned poet and performer. He has won numerous awards including the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, the Smarties Award, the Paul Hamlyn Award and the Casa de las Americas Poetry Award. Piet is a celebrated South African illustrator of over 80 books. He has won numerous national and international prizes including a Golden Apple at the Biennale for Illustration, Bratislava, the Children's Africana Book Award and two Silver medals in the Noma Concours.