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Carol Adlam
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Draws, writes, mentors. Teaches @NTU Illustration, U of Cambridge creative writing. The Russian Detective (Penguin 2024). Guardian best books 2024. WIP #ElizaRaine

www.caroladlam.co.uk
Work in progress. #AnneLister #ElizaRaine
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
July 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
234 candles for Miss Lister, please. #annelister
April 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Fantastic to see #therussiandetective in Portuguese, published today as A Detetive Russa by ASA Editora (LeYa)

🌷Muito obrigada 🌹

#adetetiverussa
March 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here’s my children’s leaflet for the Lawrence Room museum @girtoncollege @girtonoutreach in Cambridge. It’s a twist-fold design, showing 14 objects, all based on the idea of surprise and discovery @girtoncollege.bsky.social

👉#museums #museumdesign #designinspiration #girtoncollege
March 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Lister; L; Welly; my loved Welly; my darling; my dear love; my dear darling; Husband; my dear kind Husband and Protector of my Life; the Line, the long-tried Friend of my Heart.

Work-in-progress. #ElizaRaine #annelister
March 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Quite enjoying drawing these little birds to make this c1840s victorian wallpaper complete with graffiti by resident (official) lunatic. #elizaraine
March 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hmmm.
February 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
More miniatures for my next graphic novel, featuring this individual … #elizaraine
February 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Regency miniature, you say? Why, I have the very thing for you. Meet Jane Raine, later Mrs Boulton. Graphic novel work-in-progress. Gouache on Wickes tile sample, since you ask. elizaraine #graphicnovel
February 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just sent out my newsletter, The Illustrationist! Sign up at www.caroladlam.co.uk for news and discounts on classes and artwork coming soon!

#illustration
#collectart
#artclasses
#writingclasses
#graphicnovels
#mentoring
December 22, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Here's my recent talk at Djanogly Gallery (Lakeside Arts), on Paula Rego and Grayson Perry, called Monsters, Beasts, and Other Animals - with a little bit about Sigourney Weaver. To find out more, watch the video at this link - mediaspace.nottingham.ac.uk/media/t/1_b4...
December 17, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Reposted by Carol Adlam
Well, this was really good.

THE RUSSIAN DETECTIVE by Carol Adlam.

A whodunnit set in 19th century Russia, told with playfulness and invention, dancing between styles to great effect.
September 17, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Reposted by Carol Adlam
I loved this book. One of the best things I read this year.
The Russian Detective is in the Guardian's Best Graphic Novels of 2024 list: "handsome"..."a rollicking historical pastiche [with] mirrored corridors, snarling wolves, snowy streets and duellists in the night framed by slender trees and dark water"... Link here:

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
The best graphic novels of 2024
Arthurian legend, dark family secrets, monsters, princesses and a Russian detective in this year’s picks
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:44 PM
The Russian Detective is in the Guardian's Best Graphic Novels of 2024 list: "handsome"..."a rollicking historical pastiche [with] mirrored corridors, snarling wolves, snowy streets and duellists in the night framed by slender trees and dark water"... Link here:

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
The best graphic novels of 2024
Arthurian legend, dark family secrets, monsters, princesses and a Russian detective in this year’s picks
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:36 PM