{"id":1129561,"global_id":"theaoi.com?id=1129561","global_id_lineage":["theaoi.com?id=1129561"],"author":"69162","status":"publish","date":"2025-12-19 07:15:21","date_utc":"2025-12-19 07:15:21","modified":"2025-12-19 07:16:01","modified_utc":"2025-12-19 07:16:01","url":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/event\/graphic-novels-storytelling-process-business-with-hari-conner\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/1129561","title":"Graphic novels: storytelling, process & business w\/ Hari Conner","description":"

Rough Draft – our Edinburgh illustrator meet-up – are<\/strong> excited to be joined online by their first ever guest speaker: Edinburgh-based, award-winning author and illustrator, Hari Conner<\/strong> for a short presentation on their work. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This will be followed by an \u2018Ask Me Anything\u2019 to learn more about Hari\u2019s illustration, comics process, graphic novels and publishing.<\/p>\n

Primarily working in longform comics, Hari mostly draws and writes fantasy, historical and LGBT+ romance, often at the same time. Their gamebooks include the ENNIE-nominated Into the Dungeon<\/em><\/a>, and their comics include the multi-award-winning webcomic Finding Home<\/em><\/a>. Their most recent graphic novel I Shall Never Fall In Love<\/em><\/a> was a Waterstones and bookshop.org Best YA 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can see more of Hari\u2019s work on hari-illustration.com<\/a> and on Instagram<\/a>, Tumblr<\/a>, and Bluesky<\/a> as @haridraws<\/p>\n

At Rough Draft, we welcome illustrators from all backgrounds, styles, and experience levels to join us – regardless of if you are a member of the AOI or not, so please come along and invite other illustrators to grab tickets to our February talk and AMA with Hari Conner.<\/p>\n

At Hari\u2019s talk, we\u2019ll be:<\/p>\n