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About Mikey Please
Mikey Please is a Bristol-based BAFTA-winning and OSCAR-nominated writer, director, animator, and illustrator. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art (MA Animation) his music videos and short films have garnered over 60 international awards. In 2023 he was appointed as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Café at The Edge of the Woods, his critically acclaimed debut picture book, has landed on many best-book lists.
Right now – 2025 – he’s busy writing books, developing animation at Aardman and getting ready for the arrival of The Expanded Earth, his debut novel, which comes out in April (Corsair). Closely followed by The Cave Downwind of the Cafe (Harper Collins), his second solo picturebook in September.
About The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods
‘An unusual, intricate, delightfully grotesque rhyming picture book’ The Guardian
‘Exasperated parents of picky eaters will love this gorgeously illustrated, gothic gourmet giggle’ Daily Mail
Welcome to the Café at the Edge of the Woods, the utterly charming and mesmerising new picture book from BAFTA award-winning writer Mikey Please. Rene’s dreams have finally come true! She’s opened a café beside an enchanted wood, and with the help of a newfound waiter, Glumfoot, she is ready to serve the finest cuisine! But the locals seem to favour a most peculiar palette, requesting all sorts of disgusting things. Can Glumfoot’s quick-thinking save the day? Join Rene and Glumfoot in this incredible other-worldly story full of magical humour, mythical creatures and culinary curiosities.
‘I really, really love this story’ – Jon Klassen
