Captain Kit
Captain Kit is the first book to be published under the Untitled 64 Publishing imprint.
The book is written by Kathryn Holme and illustrated by Maggie Bolton.
Kathryn wrote a version of this story for her youngest son in 2015 as they couldn’t find many books with characters called Kit.
Here are some of Kit’s drawings from the first version, which had the shipmates called Sol and Daniel after two of his friends:
Kathryn entered the
current version of the story into the 2023 Scottish Association of Writers
conference competition, where it was commended. Maggie Bolton was the
adjudicator for the competition and the two have since collaborated on this book.
Kathryn said, "I've found the
process of creating a picture book both enjoyable and challenging. I’ve learned
lots of skills regarding layout of text and images in order to capture the
essence of the story. I’ve had great advice from my two mentors: Sophie Hannah
(bestselling author and creator of the Dream Author programme) and Pauline Tait
(award-winning children’s author)."
Kathryn's son Kit is currently designing a combat robot, which is an expensive hobby,
so proceeds from book sales will help fund his project.