Once Upon a Raindrop

James Carter

After fifteen years of writing, performing and recording music (whilst doing a series of jobs from job centre interviewer to recruitment consultant), James went off to Reading University to do a B.Ed degree in primary education and an MA in children's literature.

He is now an award/prize-winning poet, as well as a non-fiction and educational writer. He is the author of many popular and best-selling poetry titles. He travels all over the UK to give lively poetry/music performances and workshops. In the last seventeen years, he has visited well over 1000 schools, and performed at various prestigious literary festivals, including Cheltenham, Hay and Edinburgh.

James lives in Wallingford with his four guitars, three ukuleles, two daughters and one wife.

Kazuko Nomoto

Nomoco, also working under her full name Kazuko Nomoto, was born in Fukuoka, Japan and graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Japan, subsequently graduating from London College of Communication, and Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Nomoco has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions in London, Milan, Tokyo, Singapore, New York and Mexico City.

Nature and sound are her inspiration. She enjoys experimenting with various materials and craft-work in her works, especially with ink on paper and its organic movement. For the past few years, she has explored working with printmaking, such as silkscreen and lithography, mixed with ink drawings.  Nomoco’s enchanting illustrations appear across many platforms, including publishing, fashion, advertising, editorial and packaging.