Soup Bowl Hunt

Maxwell Afolabi Oginni is a Nigerian-born, London-based Animator, Illustrator & Story Artist. Classically trained in 2D character animation, he has worked in the mainstream industry for the past 20 years as director, animator, character design & story artist for TV commercials, music videos, feature film & popular children's shows such as, Sony Pictures Animation's 'Young Love', Mr Bean: The Animated Series, JoJo & Gran Gran, Hey Duggee, as well as the newly released Warner Brothers feature film, Coyote Vs Acme. Having developed his own distinct style, Maxwell has more recently established himself in the children's picture book industry as the illustrator of the laugh-out-loud, 'My Rice is Best', (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2026), 'This is My Music’ (A World Book Day 2027 mini book), & the upcoming title, 'Soup Bowl Hunt', publishing in 2027.

Selina Brown is an Author, Marketing Consultant and Event Producer. At 16 she became the Youth MP for Nottingham, her love for words gained her two Degrees and a Masters at 21 years old. After living and working in New York, Jamaica, Kenya and Gambia Selina founded Little Miss Creative, an award-winning Female Development Agency that empowers girls in schools across the UK. During the pandemic she wrote the picture book series Nena that became popular in 2020. The same year Selina launched the intentionally renowned Black British Book Festival, which aims to celebrate new and emerging Black British authors across all genres of literature.