Charlie Mackesy began sharing conversations between the boy, the
mole, the fox and the horse on his social media channels in early
2018. He published The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse in late
2019 and the book has since brought comfort and joy to over seven
million readers worldwide.
After two years of collaborative work, in 2022, the short film
adaptation of the book will be released alongside The Book of the
Film.
Charlie collaborates with a number of charities, including Comic
Relief--he created the iconic "Love Wins" t-shirt--as well as the
NHS, Choose Love, WWF and The Samaritans. During the pandemic he
donated prints, books, drew on hospital walls, and posted messages
of support to NHS workers, which he continues.
Charlie began his career as a cartoonist for The Spectator and a
book illustrator for Oxford University Press. He spent time in
America as a portrait painter and ran art therapy workshops for
Alzheimer's sufferers and Holocaust survivors. He lived and painted
in South Africa, and collaborated with Nelson Mandela on a
lithograph project, "The Unity Series." And worked with Richard
Curtis on the set of Love Actually to create a set of drawings to
be auctioned for Comic Relief. Away from art, Charlie co-runs a
social enterprise, Mama Buci in Zambia. His work features in books,
private collections and public spaces, including Highgate Cemetery
in London, in hospitals, prisons, churches, and university colleges
around the UK, and in women's safe houses around the world.
He lives in Suffolk with his dog Barney.
"The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is not only a
thought-provoking, discussion-worthy story, the book itself is an
object of art."
-- New York Times"The world that I long to inhabit is the one that
Charlie Mackesy has created - a world of infinite kindness, wisdom,
mutual care and tenderness, and true love between real friends. My
prayer/hope is that our world will become more like this one." --
Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray,
Love and Big Magic"I felt this book down to my core." -- Hoda
Kotb"Love, friendship, and kindness--this book speaks a universal
language." -- Bear Grylls"A wonderful work of art and a wonderful
window into the human heart" -- Richard Curtis"Simply, the world
need's Charlie's work right now." -- Miranda Hart"A sweet tale
rendered in swirly black calligraphy and watercolor. Childlike in
its simplicity, its messages are universal. . . . Mackesy has
brought people together." -- The Washington Post"A lonely boy
ambles through the countryside on a spring day, finding
companionship: first meeting the mole, then the other animals of
the title. As they walk, the new friends talk, wonder, share their
hopes and fears and pose some big questions. . . . A big hit." --
The Philadelphia Inquirer"A delightful treat of a book. . . . If
there were classes on how to be a good person, this book would be
the textbook." -- Horse Nation
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