We concluded 2024 with a delightful and quite unique creative project, the book of “Cataclysmic Limericks” created by Alexandra Irvine. Her limericks are mostly illustrated with Alex’s own watercolour paintings, and you’ll be able to read the full story of how this project came to life in the introduction. She hopes that the book will bring a smile to your face and those you'll share it with or buy it for.

Alex’s artistic endeavour will support us. She kindly pledged the profits from the sale of the book to us and this will continue to fund our awareness activities and research-funding work.

Alex received some great feedback, and she wanted to share a few of the comments – see the slideshow below!

From what we’ve heard, the use of the book ranges from a great cat-lover gift to an educational present for kids. We’ve also had some interesting requests to organise a reading competition, for each to interpret in their own unique way their favourite limerick(s). We’ll be announcing more about this soon!

In the meantime, you can prepare for the competition, too. The book can be ordered and delivered worldwide: www.lulu.com/shop/alexandra-irvine/cataclysmic-limericks/paperback/product-gj28256.html

The publisher is ‘print-on-demand’ as close to your area as possible, so the shipping costs and the carbon footprint are kept to a minimum.

To catch a flavour of the “Cataclysmic Limericks” check it out here: youtube.com/shorts/cd84mz7H33E?si=gj9Wqq-mv-8Z-2Rg

We are very grateful, thank you, Alex, for your tenacity and resilience, you are truly inspiring!