Author & Illustrator, Mikey Please

Rene the window cleaner’s dreams have finally come true! She’s opened a café beside an enchanted wood, and with the help of a newfound waiter, Glumfoot, she is ready to serve the finest cuisine! But the locals seem to favour a most peculiar palette, requesting all sorts of disgusting things. Can Glumfoot’s quick-thinking save the day? Join Rene and Glumfoot in this incredible other-worldly story full of magical humour, mythical creatures and culinary curiosities.

Mikey Please said: ”The Cafe at The Edge of the Woods began life as a game called ‘Cafes’ played in the park with my wife and son. Jessica and Axel would pretend to be a downtrodden waiter and a pompous chef, and I would interrupt them, impersonating an Ogre and demanding outrageous, disgusting food. I hope they will forgive me for exploiting our innocent fun for creative gratification and financial gain. Our game became this story, of an individual industriously following her dreams, weathering the obstacles and discovering the joys of collaboration. The book is both a love letter to them and a celebration of the wildly underrated art of arranging food to look like funny things.