Author: Irmela Schautz

Queergestreift has just been nominated for the „Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis 2023.
Really? Really! We still can’t believe it. Overwhelmed. Overjoyed. OMG.
Thank you to the jury for supporting queer visibility and raising your voice for diversity. In times like these when especially trans …  

We can hardly believe it but as of today Queergestreift is so out!
After countless interviews, research, soulsearching, 374 illustrations and late night pizzas: Voilà! Have fun with our book and spread the word.

Yes, yes, yes!
I’ve got the honor to announce that my illustrations for our “Book of Time” (author: Kathrin Koeller) has been shortlisted for the World Illustration Award! Shortlist

My cover design for the book “An Nachteule von Sternhai”, the German edition of “From night owl to dogfish”, has been selected by the Stiftung Buchkunst for the Longlist of the the most beautiful books in Germany 2020.  

We are EMYS non-fiction prize winners in May 2020 with our book “Yesterday there was still war”!
EMYS Sachbuchpreis, WIS Bildungsforum Potsdam

Thank you dear jury 2020 of the World Illustrators Award!
World Illustrators Award Longlist
My illustrations from our book “Das Buch der Zeit” – “The Book of Time”, published by Prestel Verlag/Penguin Random House, have been selected for the longlist from …  

In the 6-part series “Love Rituals”, Charlotte Roche traces culture-specific love rituals, for example in Israel, Kenya or Japan.

Last week, a new 6-part series started with “Love Rituals” on arte, in which Charlotte Roche presents culture-specific love rituals. The author of the series is Michaela Vieser, who together with the illustrator Irmela Schautz published the …  

I have just received the news of the day: We have been selected by the Stiftung Buchkunst for the longlist of the “Most beautiful Books in Germany 2017”! The book “Mein Leben mal eben” by Nikola Huppertz, published …