Greetings from Brook by the Baltic Sea ☀️🌊🐾🐾 #corneliafunke #balticsea #germany #brook #qualitytime

Greetings from Lübeck where I visited the Helme Heine exhibit at the Günter Grass House and exchanged ideas on our new project right next to it: the "Tintenfleck" café ☕️ #corneliafunke #lübeck @guentergrasshaus #helmeheine #exhibition

Raquel Mora Vega (@quel.papelroto) is making magic 🥰 I suggested a story to her for a picture book and I think she is gathering the actors around her. #corneliafunke #artistinresidence #raquelmoravega #illustrator #costarica

Love to everyone from the Lake Lucerne:) two more days and I’ll be back in Italy💛 #corneliafunke #roadtrip #lakelucerne #vierwaldstättersee🇨🇭 #italy

Cornwall - so beautiful and so inspiring 🥰 #corneliafunke #cornwall #landscape #inspiration #painting

Our Magical Image Makers have been joined by a new impressive artist: @luis_sanvicente_ilustrador Drop by and get inspired: corneliafunke.com/en/magical-i... #corneliafunke #magicalimagemakers #luissanvicente #illustrator #mexico

Being an illustrator myself, I am impressed by all those inspiring illustrators out there. It gave us the idea for our feature Magical Image Makers. Today „they“ have been joined by Jonas Laugs corneliafunke.com/en/magical-i... #corneliafunke #feature #illustrator #lübeck #edinburgh

This is Moose. I knitted him for my sister, because she loves animals as much as I do. How about you? And do you have a favourite animal? #corneliafunke #animals #animalprotection #biodiversity #knitting

There is a story corner on my website. If you’d like to exchange with other hobby writers, if you are looking for criticism and suggestions or just would like to publish a text, send an email to: [email protected] corneliafunke.com/en/guestroom... #corneliafunke #stories #website #publishing

Writing once again in Hamburg Ohlstedt - twenty years after we moved from here to California. It still feels like home 🥰 #corneliafunke #hamburg #ohlstedt #back #writing

Taking a detour on our way to England. With a dog walk near Schloss Raesfeld, close to where I was born (but definitely not in a castle) 🙃 #corneliafunke #schlossraesfeld #hometown #dogwalk #england

Curious to see more? On my website, there is a sketchbook for your drawings and paintings, for everything that flows from your fingers. The pages are waiting to be filled, so send us your pictures: corneliafunke.com/en/guestroom... #corneliafunke #sketchbook #drawings #paintings #website

I prepare my books by filling many notebooks with sketches and notes. A book starts breathing in far more playful and inventive ways when the hand holds a pen and fills pages following its own rhythm and … the story! 😊 Photos: Michael Orth #corneliafunke #research #notebooks #author #writing #story

Expecting our first official Mulinaccio extern guests for a chat 🥰☕️📚 #corneliafunke #mulinaccio #visitors #invitation #talk

Entertaining myself painting my animals and tiny creatures in Tuscany 🫏🐿️🐁🦉🐦‍⬛ #corneliafunke #tuscany #painting #animals #art

Being an illustrator myself,I am impressed by all those inspiring illustrators out there.It gave us the idea for our feature Magical Image Makers.Today "they" have been joined by Melanie Garanin corneliafunke.com/en/stories/m... #corneliafunke #feature #illustrator #melaniegaranin #kerzentiere #nils

Our Mulinaccio residency now has a welcome sign! Artist in residence Raquel Mora Vega designed and painted it. Isn’t it so glorious! 😍 #corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #artistinresidence #mulinaccio #welcomesign #illustration

I wrote a Xmas story for La Repubblica called about 5 artists.I based them on artists who live and work in Volterra. Last night they made me a magical gift.They created the 3 creatures I had described in the story and brought them to the Piazza Priori.Grazie Danilo, Renzo, Valdo, Angela + Patrizia

I rallied all animals around Volterra to wish you a wonderful Christmas! #corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #christmas2025 #animals #peace #merrychristmas

Die Deutsche Umwelthilfe hat einen offenen Brief an den Bundesinnenminister geschrieben.In den Niederlanden wird ab 2026 keine private Silvesterböllerei mehr erlaubt seinBündnis #böllerciao fordert ein solches Verbot auch in Deutschland.Hier geht es zur Petition: mitmachen.duh.de/boellerfreie...

This year our advent calendar (which goes online tomorrow) is in memory of Jane Goodall. Since Jane’s journey to Africa, the chimpanzees were especially close to her heart, so the Jane Goodall Institute Germany will introduce you to 24 of its charges. Meet Africa, Nani, Tumbo and many others :)

On December 4, 7 PM, the actress Christiane Paul will read in Lübeck from my book Das Grüne Königreich. Franziska Blinde, who illustrated the story, will take part, too. The event is part of the fundraising campaign "Every child needs books!" by buecherpiraten.de #bücherpiraten #lübeck #lesung

New books, all collaborative projects with my artists in residence 🥰 #corneliafunke #newbooks #picturebooks #nachtfalter #moths #jessicafrascht #fabelwesen #fabulouscreatures #rubywarnecke #daspferddesgrafen #sarachristinrichter #inselverlag #nordsüdverlag #dressler

My dog Jake had surgery on his ear. But today he is almost back to his old self. Which of course means sleeping on the sofa :) #corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #dog #surgery #recovery #qualitytime

Am 28. November bin ich um 17:00 Uhr im Günter Grass Haus in Lübeck zu Gast für eine Lesung aus meinem neuen Gespensterjäger-Buch. grass-haus.de/index.php?se... #corneliafunke #buchpremiere #gespensterjäger #gespensterjägerundderweihnachtsspuk #loeweverlag #güntergrasshaus #lübeck

There lives a wonderful Colombian artist in Volterra, Edgard Abadia, who builds mobiles like this one. It hangs in my living room and makes me smile every single day. 🥰 #corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #artist #colombia #edgardabadia #mobile #babymobile #creativity

We will miss you so much, Jane. ♡ You brought so much light into these dark times and your seeds will continue to grow. Photo: ©Katherine Holland

Working on the last of 10 Wimmelbilder for a book. Images in which to get lost and find many tiny surprises 🥰 This one is a bookshelf. #corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #hiddenpicturepuzzle #wimmelbild #illustrating #bookproject

Working on an illustration with themes from Reckless 5 😍 #corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #studio #illustrating #reckless5 #bookproject

Starting today, there's a new section on my website: The Volterra Project. You can get an impression of my Artist in Residence program at my two farms, Fraggina and Mulinaccio. We hope you enjoy it. #corneliafunke #website #thevolterraproject #artistinresidence #tuscany #art #music #conservation

On our way back from Cornwall to Tuscany. Greetings from the Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. #corneliafunke #cominghome #travel #cornwall #switzerland #tuscany #ontheroad

Hello from a Cornwall dog walk. Wild weather here, sudden rain falls and very warm sun in between. Clouds of birds and a thousand stories humming in the wind 🐾 🐾 🥰 #corneliafunke #author #cornwall #coastalwalk #dogwalk #weather #wind #rain #stories #august2025

Good morning 🙃 Another coastal dog walk in Cornwall. #corneliafunke #england #cornwall #coast #dogwalk #countryside #outdoors

My favorite writing spot currently 🥰 #corneliafunke #cornwall #england #wrtitingspot #summer2025 #bench #holiday

There is a new Book of the Month on my website (corneliafunke.com/en). Visit us and see what's our book pick for August 🙂 #corneliafunke #website #bookofthemonth #bookrecommendation #feature

Writing in Pendell / Cornwall :) #corneliafunke #england #cornwall #writingtime #dogs #outdoor #garden #august

On my way to England for writing time 🥰 #corneliafunke #journey #england #cornwall #writingtime #stonehenge #seagull #lymeregis

We're working on a new section for my website. You'll find information, pictures and more about my 2 Tuscan farms, where creative and committed people meet. Wait and see (Puppet bust:Sara-Christin Richter; Photo:Michael Orth) #corneliafunke #volterra #artistsinresidence #creativity #art #puppetmaker

I followed my friend @Mehrdad-Zaeri and left Instagram and Facebook, for they have become a forum for hate speech that wants to poison the world with pictures and ideas, sowing seeds of doubt,darkness,intolerance and distress.
 From now on my followers can find me here, and I hope many will join us.