TIRIL
Independent Story Studio
Stories that stay with readers
as they grow
TIRIL Studio develops picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction across three creative identities.
Each identity is designed with its own tone, audience and visual language, while remaining part of a unified creative philosophy.
Featured Project
Hue Be Hue
TJ Tumble
Chameleons are born to blend in.Nobody told Hue.Hue Be Hue is a picture-book series
about finding adventure when you don’t quite blend in.Ages: 3–7
Themes: Adventure / Difference / Belonging
Every corner of Hue’s world holds a new character,
a new challenge and another story.
Characters you can empathise with.
Not simply ‘good’ or ‘bad’.
Book 1Hue and the HookbeakA dangerous encounter sends Hue beyond everything he knows.
Book 2Hue and the Night-Watcher
Book 3Hue and the Wild Weather
Book 4Hue and the Ridgedwellers
Current Projects
Kamagutza
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Middle-grade Mystery SeriesEleven-year-old Ochisaka Kamagutza is accidentally lucky — but is luck enough when a missing girl, a mysterious key and an old family secret collide.
Signals
GB Tiril
Young Adult Short-story CollectionA collection of short stories exploring the unexpected parallels between animal behaviour and the choices, relationships and social signals of teenage life.
Daisy Diaries
TJ Tumble
Children's Fiction SeriesDaisy notices things other people overlook. One small observation can send her wondering, doodling and imagining her way towards questions much bigger than she expected.
TJ Tumble
Children’s stories supporting big feelings & different ways of thinking.
Inclusive. Gentle. Imaginative.
Flick & the Feeling Friends
(Ages 3-7)
Emotional literacy stories for young readers.
“Oops!” said Oliver
(Ages 3-7)
Rhyming picture books about impulsive moments and better choices.
All Sorts of Awesome
(Ages 3-7)
Curious nature discoveries told in rhyme.
Captain Focus & the Distraction Pirates
(Ages 3-7)
Focus-building adventures for busy minds.
The Quiet Ways
(Ages 4–8)
Thoughtful Australian animal stories exploring different ways of being.
What’s the Point of…?
(Ages 3-7)
Surprising, weird, wonderful, and sometimes embarrassing body functions.
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Middle grade fiction for curious minds.
Where noticing matters.
A sparrow’s chance in a storm is a small chance - but it’s still a chance.
The cat’s out of the bag. Secrets can’t stay hidden forever.
Everyone admires the butterfly. No-one remembers the caterpillar.
A misunderstanding gives Max a reputation he never asked for.
One viral moment traps Elza inside a version of herself that isn’t real.
Rihards' anonymous reviews begin destroying lives across the city.
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Young adult short fiction exploring attraction, choice, and what remains unspoken.
Not all signals are meant to be answered.
Secrets lie in the remains.
You don’t always notice the moment you begin to drown.
Contact
For rights, representation, media or professional enquiries:
Studio contact: Gregory BakxTIRIL Studio is based in the Netherlands.
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