Monthly Archives: March 2012
the sad story of our studio squid
Gary bought this orange squid at a Deptford pound shop as a companion for Plarchie, Lauren’s giant squid knitted out of Sainsbury’s carrier bags. (Yes, Plarchie even has his own Tumblr blog and Twitter account.) But Plarchie’s a vicious squid, … Continue reading
school visits for beginners
I’ve never tweeted a whole talk before, but last night I got my twitter finger out and had a go at it: School Visits for Beginners, at the Society of Authors, part of a series of talks run by its … Continue reading
cheeky little app
You can tell I have a deadline coming up when I start posting the stoopidest videos in the whole universe. And I have suddenly developed Uri Gellar powers. Or it’s possible that we really need to get the Fleece Station … Continue reading
speak up for libraries!
Well done, Candy Gourlay (@candygourlay on Twitter), Philip Ardagh (@PhilipArdagh), Lucy Coats (@lucycoats), Alan Gibbons (@mygibbo), Gillian Cross, Chris Priestley, Fiona Dunbar (@fidunbar), Lydia Syson, and others who turned out to support our amazing, totally essential libraries. I should have … Continue reading
today’s big news… four new books with philip reeve!
PHEW! I can FINALLY tell people now! I’m going to make chapter books for the first time! And I get to make them with one of my best friends, Philip Reeve! I made this picture to celebrate today’s news: I … Continue reading
it’s all about bologna book fair!
Hello! If you haven’t yet worked it out from Twitter, the Bologna Book Fair is rumbling along right now, as I type! It’s the biggest children’s book event of the year, when more people than you can count all gather … Continue reading
pirate hat fail
I’m not very good yet at buying clothing type things on the Internet, I have to see things in real life first. I’ve been borrowing Geraldine McCaughrean‘s excellent pirate hat for way too long – she does pirate-themed events, too … Continue reading
chris brown’s alphabet of london
I keep having this ideal for my blog, that every day I should post a new drawing. It’s tricky, when I spend all day drawing stuff my publishers don’t want me to show you yet. But here we go, a … Continue reading
CWIG conference 2012 – book your place now!
Hey, I did a little logo thingie awhile back for the Society of Authors. It has monkeys in it. But what it means is that there’s a VERY EXCITING CONFERENCE coming up! If you work in children’s books, want to … Continue reading
dfb doodly interview + vern and lettuce – ooh la la!
The David Fickling Blog is running an interview with me today! But I was in a big hurry when I did it, so I drew the answers instead of writing them. Which also lets them stand out from all these … Continue reading
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