Monthly Archives: September 2011
london and brighton, all in a day
Yesterday morning, I put on my best Business Face and went to hear all about the money-making side of creating and selling books at The Bookseller Children’s Conference, hosted by the British Library. (What a cool venue, right?) I drew … Continue reading
wigtown story challenge
Following on from my last post about Wigtown Book Festival, two lovely journalist interns asked writer and illustrator Debi Gliori and me to give people a creative challenge, tied in with our latest books, You Can’t Scare a Princess! and … Continue reading
wigtown book festival 2011
Okay, the endless supply of lobster is not the only reason I love Wigtown Book Festival. But it is one of the reasons. Last Friday, Stuart and took the train to Carlisle, then hired a car and drove over to … Continue reading
fabulous princess spaghetti tea party!
Thanks so much to Natasha Worswick on her Bookish Bites blog for the great photos and recipes inspired by my Princess Spaghetti books with Gillian Rogerson! Both books, You Can’t Eat a Princess! (featuring chocolate-loving aliens) and You Can’t Scare … Continue reading
post-pirate-party pancakes at st pancras
Yummy Pancakes! Before Gillian Rogerson caught the train back up to Leeds after our fabulous You Can’t Scare a Princess! launch (pics here), I met her for a celebratory breakfast. It also just happened to be her birthday, a great … Continue reading
our big book launch! plus a madcap pirate draw-off…
Last night my new piratey picture book with Gillian Rogerson, You Can’t Scare a Princess! officially set sail from The Princess of Shoreditch in London’s east end. ARRRRR! Not only was it our book launch party, but it was also … Continue reading
happy international ‘talk like a pirate’ day!!!
More on this fine subject soon, me hearties! xxx ARRRR.
who’s who at orbital comics!
Earlier this evening, Orbital Comics in central London (just near Leicester Square) hosted an exhibition of self portraits by a whole bunch of fab comics people, illustrators and cartoonists! I met Julia Scheele and Barnaby Richards at the entrance on … Continue reading
tree roots, unfinished
This tree in Greenwich Park had so many complicated twists and turns that I knew I wouldn’t have time to draw the whole thing, so I focused on its roots. But they were so complex in themselves that I still … Continue reading
she dunnknit! ‘knit the city’ goes live…
Hurrah! Knit the City launched last night in a spray of yarn, cake and sparkles, and now is set to take over the world! Giant squid wrestler, Deadly Knitshade (whom I suspect might be my studio mate Lauren O’Farrell), launched … Continue reading
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