[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-adventuremice-southwest-tour-the-tail-end":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"The Southwest Tour launch of our book \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.adventuremice.com/books/otter-chaos\">Adventuremice: Otter Chaos\u003C/a>\u003C/i> came to an end with our last two events at Waterstones Taunton (in Somerset) and Waterstones Truro (in Cornwall). But I saw a poster in Truro for a place called '\u003Cb>\u003Ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousehole\">Mousehole\u003C/a>\u003C/b>' and asked my co-author Philip Reeve if it was a real place... and it is! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1238859_original-a468058bc5.jpg\" width=\"550\">\\r\n\\r\nHe said the Cornish pronunciation was 'Mowze-ull', but nevertheless, an excellent name. I checked how far away it was - not far from Penzance - and thought, yup, that would be a Very Appropriate place to end our tour. So that's we did! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1239189_original-a911a94262.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nBut I should back up, to our visit to lovely Taunton, organised for us by amazing publicist \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LizScottPR\">Liz Scott\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1239791_original-741569fa98.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more photos under the cut!-->\\r\nWe were met at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/waterstonestaun\">Waterstones Taunton\u003C/a> by bookseller \u003Cb>Natasha\u003C/b>, who'd gathered lots of families for the weekly story hour, and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.throughthebookshelf.com/\">\u003Ci>Through the Bookshelf\u003C/i> blogger Sue\u003C/a>, and we had fun drawing with them. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1239940_original-56b7df8852.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nCheck out these great Pedros! Some of the children were VERY young - toddlers with their baby brothers or sisters - but they seemed to enjoy the book being read to them, which was good to see. Check out these excellent Pedro drawings! And thanks so much for looking after us Natasha! (If you missed the event, you can \u003Ca href=\"https://www.adventuremice.com/draw-make\">learn how to draw Pedro here on the Adventuremice website\u003C/a>.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1240218_original-d736e7db2c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nOur next stop was several hours away, in Truro, and at first we weren't quite sure we'd come to the right place...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1240855_original-15774218fe.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd I had a little scuffle with some scantily-clad drummer chap.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1240505_original-5423d78118.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nEventually we found \u003Ca href=\"https://www.trurocathedral.org.uk/\">Truro Cathedral\u003C/a>, and our bookshop destination was close by. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1240751_original-25517931fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's our final planned tour stop, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/waterstonestru/\">Waterstones Truro\u003C/a>! Take a closer look in those windows... \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1241281_original-e970bd6b7f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can instantly tell Waterstones Truro is BIG into the nautical theme. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1243178_original-4625866e9d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nCheck out this whole section of Cornwall and nautical-themed books! It was an absolutely perfect place to bring the seafaring Adventuremice. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1243503_original-32f7b1d15f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nIn Taunton we'd had a very young audience, but in Truro, I think one teenager spotted our event and pulled in her friends, so we were getting very grownup questions about writing and character development! Fortunately they were still more than happy to draw Pedro with us and the other younger visitors, and the whole event had a really nice multi-age atmosphere. I think it's great for younger children to see teenagers drawing; they realise that drawing isn't just some babyish thing laid on for them, but that the cool big kids do it, too. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1241434_original-da115f3ed9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1241623_original-25e610441e.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1241914_original-2622b22077.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe Waterstones Truro team snapped some photos of us, doing a reading: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1242235_original-8d0fa85345.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n...And inventing a (highly ridiculous) island to include in 'The Nameless Isles' mentioned in the book. (I was particularly happy with the 'toast tree' suggestion.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1242397_original-baa6e52da0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nOne of the highlights of the visit was being looked after by Waterstones' \u003Ca href=\"https://craigbarrgreen.com/\">Craig Green\u003C/a>, who's also an author in his own right and, appropriately for Truro, has also made a nautical book - \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.waterstones.com/book/captured-the-incredible-true-story-of-thomas-pellow/craig-green/oliver-hurst/9780957256064\">Captured! The Incredible True Story of Thomas Pellow\u003C/a>\u003C/i> - in tandem with artist \u003Ca href=\"https://www.oliverhurst.com/\">Oliver Hurst\u003C/a>. I'd met Craig before, but a very long time ago, and Philip and I had a great time getting to chat and catch up with him over cake in the beautiful sunlit upstairs cafe. (Do stop in there if you're ever in Truro!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1242908_original-3ee20717a7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd then, we were finished! But we had one last stop to make... Mousehole! An hour or so later, we arrived. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1239516_original-c925daceb8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd it was everything we hoped it would be... except quite a lot larger, and not exactly mouse-scale. But with a bit of imagination, one could imagine boats such as this one, scaled way down and being rowed by tiny Pedro, Juniper, Bosun or any of the Adventuremice. Philip was still full of cake, but I had to get a Cornish pasty (I mean, it would be criminal if one of us didn't) and we sat on the edge of the harbour while I munched it and reflected on this last busy month. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1243785_original-d66a4f1cd5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe Adventuremice Southwest tour has been amazing, and we couldn't have done it without all the help and organising from our publicists with David Fickling Books - \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LizScottPR\">Liz Scott\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/frashutc\">Fraser Hutchinson\u003C/a>, and my husband Stuart did a lot of travel booking, too, while I put all my energy into finishing the illustrations for Adventuremice Book 3. (Thank you!!) \\r\n\\r\nWe're just starting on the fourth book, but I can show off the covers for the first three: \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Otter Chaos\u003C/i> is out now, \u003Ci>Mermouse Mystery\u003C/i> launches June 1st, and \u003Ci>Mice on the Ice\u003C/i> comes out Oct 5th\u003C/b>. And don't forget to look out for extra free activities on the website, \u003Ca href=\"http://adventuremice.com\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em\">\u003Cb>Adventuremice.com\u003C/b>\u003C/span>\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1244016_original-1101773235.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2023-03-28T20:00:00.000Z","adventuremice-southwest-tour-the-tail-end",[],"Adventuremice Southwest Tour: the tail end!",1776628731710]