[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-booktastic-in-bedford-2023":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Last week my co-author Philip Reeve and I travelled from Devon to the \u003Ca href=\"https://linktr.ee/BookTasticBedford\">BookTastic Bedford Book Festival\u003C/a> for a big stage event, and it was brilliant! We got to present the Adventuremice books to children who'd been bused into the University of Bedford and also to children watching from their schools online. And \u003Ca href=\"https://www.booktastic.org.uk/our-2023-sponsors/\">thanks to the generous sponsors\u003C/a>, every single child got their own signed book to take away and read! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1275259_original-c94786d93d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nI'm going to post quite a lot of photos here, because festival photographer \u003Cb>Chiara MacCall\u003C/b> took some of the best photos we've ever had of our events! They really capture the spirit of both the event and the children's enthusiasm. Thank you so much for the great photos, and for letting me share the, Chiara! (She's \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CallChiara\">@CallChiara\u003C/a> on Twitter and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chichi76.myreflection\">chichi76.myreflection\u003C/a> on Instagram.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1275468_original-aa5224c0b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nHere's fantastic \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RachaelRogan\">Rachael Rogan\u003C/a>, who invited us, and who led the amazing team who ran the festival. Thank you for all your hard work and passion to get children reading, Rachael! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1277502_original-b990239857.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nDrawing's always a key part of our Reeve & McIntyre events and, I believe, an important way to inspire a connection between children and reading, and making up their own stories. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1275857_original-0502b82373.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1276096_original-3d848aa86c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1276363_original-2ccd8bc5ce.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1276557_original-d7a9800872.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1276879_original-1af7f76bc8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1276928_original-04f46dbcfb.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1277405_original-4d770929ca.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1277920_original-81107357a7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1278184_original-3afa3b590c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1278428_original-46c61fd4bb.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1278559_original-650890f5d8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1278961_original-fe10656e43.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1279133_original-4272faade9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1279264_original-83b969adfc.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1279738_original-66e41e838f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.7em\">Photo by Chiara MacCall\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n...And a few of my own pics. Trust Philip to look better in a pillbox hat than I do: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1273421_original-6d62929936.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBefore we left we saw poet \u003Cb>A.F. Harrold\u003C/b> and managed to get a photo, before his co-author \u003Cb>Mini Grey\u003C/b> arrived for their joint event. (It was great to see them both!) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1273630_original-14898cbe04.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's Rachael Rogan with the photographer who took all those fantastic earlier photos, Chiara MacCall! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1274332_original-13526ca0da.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHuge thanks to Rachael, Chiara, Paul Masters and the whole team of top-notch volunteers! It was great to to meet you!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1275116_original-c8d041de6d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2023-07-15T20:43:00.000Z","booktastic-in-bedford-2023",[],"Booktastic in Bedford 2023",1776628731819]