[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-chagword-lit-fest-2019":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Last Saturday \u003Ca href=\"http://philip-reeve.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and I took part in one of the friendliest, most well-run festivals we've been to: Chagword Lit Fest in \u003Ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagford\">Chagford\u003C/a>, not far from where the Reeve family live on Dartmoor. I started off with a \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/dinosaur-firefighters/\">Dinosaur Firefighters\u003C/a>\u003C/i> event, where we all drew Dipsy the firefighting Diplodocus! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/665064_original-6d9abb7ce5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nSome of the children drew me, too! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/666914_original-849f3542ef.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThey made me smile and I redrew one of them in my sketchbook. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/665191_original-d33c606861.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nI've created stories about Dinosaur Police and Dinosaur Firefighters but we brainstormed a few other story ideas. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/666007_original-d2d8986dda.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/667884_original-41b7e43fcc.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nEventually we settled on Lottie the Pizza Chef T-Rex and the audience came up with a great outline for a story featuring her. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/668065_original-e5fe297a03.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nA few more all-ages Diplodocus drawings: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/666281_original-7671bb8a64.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/666409_original-a5f144cdd3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/666739_original-2151464cf0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nSadly I didn't get any photos of The Legend of Kevin event with Philip, but he tweeted quite a few during my event. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/667149_original-a906362d57.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nWe had fun sharing the story with this group, especially because so much of it was inspired by Dartmoor, and we could hear murmurs of recognition when we showed drawings of Watern Tor and moorland ponies. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/667400_original-59bebdae76.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHuge thanks to organiser Melissa Brooks, Pru who introduced us, James on tech and everyone who made the morning run so well! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/665496_original-80a8b4cdb4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd to Cathie and Lucy from \u003Ca href=\"https://www.creditoncommunitybookshop.co.uk/\">Credition Community Bookshop\u003C/a>, who supplied all the books and hosted the signing session. Thank you! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/665661_original-67549dfdf0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2019-03-12T22:49:00.000Z","chagword-lit-fest-2019",[],"chagword lit fest 2019",1776628730064]