[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-excited-hopping-in-heathrow":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"My \u003Ca href=\"http://marymcintyre.wordpress.com/\">little sister\u003C/a>'s arriving tomorrow! Not that I'm excited, or anything; I will be the one standing there looking cool and aloof in Arrivals... Ha ha, AS IF. You may see a few drawings by us and photos popping up here during the next couple weeks. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/maryheathrow-40d0504b7b.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nJust had a gorgeous parcel arrive from York-based writer and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://alextsmith.blogspot.com\">Alex T Smith\u003C/a>, a handmade card and his new book, \u003Ca href=\"http://claudebooks.blogspot.com/\">\u003Ci>Claude in the City\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. (I wanted to meet him so badly at \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/319280.html\">Edinburgh book fest\u003C/a> last year that one of the Scholastic editors set up a tea for us \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/319280.html\">(photos here)\u003C/a>! Alex's pictures jump from the pages and I can't wait to read it, so you will be seeing it on my blog before too long. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://claudebooks.blogspot.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/claude_alextsmith-e440ae9e62.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd speaking of people met at Edinburgh, \u003Cb>Philip Reeve\u003C/b>'s beautiful and intriguing \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.tumblr.com/\">landscape drawings of Dartmoor\u003C/a> continue daily over on his Tumblr blog. Do have a peek! And the latest addition to the six other Mortal Engines books, \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.com/2011/02/yes-folks-time-has-come-to-talk-of.html\">\u003Ci>\u003Cb>Scrivener's Moon\u003C/i>\u003C/b>\u003C/a>, is set to launch on 7 April, and Philip's just posted some of his drawings and insights into the story \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.com/2011/02/yes-folks-time-has-come-to-talk-of.html\">over on his blog here\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.philipreeve.blogspot.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/reevebooksketches-2837f68d51.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nSo get ready to pop along to your local bookshop or you can \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1407115219/ref=s9_newr_gw_ir04?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1ZX4435EKKAC2SQHH3KC&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128473&pf_rd_i=468294\">pre-order it\u003C/a>. If you're new to the series, I began by reading \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/index.html\">\u003Ci>Fever Crumb\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, which isn't the earliest book he wrote but the story takes place the earliest chronologically and, I reckon, it's the best place to start.","2011-02-24T11:57:00.000Z","excited-hopping-in-heathrow",[],"excited hopping in heathrow",1776628719800]