[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-hay-festival":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I'm doing three events at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hayfestival.com/m-38-hay-festival-2011.aspx?skinid=2&currencysetting=GBP&localesetting=en-GB&resetfilters=true\">Hay Festival\u003C/a> this year! And one of them is with two of my all-time favourite writers, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk/\">Geraldine McCaughrean\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.candygourlay.com/\">Candy Gourlay\u003C/a>. Here's a video Candy just made! And you can read about our event in Candy's \u003Ca href=\"http://hayfeverblog.net/?p=279#more-279\">festival blog post here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"865\"/>\\r\n\\r\nMy event with \u003Cb>Anne Cottringer\u003C/b> (writer of our book \u003Ci>When Titus Took the Train\u003C/i>) is already sold out, but you can still book tickets for these events:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Geraldine McCaughrean & Candy Gourlay\u003C/b>: Monday 30 May 2011, 4pm\\r\n\u003Ci>Humour and quirkiness sit at the very heart of these two new adventures; join their authors as they reveal how they put spark into their writing. Chaired by Sarah McIntyre.\u003C/i> \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hayfestival.com/p-3178-geraldine-mccaughrean-candy-gourlay.aspx\">Details here\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Sarah McIntyre: Cartoon Creations\u003C/b>: Tuesday 31 May 2011, 10am\\r\n\u003Ci>Hurrah! We’ve got our hands on this inspired illustrator and comics creator for a whole hour. So come and meet her cartoon friends and learn super-secret tips on how to invent your own characters. Bring a pad and pencil!\u003C/i> \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hayfestival.com/p-3194-sarah-mcintyre.aspx\">Details here\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI'm a big fan of both of the books we'll be discussing, \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Pull Out All the Stops\u003C/i>\u003C/b> by Geraldine and \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Tall Story\u003C/i>\u003C/b> by Candy. Here's my fan art and a review of Geraldine's book:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/350834.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/missloucien_sm-97bbad3f0f.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/288657.html\">Candy's book\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/288657.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/tallstory_illo-38683aa675.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2011-05-18T00:15:00.000Z","hay-festival",[],"hay festival",1776628720207]