[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-jinks-ohare-funfair-repair-at-turn-the-page-totnes":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"This weekend aliens landed in Devon our presentation of \u003Ci>Jinks & O'Hare Funfair Repair\u003C/i>! Totnes \u003Ca href=\"http://turnthepagetotnes.org.uk/\">Turn the Page\u003C/a> festival gave them a proper welcome with specially printed fairground flyers! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_programs_zpscpehvalp-fa7faffc46.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd Fictional Head of Funfairs \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> was there in his excellent jacket to receive them. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_jacket_zpscdfzpatx-e4447fa24e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nLoved the disco ball lighting! Here are some helpful volunteers trying to hook THE DUCKS OF KNOWLEDGE.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_ducks_zpscnw4juuq-f3f3ac31b2.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo tweeted by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/turnthepagetotn\">@TurnThePageTotn\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nIt was great seeing everyone drawing! If you want to learn how to draw more from the book, you can check out a couple tutorials on the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/jinks-o-hare-funfair-repair/\">Jinks & O'Hare page\u003C/a> on my website.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tessa_stone/status/787634141617655808\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_zack_zpsr97z9m5c-3b224e0a4a.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n A fabulous teacher from Mendip Green School presented us with a letter and 66 amazing pug drawn by her class, who loved our previous book \u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i>!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_pugs_zpslqnetdp4-b2a5097a02.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nAw, look at them pugs... (and spot 'Not a Pug').\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_pugs1_zpsan61pe1o-8df2eac336.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_pugs2_zps4i86ia3i-2b2af3f44f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_mendipgreen_zpsf6izdmto-029520920f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBig thanks to everyone who pitched in on the day, including \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/totnesbookshop\">Totnes Bookshop\u003C/a> who stocked all four of our books! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_bookshop_zpshtobzboa-609d2ce2b1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd special thanks to \u003Cb>Nikki Marsh\u003C/b>, and her whole team of people who made the festival so much fun and run so smoothly. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_sarahreeve_zpsbdrzmlis-09d0d34e48.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by Sarah Reeve\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nWe also had lots of fun at a dinner before the festival, where we got to meet patrons, helpers, an MP and other writers & illustrators, including \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JohnDougherty8\">John Dougherty\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TomMorganJones\">Tom Morgan-Jones\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PeterBently\">Peter Bently\u003C/a>. (That's photographer \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SarahReeve3\">Sarah Reeve\u003C/a> in the middle in the great embroidered coat.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_johntomsarahpeter_zpsa2odviit-098553b814.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here we are with lovely be-patterned \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NickSharratt1\">Nick Sharratt\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nicolakidsbooks\">Nicola Davies\u003C/a>!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_nick_nicola_zpsnispyq3v-b8bc3301aa.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOne of the fun things about festivals is finding out about new illustrators, and this time I was already on the platform at Totnes station, ready to depart, when Philip and I got to meet \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LucyLetherland\">Lucy Letherland\u003C/a>. She studied illustration in Manchester and her work's amazing, I'm sure we'll be seeing lots more of her! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/totnes_lucy_letherland_zpskyf6d7lu-60a0ca0ca0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBig thanks to Sarah and Philip Reeve for putting me up in their home on Dartmoor; the good food and fresh air did me so much good! I'll try to post some moorland photos soon...","2016-10-17T10:41:00.000Z","jinks-ohare-funfair-repair-at-turn-the-page-totnes",[],"jinks & o'hare funfair repair: at turn the page totnes!",1776628728676]