[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-kevin-goes-to-gardners-trade-show":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"On Day 2 of our launch tour for The Legend of Kevin, Philip Reeve and I were the Guest Writer/Illustrators at \u003Cb>Gardners Trade Show\u003C/b> in Birmingham. Of course, Kevin came along, too: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/513676_original-527f41d60c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo from \u003Ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/154739533@N05/sets/72157701212041725/\">Gardners Flickr page\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>, \u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">3D Kevin created by \u003Ca href=\"https://www.chloeapplinillustrator.com/\">Chloe Applin\u003C/a>\u003C/font>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nWe gave a brief presentation to hundreds of booksellers: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/514202_original-a3cd2eb8c8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo from \u003Ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/154739533@N05/sets/72157701212041725/\">Gardners Flickr page\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nAnd signed LOTS of books! \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Gardners\">Gardners\u003C/a> is a big wholesaler who stocks many of the independent bookshops in Britain, and their trade show is one of the ways booksellers find out about new and upcoming books. We recognised quite a few of the booksellers but it was great to talk with lots of ones we'd never met before. A few of them were brand-new to the business, with new shops, and we fervently wished them well.\\r\n\\r\nIf you'd like to see more photos of what goes on at a trade show, there's a great photo stream you can browse here on \u003Ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/154739533@N05/sets/72157701212041725/\">Gardner's Flickr page\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/514025_original-9ba348f5fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo from \u003Ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/154739533@N05/sets/72157701212041725/\">Gardners Flickr page\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>","2018-09-18T21:01:00.000Z","kevin-goes-to-gardners-trade-show",[],"kevin goes to gardners trade show",1776628729773]