[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-launch-party-there-are-no-cats-in-this-book":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hurrah for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk\">Viviane Schwarz\u003C/a>! She's done it again!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vivlaunch2-bbb417ecbc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's some video footage I shot at the launch party last Friday:\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"437\"/>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUU-_kGzkEU\">\u003Ci>YouTube link\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThanks for hosting to the fabulous indie bookshop, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.reviewbookshop.co.uk/\">Review\u003C/a>, on Bellenden Road in Peckham. Go browse their stuff, that place is full of treasures!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vivlaunch4-411bcfc079.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more More pics under the cut!-->\\r\nGood launches require fancy hats.\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vivlaunch1-84eec67d49.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Editor Lucy Ingram, Art Director Ben Norland\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nWriter and illustrator Alex Milway arrived with brand new Monster Books, which will be part of this coming weekend's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.palacefestival.org/\">Crystal Palace Children's Book Festival\u003C/a>. (Don't miss Viviane's event!) Professional illustrators and kids have been making monsters, all published together! You can catch a glimpse of my monster here. Head over to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.palacefestival.org/\">the festival website\u003C/a> to read interviews with participants, including the Etherington Brothers (\u003Ci>Monkey Nuts\u003C/i>) Gary Northfield (Beano's \u003Ci>Derek the Sheep\u003C/i> and loads more! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vivlaunch3-62e58d8fd8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd I just have to show off my poster again, heh. THIS SATURDAY! Don't miss it!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.palacefestival.org/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/crystalpalacefest1-c1b80240e8.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAlex Milway has been a busy bee, not only making his editor Ben Norland stay the latest he's ever stayed at work, but planning the festival and writing articles for the Guardian! Here's his latest, about the importance of school visits. (Woohoo! He included my robot-sheep war with Neill Cameron!) \u003Ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/oct/18/children-authors-schools\">\u003Ci>Children's authors in schools: literature's road warriors\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.librarymice.com/2010/10/vern-lettuce.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/librarymice-18f9853e3d.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ci>Happy reader at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.librarymice.com/2010/10/vern-lettuce.html\">Library Mice\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThanks a million to the \u003Cb>Library Mice\u003C/b> book blog for such a wonderful, personalised review of \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>! Really chuffed! I love the bit about her husband wondering why he keeps seeing the book everywhere. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.librarymice.com/2010/10/vern-lettuce.html\">Read it here!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd another huge thanks to \u003Ca href=\"http://bookzone4boys.blogspot.com/2010/10/review-vern-and-lettuce-by-sarah.html\">Book Zone 4 Boys\u003C/a> for your brilliant review! Thanks for getting the word out about \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>, I'm really proud of this one!\\r\n\\r\nAnd I can't remember if I mentioned it already, but hurrah for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bigissuescotland.com/features/view/382\">Big Issue Scotland\u003C/a> for your review. You guys rock!","2010-10-19T08:00:00.000Z","launch-party-there-are-no-cats-in-this-book",[],"launch party: there are no cats in this book!",1776628718911]