[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-launching-the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"On Thursday, I went back to London to celebrate the launch of \u003Cb>\u003Ci>The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories\u003C/i>\u003C/b> at the Faber offices. It was only the second time I'd been back to London since we moved in January (one school visit for World Book Day), and only the second time I'd ever visited the Faber offices. (The first time was when I was with Philip Reeve, who was dropping off his illustrations to \u003Ci>Urgum the Axeman\u003C/i>.) ...And I'd \u003Ci>\u003Cb>never\u003C/b>\u003C/i> illustrated a 400+ page book with stories by 17 different authors! So this was all A Bit Special. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1182425_original-0428fcbdb9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nI brought along my ace author friend \u003Cb>Candy Gourlay\u003C/b> for moral support. We were the first to arrive, so we took our best Christmas-card-style photos. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1182803_original-2e85e48c2d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nUsually when I do a book, I meet up with the publishing team before we start, and go in for meetings, but of course since this book was commissioned in Lockdown, that never happened; I think Designer \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EmmaEldridge_\">Emma Eldridge\u003C/a> and I saw each other once by Zoom, but otherwise it was mostly email and simply getting on with things. So I was very curious about meeting the team and as many of the authors could get to London for the evening... here they are! Not every single author made it, but it was a very good showing. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1182604_original-c5efd459be.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nLet's see if I can identify everyone... from the left it's \u003Cb>Claire Barker\u003C/b> (author of the first story in our book 'Clementine and the Mighty Honk'), \u003Cb>Pip Jones\u003C/b> ('Bug's Bake Off') \u003Cb>Emma Carroll\u003C/b> ('The Happiness Safari'), \u003Cb>Natasha Farrant\u003C/b> ('Abi and the Goldfinch'), editor \u003Cb>Alice Swan\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Lou Kuenzler\u003C/b> ('Do You Want to Swap?'), editor \u003Cb>Natasha Brown\u003C/b>, pubisher \u003Cb>Leah Thaxton\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Ann Jungman \u003C/b>('The Dinosaur's Egg'), me, \u003Cb>Michael Mann\u003C/b> ('Bob and Pop'), \u003Cb>Reba Khatun\u003C/b> ('Caring is Sharing'), \u003Cb>Hannah Lee\u003C/b> ('The Pink Palace'), \u003Cb>Ayesha Braganza\u003C/b> ('Fairy Godmothers Don't Exist'), and editor \u003Cb>Stella Paskins\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\nAnd here's the ever-so-tough DEVON SQUAD (I've cut off the picture so you can't see us all wearing muddy wellies). We'd all come up from the west country: Emma Carrol, Alice Swan, Claire Barker and me. \\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more photos under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1183121_original-a88125c531.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd a few more snapshots! I didn't manage to get everyone, big thanks to \u003Cb>Beth Carter\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Sarah O'Connell\u003C/b>, and authors \u003Cb>Lucy Farfort, Kieran Larwood, Ingrid Persaud, Kate Saunders, Martyn Ford, Aisha Bushby\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Rashmi Sirdeshpande\u003C/b>! Here's author Ayesha Braganza and me:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1183466_original-a7a8f337d7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd Faber team! That's our fab designer \u003Cb>Emma Eldridge\u003C/b> on the left, then \u003Cb>Ama Badu\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Simi Toor\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Natasha Brown\u003C/b>. Thanks so much for hosting (and publishing) us, Faber team!  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1183709_original-bc2b91d733.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHannah Lee, Reba Khatun, Michael Mann: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1183899_original-2884d0103d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1184121_original-5dbe43fd78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nLou Kuenzler, Michael Mann:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1184416_original-f02d510fcc.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnn Jungman and me: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1184767_original-e2b323206b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAlice Swan's matching nails were on point:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1184775_original-5f1d800eb3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nBooksellers \u003Cb>Adrienne Byrne\u003C/b> from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, and \u003Cb>Tony West\u003C/b> & \u003Cb>Margaret Wallace-Jones\u003C/b> from The Alligator's Mouth in Richmond, with Candy Gourlay and me:  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1185050_original-c59d6f8df0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nEmma Carroll and Leah Thaxton: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1185354_original-5cb77b8720.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n(And then some shenanigans)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1185750_original-84ce9605b7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can find The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories at all good bookshops; try to support a local independent bookshop if you can! Here are a few links to buy it if you don't have an easily accessible shop: \\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://thebookery.org.uk/product/the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories/\">The Bookery\u003C/a> in Crediton (Devon)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://www.ivybridgebookshop.com/products/9780571363933\">The Ivybridge Bookshop\u003C/a> (Devon)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories-a-comforting-story-tonight-for-a-happy-day-tomorrow/\">The Rocketship Bookshop\u003C/a> (Salisbury)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/childrens/the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories-a,various-ann-jungman-emma-carroll-9780571363933\">Foyles\u003C/a> (London)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://harbourbooks.org/product/the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories-a-comforting-story-tonight-for-a-happy-day-tomorrow/\">Harbour Books\u003C/a> (Kent)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://www.samreadbooks.co.uk/product/pre-order-various-authors-and-sarah-mcintyre-illustr-the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories/11582\">Sam Read Books\u003C/a> (Grasmere, Cumbria)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://theportobellobookshop.com/product/faber-book-of-bedtime-stories-the-a-comforting-story-tonight-for-a-happy-day-tomorrow-9780571363933/\">The Portobello Bookshop\u003C/a> (Edinburgh)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://goldenharebooks.com/products/9780571363933?_pos=1&_sid=a0cae774b&_ss=r\">Golden Hare Books\u003C/a> (Edinburgh)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://www.book-ish.co.uk/product/9780571363933/\">Book-ish\u003C/a> (Crickhowell, Wales)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories-a-comforting-story-tonight-for-a-happy-day-tomorrow/\">Five Leaves Bookshop\u003C/a> (Nottingham)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories/\">Mr B's Emporium\u003C/a> (Bath)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://kibworthbooks.com/products/the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories\">Kibworth Books\u003C/a> (Leicester)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Faber-Book-of-Bedtime-Stories-by-Sarah-McIntyre-illustrator/9780571363933\">Blackwell's Bookshop\u003C/a>\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://bookbugsanddragontales.com/product/9780571363933\">Bookbugs & Dragon Tales\u003C/a> (Norwich)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://www.drakethebookshop.co.uk/product/the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories-a-comforting-story-tonight-for-a-happy-day-tomorrow/\">DRAKE the Bookshop\u003C/a> (Stockton-on-Tees)\\r\n\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9780571363933/\">Halfway Up the Stairs\u003C/a> (Greystones, Dublin)\\r\nFrom \u003Ca href=\"https://www.powells.com/book/-9780571363933/1-0\">Powells\u003C/a> or \u003Ca href=\"https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories-various-various/1141114014\">Barnes & Noble\u003C/a> (USA)","2022-11-30T10:30:00.000Z","launching-the-faber-book-of-bedtime-stories",[],"Launching The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories!",1776628731518]