[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-making-monsters-in-walkinston-ballyfermot":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"It's been fabulous seeing monsters popping up all over Dublin! Or, as Dubliners seem to say, it's 'deadly'. It was deadly getting to see the huge display Dublin's oldest bookshop, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Hodges_Figgis\">Hodges & Figgis\u003C/a> (1768!), had made of the monsters I drew. Wow! (The \u003Ca href=\"http://www.dublinwritersfestival.com/\">Dublin Writers Festival\u003C/a> posters are a combination of drawings by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.niamhsharkey.com/\">Niamh Sharkey\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.herve-tullet.com/en/accueil.html\">Hervé Tullet\u003C/a> and me.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hodges_figgis_window_zpsdcd248a4-c1772073ef.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo by CBI Director Mags Walsh\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nAnd I had a great time taking monster making to schoolkids yesterday, starting at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/FindALibrary/Pages/walkinstown_library.aspx\">Walkinstown Library\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster16_zps44d80042-72ca6e9bd2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe teachers at \u003Cb>St Damian's School\u003C/b> were absolutely brilliant, the kids had been so well prepared for my visit. They had read my books, thought of questions and were absolutely pumped up with enthusiasm when I came in. A real model of how teachers can help kids get the most out of an author visit. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_library_zpsfcb8cc49-f83326a5ba.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI couldn't believe it; by the time I came back to my home at St Patrick's Lodge that day, they school had ALREADY posted a write-up and photos on \u003Ca href=\"http://scoildamian.scoilnet.ie/blog/2013/05/21/a-great-day-in-walkinstown-library/\">their blog\u003C/a>. I was absolutely astounded. St Damian's, you totally rock. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://scoildamian.scoilnet.ie/blog/2013/05/21/a-great-day-in-walkinstown-library/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/st_damians_school_dublin_zpsbf0ad22d-ed5c7e116e.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI couldn't help but laugh at what one kid said. He was asking about what writers and illustrators earn, and I replied that it could be anything from less than nothing (if they self-publish and have to print the books themselves) to a very modest advance like €2000 or even a rare €200,000. He nodded sagely when I gave this last figure and said, 'Ah. That's why you can afford that kind of hat'. \\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster12_zps8bb9aa7f-7fd170b3c4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n...It's true, I am rich in hats.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster1_zps3b336601-e9deae94e2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster3_zps8f9d6780-fbc37a1b56.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster9_zpsd1e3ba55-c5f492491f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster10_zps454086b6-2f47f39fe4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster11_zpsc1212734-d78e849efa.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster13_zps842b8768-131edf974b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster15_zpseeaa18de-6493a093d6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/walkinstown_monster18_zpse21598a2-3095694f50.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMy next visit was to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thebase.ie/\">The Base Ballyfermot\u003C/a>, where Fiona (on the left) assisted us. I didn't manage to get a photo of the teachers and I forget the name of the Norwegian guy in the middle, but he was brilliant at giving us a really good, theatrical set-up. And on the right, \u003Cb>Irma Grothius\u003C/b> is the person who drove me to all the libraries and made everything happen; she's a total star. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ballyfermot1_zps88b26e7b-60e86f7f8e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe girls at Ballyfermot didn't know quite as much about my work when they arrived, but they warmed up fairly quickly, we had a good session, and they came up with lots of questions. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ballyfermot5_zps2045758e-ff6a4d6f47.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ballyfermot2_zps68951826-8b51abe86c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ballyfermot3_zps1be20288-0d5b6da0bf.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ballyfermot4_zps5633d1a1-c8197e5b6c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ballyfermot6_zps9b450f5e-8154cbb858.jpg\">","2013-05-22T22:19:00.000Z","making-monsters-in-walkinston-ballyfermot",[],"making monsters in walkinston & ballyfermot",1776628725174]