[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-north-cornwall-book-festival-2014":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Ci>CAKES IN SPACE\u003C/i> landed in North Cornwall! And there was much merrymaking to be had with the Earthlings there, and CAKE.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/northcornwallbookfest_1_zpscfd9a374-45acf16787.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://whitehorsephotography.biz/\">Mike Bralowski\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click for more under the cut!-->\\r\nSuch a fine location for the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.endelienta.org.uk/whats-on-book-festival.html\">North Cornwall Book Festival\u003C/a>, at \u003Cb>Sue Harbour Robertson\u003C/b>'s house in \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Endellion\">Endellion\u003C/a>, we rejoice to find Earthlings inhabiting such fine dwellings. Also, the abode contained the perfect materials to rebuild a perfect Nom-O-Tron machine, as the original had somehow been left behind on the mothership. (Thanks for your help, Sue!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/northcornwall_house_zps8eebcb5c-d5cec3bbe5.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://instagram.com/saam1567\">Sam Reeve\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nMy co-pilot \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/philipreeve1\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and I discovered that our host, Sue, was also not entirely of this world, for we assembled ourselves for her very first SELFIE. With alien expert \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/moraylaing_DWA\">Moray Laing\u003C/a>, editor of the Doctor Who Adventures magazine.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/northcornwallbookfest_2_zpsa59627d8-068924313a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd what fine humans there were to be found after our landing! Unfortunately we did not get a photo of our wonderful co-host and writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.galewarning.org/\">Patrick Gale\u003C/a>, or writer colleagues \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/matthaig1\">Matt Haig\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/cwhillauthor\">Christopher William Hill\u003C/a>. But I got to meet one of my children's book heroes, writer and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Murphy\">Jill Murphy\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/northcornwall_jillmurphy_zpsc8450aba-a44f504ae1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nJill's such a natural, convincing storyteller and her detailed pictures are warm and bring you right into the lives of the characters. I think my favourites of her books are \u003Ci>Five Minutes' Peace\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>Peace at Last\u003C/i>, both about weary parents.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2880\"/>\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much to Patrick, Sue, the schools in the audience and everyone who made us feel so welcome! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/northcornwall_cakes_zps197200ce-bb4c198ca2.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Photo tweeted by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NCornBookFest\">@NCornBookFest\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nTravelling to Cornwall was also a good excuse to stop off at the Reeve Ranch, where Philip, photographer \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SarahReeve3\">Sarah Reeve\u003C/a> and I raced out for a couple quick hikes on Dartmoor. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/philip_sarahreeve_zps35e4760e-363bad1ce4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere is Philip doing a good Serious Author face. Also, he is branching out in his career to knitwear modelling, which is always a fine thing. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/philip_seriousauthor_zps375548a7-4a0d9aa449.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHe laid the grave accusation upon me that I was not taking the walks entirely seriously.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/moorhike_zps0c582ed0-7b0c15e8b0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOne evening, Philip was on a songwriting roll and he and Sarah helped me come up with a couple more book-related songs. So a very useful trip. Thank you, lovely Reeves!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/songs_zps1d3cf97f-875c87e501.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>\u003Cfont size=\"3\">OTHER NEWS\u003C/b>\u003C/font>:\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/playbythebook\">Zoe Toft\u003C/a> at \u003Ci>Playing by the Book\u003C/i> has posted an interview for \u003Cb>HAT WEEK(!)\u003C/b> with one of the illustrators who most influenced me, \u003Cb>Satoshi Kitamura\u003C/b>. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.playingbythebook.net/2014/10/27/hat-week-an-interview-with-satoshi-kitamura/\">Go have a read!\u003C/a> \\r\n\\r\nAnd \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/scottishbktrust\">Scottish Book Trust\u003C/a> have posted a encouraging response to our discussion about \u003Cb>Co-Authorship\u003C/b>. You can \u003Ca href=\"http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/blog/reading/2014/10/is-it-about-time-we-redefined-the-role-of-an-illustrator\">read it here\u003C/a>, and I've added a bunch of links to the end of my blog post on the subject \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/668686.html\">here\u003C/a>.","2014-10-27T18:28:00.000Z","north-cornwall-book-festival-2014",[],"north cornwall book festival 2014",1776628726949]