[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-norway-day-1":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"For all of this week, I'll be doing school visits in Norway! I'm taking part again in the SILK Festival (\u003Ca href=\"http://silkfestival.no/\">Skudeneshavn internasjonale litteratur og kulturfestival\u003C/a>) on the island of \u003Ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karm%C3%B8y\">Karmøy\u003C/a>. I'm very excited that one of my books with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a>, \u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i>, is coming out in Norwegian! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/norway_pugsbook_zps30q35n4r-70714bfe4f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe Norwegian edition isn't launching until February, but I think the schools want me here to put their kids through their paces with English language, so they're cool with me sharing to them from the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pugs-of-the-frozen-north/\">English version\u003C/a>. (Everyone here speaks such shockingly good English.) I just arrived this evening, but here are a few glimpses of Norway from the airplane. Our plane followed the sunset, which was pure magic. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/silk15_planeview2_zpsvq9ngbtb-b75c260f95.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/silk15_planeview_zpsndnsltwu-0e550aa539.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's my home for the week! It's a lovely loft apartment over a gallery, right in the middle of the higglety-pigglety streets of the old town:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/silk_house1_zps99yhamhh-613d43a067.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt's nicely stocked with vittles, including brown cheese ('brunost') in the fridge, which is my FAVOURITE. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vittles_zpsiblxgo7b-7ea1e54e82.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd my hosts, John & Helga Rullestad, who first invited me over through their Hay festival connection, with a group of Welsh teachers. (You can see photos from my previous two visits \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/tag/norway\">here\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/johnhelga_zpsvdvmxti2-5e63ae94d2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI couldn't figure out how to work the wifi, and the girl, Lisa, who works at the cafe across the alleyway, gave me a hand and also sent me back with sandwiches and cake. People are nice here. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/silk15_sarnies2_zpsrkmjug3b-02291550ea.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nTomorrow's an early start, Torvasted Primary School, then Avaldsnes. So off to bed soon. \\r\n\\r\nBOO!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/silk15_sarnies_zpsut29zjgy-26b587994f.jpg\">","2015-11-01T22:01:00.000Z","norway-day-1",[],"norway day 1",1776628727888]