[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-occupy-roahl-dahl-funny-prize-success":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/roald-dahl-funny-prize-shortlist.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/goblins_tweets2-909899a4d0.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_goblin_specs-524562370f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/GoblinsOK\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/goblins_tweets1-f4dcabfa82.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/goblins.html\">\u003Ci>GOBLINS\u003C/i>\u003C/a> illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidsemple.co.uk/\">David Semple\u003C/a>, King Knobbler, writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/goblins.html\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_david_semple_reeve-56dfde131a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHurrah for the Clovenstone Goblins! They went to the Roald Dahl Funny Prize ceremony insisting 'GOBLINS IZ NOT FUNY' (read their statement \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/roald-dahl-funny-prize-shortlist.html\">here on Philip Reeve's blog\u003C/a>) and got RESPEKT... despite the best efforts of lovely people such as writer-illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lizpichon.co.uk/\">Liz Pichon\u003C/a> to give them the prize. \\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_liz_pichon_reeve-f576d708cc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI had fun suiting up in Goblins-green and fan-girl cosplaying for the day. Hey, look! Here's \u003Ca href=\"http://jonnyduddle.blogspot.co.uk/\">Jonny Duddle\u003C/a>, creator of the pirate picture books that \u003Ca href=\"http://www.aardman.com\">Aardman\u003C/a> studio turned into a fab animated film. I'd only ever chatted with him online about pirate hats (a recent concern for both of us), so I didn't even recognise him right away. But, exciting!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_johnny_duddle-571680c6e9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nJonny with the excellent \u003Ca href=\"http://www.arnodestang.co.uk/\">Joe Berger\u003C/a> (I love his \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bergerandwyse.com/\">\u003Ci>Berger & Wyse\u003C/i>\u003C/a> comic strip in the Guardian Weekend) and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garryparsons.co.uk/\">Garry Parsons\u003C/a> (with Templar's Jayne Roscoe and Mike Jolley just behind them).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_duddle_berger_parsons-1d0076b235.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's Philip, surrounded by the two people who rescued the Goblins from the ignominious fate of people laffing at them.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_winners_row-df8bbcb08b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCongratulations to illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://carlhasthefunk.blogspot.co.uk/\">Freya Hartas\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Thomson_%28author%29\">Jamie Thomson\u003C/a> for taking the prize for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.orchardbooks.co.uk/BookDetails.aspx?isbn=9781408315118&title=The+Teenage+Years+&groupId=34625&groupTitle=Age+9%2B&seriesId=85515&seriesTitle=Dark+Lord\">\u003Ci>Dark Lord: The Teenage Years\u003C/a>\u003C/i> (with the book cover by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thomasflintham.com/\">Thomas Flintham\u003C/a>)! Interestingly, \u003Ci>Dark Lord\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>GOBLINS\u003C/i> both used Tolkien as their starting point, sympathetically taking the point of view of the characters Tolkien cast as baddies. But Jamie put the Dark Lord into the present day, while Philip's Goblins live in a setting much more like Middle Earth. Philip said he didn't intentionally write his book to be laugh-a-minute funny - it's an adventure story - but it just happens to have lots of good funny bits. I look forward to reading Jamie, Freya and Thomas's book, too.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_winners-953480445e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd the Roald Dahl picture book Funny Prize went to Cambridge-based writer-illutrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.rebeccapaterson.co.uk/\">Rebecca Patterson\u003C/a> for her book \u003Ca href=\"http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/books/32354\">\u003Ci>My Big Shouting Day\u003C/a>\u003C/i>. Congratulations, Rebecca! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_rebecca_patterson-ff6d4c4392.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can read more about all the winners \u003Ca href=\"http://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-blogs-and-press/news/169/\">here on the Booktrust website\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_covers-f02248db2c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe were treated to a funny video made by Booktrust's \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/followtheyellow\">Katherine Woodfine\u003C/a> and kids from \u003Cb>Hitherfield Primary School\u003C/b>, then a short play about Roald Dahl from \u003Cb>Hawkes Farm Primary School\u003C/b> (pictured here).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_schoolplay2-52371db4b4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThis guy managed to pull off good deadpan expression.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_schoolplay3-f91540ccf8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's former children's laureate \u003Ca href=\"http://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/\">Michael Rosen\u003C/a>, presenting the ceremony:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_michael_rosen-fb7c53f5b2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd judges \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LucyMangan\">Lucy Mangan\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Giedroyc\">Mel Giedroyc\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lizpichon.co.uk/\">Liz Pichon\u003C/a>, and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.edvere.com/\">Ed Vere\u003C/a> (my \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/tag/monsterville\">Monsterville\u003C/a> co-creator!) with Michael.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_judges-dc565da577.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere the Goblin hordes rejoice at the outcome:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_reeve_signing-99887f3b3b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nA few more photos:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_lucy_mangan_reeve-3f7727ae2b.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Lucy Mangan & Philip Reeve\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_ed_vere-4c06b3d6cc.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Ed Vere\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_frank_cottrell_boyce2-5ef0e4ef8a.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Cottrell_Boyce\">Frank Cottrell Boyce\u003C/a>, Booktrust's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/books/32385\">Wendy Cooling\u003C/a>, Philip Reeve\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_viviane_schwarz-2d282d3fcd.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/\">Viviane Schwarz\u003C/a> and me\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_louise_yates-f7c4bde94c.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>With \u003Ca href=\"http://www.louise-yates.com/\">Louise Yates\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's the fab Scholastic UK team GOBLINS! From the left, \u003Ci>GOBLINS\u003C/i> editor \u003Ca href=\"https://en.twitter.com/MarionLloydBks\">Marion Lloyd\u003C/a>, publishing director \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Redwoods1\">Lisa Edwards\u003C/a>, illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidsemple.co.uk/\">David Semple\u003C/a>, writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/goblins.html\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and editor \u003Cb>Alice Swan\u003C/b>. (You can read Alice's account of an editor's working day \u003Ca href=\"http://www.books4teens.co.uk/behind-the-books/an-editors-working-week-by-alice-swan-editor-at-scholastic.html\">over on Books 4 Teens\u003C/a>.) The fab \u003Cb>Alyx Price\u003C/b> was also dashing about, but I didn't manage to find her in time for the photo.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_goblins_team-0ba9f35e5c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThen Scholastic let me tag along for tea and cakes at the Tate Modern. Whoo hoo! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_tate_treats-0459091874.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBesides the cakes (CAKES!), the highlight of the tea party was getting to hang out with David Semple and his fab wife, graphic designer \u003Cb>Kate Semple\u003C/b>. Thanks for a lovely day, Scholastic and GOBLINS gang!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_dave_kate_semple-a1da61367e.jpg\">","2012-11-07T08:53:00.000Z","occupy-roahl-dahl-funny-prize-success",[],"occupy roahl dahl funny prize: success!",1776628724408]