[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-party-party-party-london":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"So many parties this week! But I actually went to bed at a reasonable hour last night (no way!) so I got to see the sunrise this morning over the Thames. That was rather mind-blowing, if finger-numbingly cold. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/thames_sunrise-9ae40bf135.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nFirst thing, there's another \u003Cb>DFC Library book\u003C/b> launching, on \u003Cb>Thursday\u003C/b>! It's a comic/graphic novel by the amazing \u003Ca href=\"http://aqwatic.blogspot.com/\">John Aggs\u003C/a>, who wrote it, and his remarkable mother \u003Ca href=\"http://patriceaggs.com/\">Patrice Aggs\u003C/a>, who drew it. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.com/davidficklingbooks.asp?ean=9780857560261\">\u003Ci>The Boss\u003C/i>\u003C/a> follows in the tradition of \u003Ci>Emil and the Detectives\u003C/i>, but very modern-day (even though it's set in a castle), and a \u003Cb>erfect Christmas gift\u003C/b> for anyone over the age of, say, 7 or 8. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bossinvite-c92a01106e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd oh no, too many choices! Also on Thursday, there's going to be a fab Steampunk Party at Blackwells book shop on Charing Cross Road! They'll be presenting The Kitchies award of the Red Tentacle, won last year by writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.panmacmillan.com/author/chinamieville\">China Miéville\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>Kraken, Embassytown\u003C/i>), and Plarchie the Squid CAN'T WAIT to meet China for the first time this year. My studio mates \u003Ca href=\"http://www.whodunnknit.com/\">Lauren O'Farrell\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk/\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> will be there, and Gary will be doing some live drawing and watercolouring. And our friend and fab writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philipreeve.blogspot.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>Mortal Engines, Here Lies Arthur, Larklight\u003C/i> will also be drawing and signing books and generally partying along with us, so it's sure to be unmissable! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thekitschies.com/kitschies-steampunk.html\">Click here for the full line-up.\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thekitschies.com/kitschies-steampunk.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/blackwell_steampunkeve-5edc7ddb6a.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI am already rearranging bits from my wardrobe to try to come up with something that looks at least a bit steampunk. (And people are \u003Ci>still\u003C/i> asking me what steampunk means, so \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk\">find out here\u003C/a> or just go read \u003Ci>Larklight\u003C/i> (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.larklight.com/\">here's the website\u003C/a>), which has the most fabulous pseudo-Victorian illustrations by David Wyatt of the Crystal Palace turning into a giant mechanical spider that you ever saw. And hoverhogs, I want my own hoverhog.)\\r\n\\r\nAnd if you can't make it to the party, you can still stop by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1387\">Foyles Charing Cross\u003C/a>, where Philip will be signing from 5-6pm. (Get him to draw you something in your book!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1387\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/foyles_reeve-52e2e8c4a0.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd of course, tonight! There's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">Laydeez Do Comics\u003C/a>, which is always a great place to meet fine comics folk, both guys and gals, and here's tonight's line-up:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/laydeez_dec11-9e7b487ead.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2011-12-05T12:14:00.000Z","party-party-party-london",[],"party party party, london!",1776628721059]