[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-post-pirate-party-pancakes-at-st-pancras":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cb>Yummy Pancakes!\u003C/b> Before \u003Ca href=\"http://gillianrogerson.net/signed-books/you-can-t-scare-a-princess/\">Gillian Rogerson\u003C/a> caught the train back up to Leeds after our fabulous \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/princess-pirate.php\">\u003Ci>You Can't Scare a Princess!\u003C/i>\u003C/a> launch (pics \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/429212.html\">here\u003C/a>), I met her for a celebratory breakfast. It also just happened to be her birthday, a great reason to keep the party going! Our friend \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philipreeve.blogspot.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> (who'd taken part in the Pirate Draw-Off) was catching his train back to Dartmoor that day, and he came along for pancakes and took this photo of the two of us:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gillian_sarah_brek-40bae0dc72.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI'd been curious for awhile about the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/lonpr-st-pancras-renaissance-london-hotel/\">renovated hotel space\u003C/a> inside the hugely ornate St Pancras rail station, so this was a perfect excuse to run around and look at things. We had breakfast in whats called \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bookingofficerestaurant.com/restaurant/hotels/hotel-information/travel/lonpr-booking-office-st-pancras-renaissance-london/\">The Booking Office\u003C/a>. (You might recognise the building's exterior as King's Cross in the \u003Ci>Harry Potter\u003C/i> films.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gillian_sarah_brek1-bac5e2ef8f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nGillian and I don't get to do a lot of events together, but you can catch us together for a whole two days up in \u003Cb>Leeds on 19 & 20 November\u003C/b> at \u003Ca href=\"http://thoughtbubblefestival.com\">Thought Bubble comics festival\u003C/a>. We'll be running a jolly pirate themed family fun table, where you can design pirates, create amazing treasure maps and more (and buy our books and get us to sign them, if you like!). I'll also be doing a short talk at the \u003Cb>Leeds Graphic Novel Award ceremony\u003C/b>, where \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/vernlettuce-book.php\">\u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>\u003C/a> has been shortlisted for the award, on \u003Cb>Fri, 18 Nov, 1:30pm at Leeds Central Library\u003C/b>. And I'll be speaking on a \u003Cb>panel about the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/2011/05/nelson/\">Nelson anthology\u003C/a>\u003C/b> a bunch of top British creators and I are launching with Blank Slate, from \u003Cb>11-11:45 on the Saturday at Thought Bubble\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\nThought Bubble is one of the biggest events of the comics year, and great for everyone who loves storytelling generally; do come along if you can!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/thought_bubble-9ab4de61fa.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI'm also appearing this weekend up in Scotland at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/\">Wigtown Book Festival\u003C/a> this \u003Cb>Saturday (Pirates! At 2:30pm!)\u003C/b>, talking afterward at the local library about comics making, then doing a day of school events on the Monday with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.shoorayner.com/\">Shoo Rayner\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/childrens-book-festival.asp\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/wigtown11-94eb02ce39.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAfter the party, I was able to have a closer look at the picture \u003Ca href=\"http://www.alexmilway.com/\">Alex Milway\u003C/a> drew for me, featuring Gillian and my \u003Cb>Captain Waffle\u003C/b> and Alex's fearsome \u003Cb>Mousebeard\u003C/b> from \u003Ca href=\"http://themousehunter.com/\">\u003Ci>The Mousehunter\u003C/i>\u003C/a> books. Alex is a good friend of our \u003Ca href=\"http://fleecestation.co.uk/\">Fleece Station studio\u003C/a> and I was definitely thinking of him when Captain Waffle in \u003Ci>You Can't Scare a Princess!\u003C/i> just happened to have a mouse permanently tucked into his beard or hat. Thanks, Alex!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/waffle_mousebeard-b0ec91ae9b.gif\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for a few more pics under the cut...-->\\r\nA few more shots of St Pancras... look, there be dragons!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gillian_sarah_brek2-b24896ca03.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThen breakfast was over and it was time for Gillian to catch her train and I was very sad to see her go. See you soon at Thought Bubble, Gillian!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gillian_sarah_brek3-128b69d463.jpg\">","2011-09-22T08:47:00.000Z","post-pirate-party-pancakes-at-st-pancras",[],"post-pirate-party pancakes at st pancras",1776628720727]