[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pugs-roadshow-fast-approaching":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"'So what's happening in Reeve & McIntyre land?' I hear you ask. (Did you ask? Well, let's pretend that you did.) We're just about to embark on the \u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Cb>PUGS ROADSHOW!\u003C/b>\u003C/font> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/oup_pugwalk_pugcloseup_zpsfinb3s1n-272733caa3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd up north, near Manchester, a certain bookshop in \u003Cb>Bramhall\u003C/b> has been completely invaded by lovely knitted pugs...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/simplybooksNo1\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bramhall_pugs_zpsexdwxoxf-336a222da8.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nWho could have created such wonders? 'Tis these lovely ladies, friends of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.simplybooks.info/\">Simply Books\u003C/a>, where Reeve & I will be visiting next Monday evening! Here's the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pugs-of-the-frozen-north/\">link to the free pattern\u003C/a> if you'd like to \u003Cb>knit your own pug\u003C/b> (and tweet us a photo!). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/simplybooksNo1\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bramhall_pugs2_zpspdibpq6c-7fd6800207.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThe Simply Books event is now sold out, but you can still book tickets for fun \u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i> sessions in Bath, Cheltenham, Kendal and London (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/events/\">details here\u003C/a>) and we'll also be doing lots of school events. You can follow our progress on Twitter at the \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23pugsroadshow&src=typd\">#PugsRoadshow\u003C/a> hashtag. \\r\n\\r\nWe'll be stopping in Bath, and John McLay and the \u003Cb>Bath Kids Lit Fest\u003C/b> are having a fundraising auction selling red chair artwork by a whole host of amazing artists. Do check out \u003Ca href=\"http://issuu.com/bathfestivals/docs/redchaircatalogue\">the catalogue here\u003C/a>! Philip and I have both contributed artwork, and they'll launch the \u003Cb>online auction \u003Ca href=\"http://stores.ebay.co.uk/bathfestivalsartauction\">here on Ebay\u003C/a> starting on 1 Oct\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://issuu.com/bathfestivals/docs/redchaircatalogue\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bath_auction_zpsfraizdzc-dcba2cba7a.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nIn \u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i>, we talk about some of the fifty kinds of snow you get in 'True Winter'. And today I've learned from \u003Ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/23/scots-thesaurus-reveals-421-words-for-snow?CMP=twt_books_b-gdnbooks\">this Guardian article by Alison Flood\u003C/a> that the Scots have at least 421 words for snow. I really must check that thesaurus to be sure they include some of the fifty kinds of snow in our Pugs book: stinksnow, singing snow, shrinksnow, I'm sure they must all be there. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/23/scots-thesaurus-reveals-421-words-for-snow?CMP=twt_books_b-gdnbooks\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/guardian_snaw_zpsqzht3zwg-0fde5467c6.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd while we're at it, I have to brag that a few weeks ago I had dinner sitting next to Susan Rennie, who translates \u003Ca href=\"http://tintinscots.com/\">Tintin comics into Scots dialect\u003C/a>. How cool is that? \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://tintinscots.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/tintincovers_zpsffojqnxx-033eb5df47.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://tintinscots.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/tintin_scots_zpso07gttcb-129fbb0b0b.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2015-09-23T11:07:00.000Z","pugs-roadshow-fast-approaching",[],"pugs roadshow fast approaching!",1776628727818]