[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-reeve-mcintyre-we-have-news":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Do you remember all those little mouse drawings I made during Lockdown? I so enjoyed getting out my model ships and painting these characters, who were going on the sorts of big adventures that I couldn't go on at the time. Their tiny bravery gave me a sense of purpose and hope and I fell very much in love with them. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1160993_original-41203d317c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nSo when Lockdown finished, I asked \u003Ca href=\"https://philipreeve.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> if he might be interested in turning them into a series of books with me - it's always more fun working with a friend! - and he said yes. (Hooray!) So there was a big announcement today at Bologna Children's Book Fair by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DFB_storyhouse/status/1506231298230267906\">David Fickling Books\u003C/a> about this little mouse:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1159091_original-9619a6c852.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here begin the \u003Cb>Adventuremice\u003C/b>! Philip and I have had so much fun expanding the world I'd started to create. Here's the Mousebase, from which the brave Adventuremice set out on their rescue missions: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1159185_original-efaf219cc8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's the original announcement from David Ficking Books on Twitter, linking to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.thebookseller.com/news/reeve-and-mcintyre-move-to-david-fickling-for-new-series\">the article published in today's version of The Bookseller magazine\u003C/a>, with an article by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CarolineC1988\">Caroline Carpenter\u003C/a>: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1159626_original-bb12d097b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://www.thebookseller.com/news/reeve-and-mcintyre-move-to-david-fickling-for-new-series\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1159690_original-e47315827d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1159945_original-5dc7dc8672.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThere are lots of reasons we're excited to be working with DFB: They've been my publisher already for several books and David Fickling took risks on me when I was a young illustrator, with \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/morris-the-mankiest-monster/\">Morris the Mankiest Monster\u003C/a>\u003C/i> with Giles Andreae (my first UK book!), my weekly comic \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/vern-lettuce-book/\">Vern & Lettuce\u003C/a>\u003C/i> that was turned into a comic collection book, \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.jampires.com/\">Jampires\u003C/a>\u003C/i> co-authored with David O'Connell, and more recently, \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.co.uk/the-new-neighbours/\">The New Neighbours\u003C/a>\u003C/i>, which Rights agent \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/bronwenbennie\">Bronwen Bennie\u003C/a> has enabled to be published in lots of different countries around the world. Here's Bronwen this week at the Bologna Children's Book Fair: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1160650_original-be3ff5fd5a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd we'll be working with designer \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wood_ness\">Ness Wood\u003C/a>, who has designed lots of my books, including \u003Ci>Morris the Mankiest Monster, Jampires, Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>Don't Call Me Grumpycorn\u003C/i>. The other good news about DFB is that we'll be working with our original Reeve & McIntyre editor \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LizJCross\">Liz Cross\u003C/a>, following her as she's moved over from Oxford University Press. Here you can see her \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/575183.html\">at the launch\u003C/a> of our very first book together, \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.co.uk/oliver-and-the-seawigs/\">Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/a>\u003C/i> on the Golden Hinde ship. And we'll also be working with \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/frashutc\">Fraser Hutchinson\u003C/a> in Publicity, whom keen fans of the Kevin books might recognise as the inspiration for the character of Cardigan Faun! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1160317_original-6bccdd7a66.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nIn fact, editor Liz Cross goes back further than Reeve & McIntyre; she was the editor who discovered Philip Reeve's \u003Ci>Mortal Engines\u003C/i>, his very first novel, after he'd been working as an illustrator for Scholastic for many years! She's working with Philip again, publishing his \u003Ca href=\"https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2021/02/utterly-dark-face-of-deep.html\">Utterly Dark\u003C/a> books (the \u003Ca href=\"https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/new-book-announcement-utterly-dark-2.html\">second one comes out Sept 1st this year\u003C/a>, cover and interior illustrations by Irish illustrator \u003Ca href=\"https://lefft.com/\">Paddy Donnelly\u003C/a>). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1160915_original-85c18487a7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nIt's still awhile 'til the first two Adventuremice books launch - \u003Cb>Spring 2023\u003C/b> - but I'm nearly finished illustrating the first one and really enjoying the painting process. For the Kevin books, they're drawn with old-fashioned dip-pen and ink and coloured digitally, but for the Adventuremice, I'm painting everything in real paint, which I love. Less screen time, and it's awfully nice seeing the painting appearing in front of me on hot-press watercolour paper, as I work in my temporary Dartmoor studio, with Philip typing away on the next book on the other side of the room. It's so much easier working nearby; we can discuss where the story is going to go next, and he can help me with the pictures. Stay posted for more collaboration news!","2022-03-22T14:30:00.000Z","reeve-mcintyre-we-have-news",[],"Reeve & McIntyre: we have NEWS!",1776628731411]