[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-rooks-at-the-bookery-in-crediton":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"It's so good after a long lockdown to get out of London and see friends! And visit bookshops! My first port of call was \u003Ca href=\"https://thebookery.org.uk\">The Bookery in Crediton\u003C/a>, in Devon, where I've recently been helping them with rebranding from their former name of Crediton Community Bookshop. When my co-author Philip Reeve and I arrived, they had a big stack of books for us to sign. (So head to Crediton if you'd like some signed books!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1055122_original-7a4eb49db5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nIt felt like a proper party! We were met by writer-illustrator \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ClaireFLewis\">Claire Lewis\u003C/a> (left), who'd done the digital work for printing up my drawings, my main point of contact, manager \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/deelalljee\">Dee Lalljee\u003C/a>, and schools coordinator \u003Cb>Cathy Holden\u003C/b>. It's kind of incredible seeing my handwriting along the top of a shop! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1053382_original-e801f25aea.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nBags, too! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1055782_original-b6e416866e.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nSign painter Sarah Harvey used a transfer to keep the look of my lettering as she hand-painted it onto the shop front.  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1055719_original-fae3b21df9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/thebookeryhq/status/1384498761141866507\">Photo tweeted by The Bookery\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nDee asked if we'd start off a story in their new notebook, that other authors will be adding to in a sort of game of Consequences: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1053657_original-3dab491e83.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd there was lovely cake! With my rookery pictures on them! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1053935_original-ef4fded8b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nRook-themed bunting... It's a wonderful shop! I bought a copy of \u003Ci>Suggie Bain\u003C/i> for my own reading (recommended to me by my Glasgow Auntie). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1054109_original-a33a02501c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThese books were all on display when we walked in, and there are lots more there now - do stop by if you're in the area! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1054709_original-dd11a4f8d0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much, Claire, Dee and Cathy! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1054231_original-4878f824fe.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd thanks to photographer \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SarahReeve3\">Sarah Reeve\u003C/a> for driving, it was a lovely day out! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1054894_original-ae6a08b847.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can follow The Bookery on Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/thebookeryhq\">@thebookeryhq\u003C/a>) and Instagram (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thebookeryhq\">thebookeryhq\u003C/a>), or visit their \u003Ca href=\"https://thebookery.org.uk/\">lovely new website\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1055273_original-ed3c27890b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2021-05-22T09:09:00.000Z","rooks-at-the-bookery-in-crediton",[],"Rooks at The Bookery in Crediton",1776628731091]