[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-seawigs-at-the-blue-peter-book-awards":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"So exciting! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/oliver-and-the-seawigs/\">\u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>\u003C/a> by \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and me has just been shortlisted for the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/242\">Blue Peter Book Awards\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_blue_peter_shortlist1_zpsed1d3cd2-47eaf3f41a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere are the presenters, Radzi and Lindsey, making the announcement:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_bluepeter_zpse7e555fc-e2055784ff.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here are the final three books in the \u003Cb>Best Story\u003C/b> category:\\r\n\\r\n* \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i> by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre (Oxford University Press)\\r\n* \u003Ci>Rooftoppers\u003C/i> by Katherine Rundell (Faber & Faber)\\r\n* \u003Ci>Whale Boy\u003C/i> written by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Joe McLaren (Yearling)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/storybooks_bluepeter_zpsa564fed5-544029e996.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe three in the \u003Cb>Best Book with Facts\u003C/b>\\r\n\\r\n* \u003Ci>Marvellous Maths\u003C/i> written by Jonathan Litton, illustrated by Thomas Flintham (Templar Publishing)\\r\n* \u003Ci>Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II\u003C/i> written by Tony Robinson, illustrated by Del Thorpe (Macmillan Children’s Books)\\r\n* \u003Ci>The World in Infographics: Animal Kingdom\u003C/i> written by Jon Richards, illustrated by Ed Simkins (Wayland Books)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/factbooks_bluepeter_zps34280f5b-e3d8c4c9e1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nIt was fun to see familiar faces! Writer (and occasional illustrator)\u003Cb> \u003Ca href=\"http://www.marcussedgwick.com/\">Marcus Sedgwick\u003C/b>\u003C/a>, who co-curated the \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/489069.html\">Pop-Up Festival\u003C/a> with me, was one of the judges:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/489069.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_marcus_set3-13519edc04.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nFellow \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/506790.html\">CWIG\u003C/a> committee member at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.societyofauthors.org/\">Society of Authors\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nicola-davies.com/\">\u003Cb>Nicola Davies\u003C/b>\u003C/a>, was one of my fellow shortlisters! Here's my doodle from a panel talk she gave at the CWIG conference. (And yes, there is a link between Seawigs and CWIGs.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/506790.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cwig12_WikiNonfiction_talk-2ec3fa5122.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAlso, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thomasflintham.com/\">\u003Cb>Thomas Flintham\u003C/b>\u003C/a> and I both did our MA Illustration degrees with Janet Woolley at Camberwell art college, so we've seen each other at \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/474602.html\">Alumni Day\u003C/a> talks and such. (Thomas is the guy in the back, third from the left.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/474602.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/camberwell_alumday12-510de3a33a.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAh, and Philip and I even saw \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Robinson\">Tony Robinson\u003C/a> not long ago, at the Cheltenham lit fest, at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.readathon.org/\">Readathon\u003C/a> party (a great charity of which he's a patron). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/596279.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cheltlitfest_readwell_tony_robinson_zps44db3236-540425ced2.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nA big congratulations to everyone, and thanks to the judges for getting through a BIG STACK of books! Now more than 200 kids from 10 schools in the UK will read the six shortlisted books and pick their top book in each category. The winning books will be announced on the Blue Peter programme scheduled for World Book Day on \u003Cb>March 6, 2014\u003C/b>. You can \u003Ca href=\"http://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/242\">find out more over on the Booktrust website\u003C/a>. And a link to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/10490889/Blue-Peter-Book-Awards-2014-shortlist-announced.html\">Martin Chilton's article in The Telegraph!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/10490889/Blue-Peter-Book-Awards-2014-shortlist-announced.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/telegraph_bluepeter_zpsd3734214-fefa5e572e.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2013-12-05T18:39:00.000Z","seawigs-at-the-blue-peter-book-awards",[],"seawigs at the blue peter book awards!",1776628725967]