[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-see-you-in-edinburgh":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I hope you're getting lots of chances this summer to chill out with good books. (Iris the mermaid is completely absorbed in hers.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_drawing_iris_reading_zps2da89464-4454b22129.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nExciting news, \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i> is having a special pre-launch event at the Edinburgh Book Festival where you'll be able to get your own copy of the book before anyone else! \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/seawigs-in-edinburgh.html\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and I are going to muck about on stage, draw, talk about how the story came about, and get everyone drawing. If you're in \u003Cb>Edinburgh on Sunday, 25 Aug from 2-3pm\u003C/b>, please do join us! And tell all your friends! You can \u003Ca href=\"https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/monkeys-mermaids-and-big-hair-with-sarah-mcintyre-philip-reeve\">book tickets here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/monkeys-mermaids-and-big-hair-with-sarah-mcintyre-philip-reeve\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_edinburgh_zpsa8c82f63-39b3e556a2.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nOur event is part of the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/events?event_search_form[theme_id]=48\">Stripped\u003C/a> series of events, with loads of amazing comics artists taking part, including \u003Cb>Posy Simmonds, Chris Ware, Joe Sacco, Gary Northfield, Jon McNaught, Emma Vieceli, Stephen Collins, the Phoenix Comic gang, Garen Ewing, Neil Gaiman, Rutu Modan, Glyn Dillon\u003C/b> and loads more. \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i> isn't a comic - it's a highly illustrated chapter book - but Philip and I have both drawn and love comics, and we're excited to be a part of it. Plus, you should be able at the shop to get a copy of my new \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i> paperback, and I can give you a little drawing in it.\\r\n\\r\nHere's a peek at last year's Edinburgh, it's an absolutely brilliant festival. And where I first met Philip, so a very appropriate place to give people the first look at our finished first book.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/421284.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/edinfest11_sketch-c4047de690.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nIn the meantime, my neighbour friend is busy styling me for the big stage. It's a work in progress.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/big_blue_hair_zpsbfbbfbea-90a137e75c.jpg\">","2013-08-08T10:12:00.000Z","see-you-in-edinburgh",[],"see you in edinburgh!",1776628725417]