[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-shark-unicorn-are-dragons-allowed":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"The theme of last weekend's edition of \u003Cb>The Funday Times\u003C/b> was DRAGONS. Which was very handy, because the dragon is also a big part of this year's Mythical Maze \u003Ca href=\"http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/\">Summer Reading Challenge!\u003C/a>  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sharkunicorn8_panel_zps3e97dd6f-2191bd5b9f.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nShark & Unicorn are mucking about with Dragon a bit here.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sharkunicorn8_zps865232dd-0f361c0dad.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nA cool thing: yesterday I got to meet my Sunday Times editor for the first time! Her name is \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KarenRobinsonST\">Karen Robinson\u003C/a>, and we'd only ever talked by e-mail. The Funday Times is mostly a film tie-in, but Karen's keen to nurture local talent, and I've been thrilled to have a regular comic in a real broadsheet newspaper. (Well, only six times a year, but regularly six times!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karen_fundaytimes_zps97833d4f-b0b41871b9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI had lunch with her and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/dubbiek\">Damian Kelleher\u003C/a>, who's been my amazing champion and go-between for Summer Reading Challenge, Funday Times, Kids Week and lots of other things. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/damian_karen_zps2885d378-f5bf2dca73.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd Damian has a new book out this week! \u003Cb>\u003Ci>A Dog in No-Man's Land\u003C/i>\u003C/b> ties in with the First World War commemorations and looks great, published by Templar, with illustrations by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.saahub.com/illustrator/Gary-Blythe/90232\">Gary Blythe\u003C/a>, edited by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/InklingPress\">Helen Boyle\u003C/a> (of WRD magazine) and designed by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nghiemta\">Nghiem Ta\u003C/a> (who's worked on loads of Templar's 'ology' books). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dog_nomans_land1_zpsd3bd6003-2f979c304f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThey've tucked all sorts of letters and postcards in amongst the pages, giving it a wonderful scrapbook-like feel, and I'm very much looking forward to reading it. Congratulations, Damian, Gary, Helen and Nghiem! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dog_nomans_land2_zpscac9b947-c256424d71.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's the latest Summer Reading Challenge message, from Irish writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.eoincolfer.com/\">Eoin Colfer\u003C/a>: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2729\"/>","2014-07-08T07:58:00.000Z","shark-unicorn-are-dragons-allowed",[],"shark & unicorn: are dragons allowed?",1776628726609]