[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-sightings-in-the-wild":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I've been starting up a new picture book here and trying to meet some tight deadlines, so I haven't had a chance to visit this year's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/\">London Book Fair\u003C/a>. But I was thrilled when writer \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/thejeffnorton\">Jeff Norton\u003C/a> tweeted the first sighting of a \u003Ci>Cakes in Space\u003C/i> bag! (I don't even have mine yet! But I think it's what that little red slip from the Royal Mail must be about; it's been languishing in the banana bowl for a couple days.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cakes_bag_lbf_zpse0ca210e-ed49fa6073.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's a lovely Sea Monkey Vampire from \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sarahyewman\">Sarah Yewman\u003C/a> drawn by Lucy, age 6. I tweeted back that this character really needs its own story, and my \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i> co-author \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/philipreeve1\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> added, 'The tiny vampire sea monkey on Vampire Sea Monkey's staff also needs its own story'. So we'll see if this happens...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seamonkey_vampire_lucy6_zpsca94dea8-e0491482bc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nNews from Philip, the book cover for the third book in the GOBLINS trilogy has just been released! These books are terrific, a real spin on the way Tolkien portrayed goblins as all bad, with lots of funny bits, although I cried at one part in one of the books. (But I won't tell you which - spoiler!).  \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Goblin Quest\u003C/i> launches with Scholastic UK on the 5th of June\u003C/b>, with decorative illustrations scattered throughout, by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidsemple.co.uk/\">David Semple\u003C/a>. Here's the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/goblins.html\">Goblins website\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/weer-all-off-to-suny-spane.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/goblins_3covers_zps6b86b1ea-7b4f7e2cf1.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nOne of my favourite things that happens on the Internet is when the Goblins start blogging, and \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/weer-all-off-to-suny-spane.html\">they're back!\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/weer-all-off-to-suny-spane.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/goblins_quotation_zps5033e163-05350222fa.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/weer-all-off-to-suny-spane.html\">Read more...\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAlso, Reeve & Son have been making a COOKING video:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2605\"/>","2014-04-10T08:58:00.000Z","sightings-in-the-wild",[],"sightings in the wild",1776628726312]