[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-society-of-authors-futures-in-publishing":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I heard a couple people say they'd never seen the Society of Authors audience so excited and full of questions as they were last night at the Futures of Publishing panel event. Thank you so much to the fabulous and forward-thinking \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.alexmilway.com/\">Alex Milway\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://nanarealm.com/\">Nana Li\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.com/\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> and everyone in the room who contributed to the discussion. ...Hey look, a Moshi Monster plushie! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cwig_futures_panel-9e652357de.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo taken by Helena Pielichaty\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nI'm going to keep adding links if anyone blogged the event, but first up is \u003Cb>Helena Pielichaty\u003C/b>, Chair of the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.societyofauthors.org/childrens-writers-and-illustrators-group\">Children's Writers & Illustrators Group\u003C/a> of the SoA. Thanks for blogging, Helena! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.helena-pielichaty.com/blog/2012/11/futures-of-publishing/\">Go read about the event here\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.helena-pielichaty.com/blog/2012/11/futures-of-publishing/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/helena_pielichaty-5734ff28f8.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThanks, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jojomccrum\">Jo McCrum\u003C/a> and the Society of Authors for treating us to a tasty dinner at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thehenryroot.com/\">The Henry Root\u003C/a>. \u003Ci>*Makes note to self for future dining.*\u003C/i> I had a peek at Nana's sketchbook, who's doing a project with her co-workers at Moshi Monsters to fill up a sketchbook in a month. She's been doing a lot of gestural drawings, which were fun to see. And one she did at the restaurant when we were teasing Gary about his lovely fragrant shower gels. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cwig_futures_nana_gary-bca76d89be.jpg\"> \\r\n\\r\nNext up for events, I'm doing a \u003Cb>joint Booktrust and Comica Festival panel organised by Booktrust's comic-artist-in-residence \u003Ca href=\"http://www.booktrust.org.uk/writing/online-writer-in-residence/biography\">Hannah Berry\u003C/a>, next Monday, 19 Nov, in London\u003C/b>, with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.simonelia.com/\">Simone Lia\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/\">The Phoenix Comic\u003C/a>, Fluffy, Please God, Find Me A Husband\u003C/i>), \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McKean\">Dave McKean\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>Arkham Asylum, The Graveyard Book\u003C/i>) \u003Ca href=\"http://www.naobrown.com/news/\">Glyn Dillon\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>The Nao of Brown\u003C/i>), \u003Ca href=\"http://www.karriefransman.com/\">Karrie Fransman\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>The House That Groaned\u003C/i>) and another speaker whom we can't announce yet, but she's FABULOUS. \u003Ca href=\"http://booktrust.eventbrite.com/#\">Book your tickets here!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHere's an article about the event and Hannah's work \u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://paulgravett.com/index.php/articles/article/hannah_berry\">on Paul Gravett's website\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://paulgravett.com/index.php/articles/article/hannah_berry\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hannah_paularticle-e9240d5941.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd some of Hannah's thoughts on the subject \u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://www.booktrust.org.uk/writing/online-writer-in-residence/blog/475\">over on her Booktrust blog\u003C/a>: what can comics do that other books can't? \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hannah_booktrustarticle-ef2363ec60.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nSociety of Authors events are great for meeting other writers and illustrators, and I had fun meeting Russian filmmaker, comics creator and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.evgeniagolubeva.com\">Evgenia Golubeva\u003C/a> (or 'Zhenia', more informally). Thank you for the lovely book, Zhenia! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cwig_futures_zhenia-61aac7e66f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOn the way to the Society of Authors meeting, I popped quickly into \u003Ca href=\"http://foxedbooks.com/\">Slightly Foxed bookshop\u003C/a> on Gloucester Road and this book made me laugh. I've seen so many \u003Ci>Pride & Prejudice\u003C/i> mash-ups recently! This one's a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.gibbs-smith.com/Pride-Prejudice-P1038.aspx\">\u003Ci>Pride & Prejudice\u003C/i> baby counting book\u003C/a> illustrated by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pure-sugar.com/\">Alison Oliver\u003C/a> and text by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Jennifer%20Adams&ie=UTF8&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank\">Jennifer Adams\u003C/a>. ...Oo, they \u003Ca href=\"http://www.gibbs-smith.com/Button-Pride-Prejudice-pack-P1218.aspx\">sell badges, too\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pride_prejudice_counting-b1b8416238.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSo I'll keep adding links to this post if anyone else blogs the Futures of Publishing event... keep an eye on this page! And on the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.societyofauthors.net/\">Society of Authors\u003C/a> website; they're a great resource and support for UK book creators.","2012-11-14T13:15:00.000Z","society-of-authors-futures-in-publishing",[],"society of authors: futures in publishing",1776628724438]