[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-some-updates":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I've just been updating my website \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/events/\">Events page\u003C/a> (do have a peek!), and SCBWI have just announced that \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and I will be keynote speakers at November's conference! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_poster_zpsh42gktqu-83d97cd5b7.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nIn fact, there will be \u003Ci>four\u003C/i> keynote speakers, including \u003Ca haref=\"http://arenaillustration.com/portfolios/jonny-duddle\">Jonny Duddle\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.com/index.php\">David Fickling\u003C/a>, and there are about twenty other people speaking (some more famous than us) who could easily have stepped in!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_keynotes_zpsgrrldnjc-0bb700d1e5.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSCBWI Conference is such a great opportunity for anyone who's starting out in children's books and wants to find out how to get in deeper, or who's been in the business for awhile and fancies mixing with company, learning some new things and sharing experiences. Here's \u003Ca href=\"http://britishisles.scbwi.org/conference2015/programme/\">the programme\u003C/a>. The cost of a packed weekend is £220 for SCBWI members, £250 for non-members and you can \u003Ca href=\"https://britishisles.scbwi.org/events/conference2015/\">book here\u003C/a>. I've been to several of these conferences and they're a big part of how I got into the business. \\r\n\\r\nSometimes my books with Philip are called 'middle grade' and Philip hates that term, for good reason. So he's written a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/why-mg-bs/\">new blog post about it\u003C/a>, and you can leave comments or tweet your thoughts to him on the subject at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/philipreeve1\">@philipreeve1\u003C/a> or leave a comment on our \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/reeveandmcintyre\">Reeve & McIntyre Facebook\u003C/a> page. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/why-mg-bs/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/reeve_mgbs_zpswxoi4jkq-9d0f27637b.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/why-mg-bs/\">Keep reading...\u003C/a>\u003C/i>","2015-07-18T19:23:00.000Z","some-updates",[],"some updates",1776628727752]