[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-tea-and-jeopardy":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Writer \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EmApocalyptic\">Emma Newman\u003C/a> hosts the most excellent podcasts called \u003Cb>Tea and Jeopardy\u003C/b> with her butler, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.runpetewrite.com/tea-and-jeopardy-35-a-chat-with-sarah-mcintyre/\">Latimer\u003C/a>, and I got to dress up, visit their chequerboard palace and have a chat with them. And I got to bring along someone special... \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/teaandjeopardy_zpsy3eqpjei-57e0a5449a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://teaandjeopardy.geekplanetonline.com/podcast/tea-and-jeopardy-35-sarah-mcintyre-visits-the-tea-lair/\">Do have a listen!\u003C/a> I have a bit of a schoolgirl crush on Emma's dulcet tones; she has the most melodic speaking voice you'll ever hear. She designs and wears gorgeous costumes, and we both outdid ourselves for this podcast. It's half an hour long, and be prepared for some Light Peril.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://teaandjeopardy.geekplanetonline.com/podcast/tea-and-jeopardy-35-sarah-mcintyre-visits-the-tea-lair/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/teajeaop_zps0nx1ejc8-80cfb720ed.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"3\">In other news:\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nLast night my studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://elissaelwick.co.uk/\">Elissa Elwick\u003C/a> and I went along to the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/\">House of Illustration\u003C/a> to celebrate the launch of illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://lauraellenanderson.co.uk/\">Laura Ellen Anderson\u003C/a> and writer \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerrie_Burnell\">Cerrie Burnell\u003C/a>'s new picture book, \u003Ci>Mermaid\u003C/i>. I've known Laura from her excellent work on \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lauraellenanderson.co.uk/EVIL-EMPEROR-PENGUIN\">\u003Ci>Evil Emperor Penguin\u003C/i>\u003C/a> in The Phoenix Comic, and Stuart and I met Cerrie (who also works as a CBeebies presenter) when we were up at the Manchester Children's Book Festival last year. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/Mermaid_laura_cerrie_zpsq2pep8uc-46fd4f2396.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's World Book Day UK director \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KirstenGrant2\">Kirsten Grant\u003C/a> and my fab editor at Scholastic UK, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PauliinaPopcorn\">Pauliina Malinen\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/Mermaid_kirstengrant_pauliina_zpstxgxnqem-f7417e9534.jpg\">\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\\r\nCerrie's daughter and I drew a mermaid together: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/Mermaid_cerrie_zpsnzxwe9rw-ecaa8d045a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCongratulations, Cerrie, Laura and the whole Scholastic gang! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/Mermaid_scholasticuk_zps7c8wjj2w-f07b29dac6.jpg\">","2015-05-01T13:11:00.000Z","tea-and-jeopardy",[],"tea and jeopardy",1776628727573]