[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-bologna-foxes":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Here's my latest promo piece, based on my visits to some of Bologna's yummy trattorias. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bologna_foxes-0272326112.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe had a great workshop at the SCBWI conference by sassy writer and illustrator \u003Cb>Pat Cummings\u003C/b> from \u003Ca href=\"http://parsonsillustration.wordpress.com\">Parsons\u003C/a> in New York about doing promo pieces, so I hope she'd like this one. I'm sorting through the big stack of papers I picked up at the fair. I love the classy look of the 'Books from Finland' promotional magazines. One of my favourite books at the fair was this little volume called JUJU, designed by \u003Ca href=\"http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.listAll&friendID=148920953&startID=286875878&StartPostedDate=2007-07-12%2010:00:00&next=1&page=1&Mytoken=DE413B84-2BEE-46AE-BF3C3EC2C595D1BB54916720\">Kati Rapia\u003C/a>. It's not the sort of book I'd usually go for, but it just felt perfect the way it was crafted, a sewing guide for creating clothing for girls out of recycled fabrics. I hope they manage to sell the English rights for it.\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/juju-48b5061d1d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSpeaking of crafted, I just got a parcel of wool socks knitted by my ultra-fabulous aunt in Glasgow. Aren't they amazing!\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/auntsox-ea0b763de7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMy friend Layn is reviewing a book for Write Away and pointed me to the beautifully designed website of  \u003Ca href=\"http://www.alicemelvin.com\">Alice Melvin\u003C/a>. And in Bologna, I stopped by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.kidscanpress.com/kidscanpress/KidsCanPress_3/KCP/f_home.htm\">Kids Can Press\u003C/a> to have a closer look at Stéphane Jorisch's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lookybook.com/mainpage.php?name_id=1393\">Jabberwocky\u003C/a> book. I wasn't so keen on the rest of their books, but their beautiful new 'Visions in Poetry' series really jumped off the shelf. I had a look at another Jorisch book, which is also now visible at Lookybook, \u003Ca href=\"http://lookybook.com/mainpage.php?name_id=1438\">The Owl and the Pussycat\u003C/a>. The publishers are looking solely for Canadian illustrators, and if I was Canadian I'd be very tempted to drop them a line.","2008-04-04T06:55:00.000Z","the-bologna-foxes",[],"the bologna foxes",1776628722543]