[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-pop-up-festival-site-is-popping-up":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"So I know you've already written this weekend's \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk\">Pop Up Festival\u003C/a> into your diaries...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_logo2-5d1c46a24d.gif\">\\r\n\\r\n...and I thought you'd like a peek at how the site is coming along! Here's \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk/gettinghere/\">a map of the location\u003C/a>, Granary Square, next to Central Saint Martins art college, and about a five-minute walk across the new build area from Kings Cross and St Pancras stations. Granary Square is a huge covered area, so rain or shine, the festival will be AWESOME.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pop_up_siteprep-f64b76005c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nFind out details of the day's events and our comics line-up \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/487551.html\">here!\u003C/a> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit: We have lots of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/\">Phoenix Comic\u003C/a> creators on our team! And for top-notch creators, there's news just in from the Phoenix Headquarters: \u003Cb>\u003Ci>We're on the look out for more standalone feature four-pagers. And ideas for genius one-off puzzles.\u003C/i>\u003C/b> So if you're very good at making comics, have a think about it! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/submissions/\">Details here.\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_comic_logo-b4f926b607.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd while I'm at it, here's a peek at some of the Pop Up curators, past and present. We met up last night at a social for the \u003Ca href=\"http://britishscbwi.org/\">Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators\u003C/a>. This is a great organisation to join if you make books, comics, do school events, etc, and want to meet other like-minded people and find out more about the industry. The events are always very serious, as I'm demonstrating here with Astrosaurs creator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stevecolebooks.co.uk/\">Steve Cole\u003C/a> and last year's Pop Up curator (the Upside-Down House!) writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philipardagh.co.uk/\">Philip Ardagh\u003C/a>. I've just spotted a meteor falling straight toward the Young Vic bar, where we met. Run, everyone!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_stevesarahphilip-085b85732e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more More SCBWI pics under the cut!-->\\r\nWe like to examine our work through lots of different lenses.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_specs-acb872c3db.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWriter \u003Ca href=\"http://www.candygourlay.com/\">Candy Gourlay\u003C/a> did such an awesome job with Pop Up last year that the team have asked her to do it again! I can't wait to see her \u003Ca href=\"http://popupfiesta.tumblr.com/\">Beanbag Cinema and Filipino-style FIESTA!\u003C/a> Here she is, chronicling the SCBWI proceedings.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_candy_camera-a5177e7178.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThat's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jackiemarchant.com/\">Jackie Marchant\u003C/a> on the left, who's just about to launch her first book with Macmillan, \u003Ci>I'm Dougal Trump and it's Not My Fault\u003C/i>. We all took photos with the book looking absolutely thrilled, as I'm sure we will be when we've read it. Looks good, Jackie!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_dougal_trump2-51eed2b91c.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.candygourlay.com/\">Candy Gourlay\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nOf course, Philip can't give a straight compliment, oh no. It pains him so.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_dougal_trump-c43300555b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd Candy with writer, illustrator and puppeteer extraordinaire \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sueeves.net/\">Sue Eves\u003C/a> (who, sadly, didn't bring along her puppet dog that evening, even though lots of people were asking).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_candy_sue-0c9f0cb707.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.elissaelwick.co.uk/\">Elissa Elwick\u003C/a> had a very dodgy photo of her with the Ardagh beard as a wig. You can find a slightly more subdued version of the photo if you trawl \u003Ca href=\"http://elissaelwick.typepad.com/elissas_blog/2012/06/story-cloud.html\">her lovely blog\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_elissa_sarah-dc0e658e62.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWriter \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stevehartley.net/\">Steve Hartley\u003C/a> had come down from Manchester for events and came for the drinks. We aren't \u003Ci>quite\u003C/i> as close as this photo might suggest...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_steve_hartley-3bf665465f.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.candygourlay.com/\">Candy Gourlay\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n...even though I have been inside his pants and touched his giant bogey.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/431319.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/henley11_steve_hartley-c79c45e025.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHere's writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.anitaloughrey.com/\">Anita Loughrey\u003C/a>, who organised the evening. Thanks, Anita!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scbwi_anita_loughrey-f08e81b4a9.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.candygourlay.com/\">Candy Gourlay\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nSee you this weekend at the \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk\">Pop Up Festival\u003C/a>!","2012-06-27T12:12:00.000Z","the-pop-up-festival-site-is-popping-up",[],"the pop up festival site is popping up!",1776628722008]