[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-when-we-were-small":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Ca href=\"http://www.emirateslitfest.com/authors\">Emirates Festival of Literature\u003C/a> in Dubai has just announced their line-up for 2014 and asked us to come up with a video. Since Philip was in town for events, we had fun making it at recognisable London locations.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/emirates_lit_fest_zps1892d483-9bd4c4dc9e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe festival theme is 'Metamorphosis' and we were asked to comment on 'why you believe literary festivals are an important part of the cultural landscape of a city'. Our entry is \u003Ci>very high-brow and serious\u003C/i>. Here's the festival's Great Reveal video, which they showed at a big banquet last night (our bit's right at the end):\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2432\"/>\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's the whole, uncut version. As Philip just tweeted, it contains an 'Impressive Desert Sequence': \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2433\"/>\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Direct \u003Ca href=\"http://youtu.be/Lc4yiQADaAE\">YouTube link\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nReally looking forward to the festival, where we'll be introducing children to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/oliver-and-the-seawigs/\">\u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/595467.html\">\u003Ci>There's a Shark in the Bath\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/goblins.html\">\u003Ci>GOBLINS\u003C/i>\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/you-cant-scare-a-princess/\">\u003Ci>You Can't Scare a Princess!\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. Thanks for inviting us, Emirates Lit Fest! You can follow them on Twitter at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EmiratesLitFest\">@EmiratesLitFest\u003C/a>.","2013-10-22T06:48:00.000Z","when-we-were-small",[],"when we were small",1776628725749]