My flock of papier mâché birds is expanding. They are very good homers. And clean too.
Is anybody going to panettone?…
The sign I made in the French cafe window is all foggy today. It works well. And I've never seen so many panettones in all my life. And so many colours.
Spoonful shop window. No flashing lights.
Ruby Redfort 4, daddy-o…
Copies of Lauren Child's brilliant new Ruby Redfort book Feel the Fear have been received. It is the fourth in the series and is looking good. Lots of photocollage and diagrams inside this one. Also, an avant-garde poetry book cover that readers in suede jackets can enjoy.
Autumn by bicycle…
It's yellow fluorescent and 528 pages…
Lauren Child's new Ruby Redfort novel Feel the Fear is now off to the printer. It's fantastic. The manuscript was as colourful as the writing itself, and there's a secret message in the binding and clues all over the place but you'll need to use the grey matter.
This is the fourth in the series. What will she think of next?
If you've got any sense you'll get one.
I'm not good with names…
At Tales On Moon Lane yesterday, after we read Lucky everyone drew some pictures like pineapples, pizzas, and self portraits. Some people even designed their own shirts. Thanks for coming along and making it a fun afternoon. I liked the all orange drawing in particular. I'm glad names were written on the drawings so I can remember who did them.
Walking and talking…
Yesterday we did a drawing workshop at the Storystock Children's festival in Shepherd's Bush, then a reading of Lucky at Tales On Moon Lane in South London. In the evening a panel discussion at Waterstones Piccadilly with Oliver Jeffers and Rob Biddulph which i enjoyed immensely. Melissa Cox asked the questions. Afterwards we signed books and I met two girls named Stevie: one named after Stevie Nicks, the other Stevie Smith. They didn't know each other, didn't meet, and were standing in the same queue. What are the chances of that?
Thank you to everyone at Waterstones, Tereze and Rebecca at Tales on Moon Lane and Claire at Storystock.
I is for illustrator…
And for inky. A copy of Armin Greder's beautiful new alphabet book on the subject of work has arrived. It's screen printed in Rome and published by Orecchio Acerbo.
My dog is blind in one eye…
Same but different...
One of my favourite paintings in the National Portrait Gallery looks like this.
And this Christ always makes me stop:
