Can there be a back-stage festival room anywhere in the world with such a terrific view through the window? Here's my Adventuremice series co-author Philip Reeve with me, ready to go on stage in the new Edinburgh Book Festival venue. The festival's no longer based on Charlotte Square, but at Edinburgh College of Art, which has its pros and cons: we ( Read more... )

It's been eight years since I met Philip Reeve at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and we've made a lot of books since then! This year, we were thrilled to give readers a sneak peek at our Roly-Poly Flying Pony book that officially launches on 6 Sept, The Legend of Kevin. Wahey!!


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Hey, Philip, is it time again for Edinburgh Book Fest???

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Once a lonely hunter ventured out upon the ice
The wind was howling fearful cold
It wasn't very nice
Then out of the swirling snow some tiny dogs burst forth...
PUGS.... OF THE FROZEN NORTH!


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Here's the video of our Summer Reading Challenge visit to Leith Library! Philip Reeve came along and made a very elegant flip-chart stand. I love it when the boy says, At first I thought, wow, she’s posh! She had like, that bird in her hair, and fancy blue ribbon… and a dress with lipstick on it… and it was like, really posh.Philip noted that ( Read more... )

This year Edinburgh Book Festival was OUT OF THIS WORLD!


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To say Philip Reeve and I were excited about taking Oliver and the Seawigs to the Edinburgh Book Festival is a bit of an understatement:


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I thought I'd try to sum up the exciting whirlwind that was Edinburgh Book Festival in one picture. I started drawing this on the train ride home but was so overwhelmed, I fell sound asleep somewhere near Berwick-on-Tweed and work up twenty minutes outside of Kings Cross Station. So I inked it at breakfast this morning.


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This festival totally rocked! Stuart and I had so much fun, and the best thing was meeting people I'd only ever heard about. I'd been Twittering for ages with Alex T. Smith, but my publicist talked with his publicist and set up a quick tea-and-cookies session with him before he had to dash for the train. It was fabulous to see him, but part of me ( Read more... )