Very Hungry Caterpillar Takes a Winter Nap

Hey Folks,

This caterpillar needs to take a little bit of time to prepare for hibernation so things are going to be quiet around here until January 2010. I promise to return to the blog but for the moment I need to take a little  time off to get some other work done.

Who know perhaps I’ll re-emerge as a butterfly?!?!

In the meantime you can keep up with CBI on the main site, via Facebook or via Twitter (@kidsbooksirel)

If you are hibernating too you might enjoys this

Dave McKean

Like David, I am very excited that Dave McKean in Dublin this week – he’ll be taking part in Offset and if you are lucky enough to have a ticket, you can see him on a special illustration panel with Oliver Jeffers and Pj Lynch on Saturday at around 2pm with this very VHC in the chair.

If you aren’t going to make it to Offset then fear not, Dave will be in Eason’s O’Connell Street, Dublin this evening at 6.30pm taking about his picture books and other work. See you there……

Author Care Everywhere

Last month over 100 hundred authors visited more locations than you can count on all said authors’ fingers and toes. It was terrific fun and most of the events were rip roaring successes. Inevitably we do hear of the odd event where things did not go completely smoothly. Few and far between as they are,  its always important to figure out what didn’t go according to plan and why.

The word ethos came up several times – more specifically how a host venue feels about a visiting author or illustrator.  It can vary from being the highlight of the month to a vague annoyance for venues where they grudgingly rearrange the furniture for the author and barely tolerate the presence of young readers.

Coincidentally two authors both posting about author care this week Amanda Craig on literary festivals and Sarah Webb on school and library events. Two different styles of events  but  it would seem that word ethos is common to both their concerns….