I wrote an essay on Madame Tussaud for The Guardian
Essay in The Guardian
Writer Illustrators
I wrote an essay for 
on writers who also illustrate.
I mentioned Mervyn Peake
Tove Jansson
Victor Hugo
and many others.
Iremonger Illustrations in Italy
The Iremongers had an exhibition in Milan and will also be shown again in Turin later this year. This is the cover of the catalogue.
Guy Fawkes
I wrote an essay on Guy Fawkes for Electric Lit
LUNGDON launched
Catching up again…
Was launched at Uncommon Objects in Austin, with the very brilliant Pascal Simon of Bake Austin baking Parliament.
This is a cake, and we ate it.
Foulsham launched
For the book launch of Heap House the ever brilliant Pascal Simon of Bake Austin made an incredible Heap House cake. For Foulsham’s launch, Pascal dreamt up this absolutely delicious recipe for Forlichingham Pie which features in the book.
Pascal’s pie was gobbled up with great gusto and gone in seconds. After it had gone we missed it terribly.
You can make Forlichingham Pie at home, I heartily recommend it:
IREMONGERISH NEWS
I’ve been so busy finishing the third volume of the Iremonger Trilogy that I’ve got very behind in all sorts of things. But here’s an update…
…is finished and will be published simultaneously in UK, US and Canada on 5th November 2015, Guy Fawkes day. Which is perfectly fitting because the Iremongers have set their hopes and hate on Parliament.
Meanwhile HEAP HOUSE was a NYTimes Notable book in 2014, an NPR best book of the year and a Kirkus best Teen book of 2014. The paper back of Foulsham is out in the UK, and the hardcover is out in Canada and will be out in US very soon. And the Iremongers have also appeared in Russia, in China,
in Italy
and France,
where Grasset made this splendid book trailer:
Sara Gruen’s castle.
I painted a Scottish castle for Sara Gruen’s website.
You can visit it here: saragruen.com/index.php
Eating Heap House
Here I am with Pascal Simon and the incredible cake she made for the Book People launch of Heap house.
And here are some pictures of her creating it.
And here, much reduced.
Heap House the cake at Book People
Tonight I’m doing a reading at Book People in Austin where there’ll be cake.
The really amazing Pascal Simon of Bake Austin made this:
into this (not quite finished):
