{"id":456,"date":"2010-08-10T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T07:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatelusiveline.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/10\/hurrah-for-2"},"modified":"2010-08-10T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T07:18:00","slug":"hurrah-for-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/hurrah-for-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurrah for&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">It&#8217;s too long since I <a href=\"http:\/\/thatelusiveline.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/hurrah-for.html\">last sent out any hurrahs<\/a>, and I know I&#8217;ve missed some people and books and publications. Sorry. Let me correct that today with two shout outs.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Hurrah for <a href=\"http:\/\/marcussedgwick.blogspot.com\/\">author and artist Marcus Sedgwick<\/a> and the publication of his latest novel, <em>White Crow<\/em>. Marcus is an old friend and fellow sketcher, and these days a major figure in YA writing, inspirational to me not only for his taut prose and Gothic imagination, but also for the fact that, one way or another, he manages to illustrate a lot of his novels. My copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/waterstonesweb\/products\/marcus+sedgwick\/white+crow\/7679240\/\"><em>White Crow<\/em> <\/a>has reached the top of my reading list, so hurrah for that too. See Marcus talking about his book here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9tRLcefm9II\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Secondly, but no less importantly, acclaimed <a href=\"http:\/\/james-mayhew-author-illustrator.blogspot.com\/\">Writer and Illustrator James Mayhew <\/a>is celebrating the considerable achievement of reaching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/waterstonesweb\/products\/james+mayhew\/katie+and+the+waterlily+pond\/7316519\/\">book number ten (!) in his charming <em>Katie<\/em> series of picture books<\/a>. James is another old friend, and while he isn&#8217;t quite one of my ex-tutors (I&#8217;m not sure how I managed to miss his modules, but it wasn&#8217;t deliberate I promise!), he was a great moral support when I was starting out. He also bakes legendary cakes.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">On top of all this, James is a prolific blogger, with something interesting to say about everything from <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesmayhew-dustyoldbooks.blogspot.com\/\">Dusty Old Books<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesmayhewpresentsellabellaballerina.blogspot.com\/\">Opera and Ballet<\/a>. So Hurrah for James and for <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesmayhew-katiespictureshow.blogspot.com\/\">Katie<\/a>!<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/8981609828734332286-783757597242217765?l=thatelusiveline.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s too long since I last sent out any hurrahs, and I know I&#8217;ve missed some people and books and publications. Sorry. 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