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"Here's my latest promo piece, based on my visits to some of Bologna's yummy trattorias. We had a great workshop at the SCBWI conference by sassy writer and illustrator Pat Cummings from Parsons in New York about doing promo pieces, so I hope she'd like this one. I'm sorting through the big stack of papers I picked up at the fair. I love the classy look of the 'Books from Finland' promotional magazines. One of my favourite books at the fair was this little volume called JUJU, designed by Kati Rapia . It's not the sort of book I'd usually go for, but it just felt perfect the way it was crafted, a sewing guide for creating clothing for girls out of recycled fabrics. I hope they manage to sell the English rights for it. Speaking of crafted, I just got a parcel of wool socks knitted by my ultra-fabulous aunt in Glasgow. Aren't they amazing! My friend Layn is reviewing a book for Write Away and pointed me to the beautifully designed website of Alice Melvin . And in Bologna, I stopped by Kids Can Press to have a closer look at Stéphane Jorisch's Jabberwocky book. I wasn't so keen on the rest of their books, but their beautiful new 'Visions in Poetry' series really jumped off the shelf. I had a look at another Jorisch book, which is also now visible at Lookybook, The Owl and the Pussycat . The publishers are looking solely for Canadian illustrators, and if I was Canadian I'd be very tempted to drop them a line."
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