Last Saturday was the final date of my GRRRRR! autumn tour. Over the course of an action-packed month I travelled all over the country, visiting schools, libraries, bookshops, universities, theatres and festivals meeting lots of amazing people along the way.
So what did we do on the tour? Well, we read my books…
we did some very loud GRRRRRs (using our megaphones)…
we drew lots of bears…
we created our own stories…
and we measured the loudness of our GRRRRRs using a Growl-o-meter.
I also spent a lot of time on trains…
and a lot of time signing books too.
Now for a few event shots. Here I am in Leeds…
Manchester…
Cromer…
London…
and Bath.
I even got to scribble on bookshop walls a couple of times. First, at the famous Norfolk Children’s Book Centre…
and then at the equally famous Tales on Moon Lane…
When we arrived at Cheltenham for the festival, I was (ahem) blown away by the Waterstones Children’s Hideaway. I had illustrated the festival programme cover and as such the tent was a given a GRRRRR! theme. Here are some pics (featuring my wife and two of my daughters)…
The festival bookshop had a great display (and a good stash) of my books too which was handy given that I had a three hour signing session after my event.
So there we go. Autumn tour done and dusted. It was SUCH fun and I’m really sad that it’s all over. But, having said that, book three isn’t going to write itself, so for me it’s time to switch focus.
I’d like to thank my amazing publicity team at HarperCollins who put the whole shabang together. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I feel very lucky to be working with you all. Extra special thanks to Nicola, Vicki, Simon, Serena and Sam who accompanied me on the tour events. You have all been brilliant and it was a pleasure spending time with you.
Also, a huge shout out to my many and varied hosts. Everybody made me feel very welcome. Thanks so much for having me.
The biggest thank you of all, however, must go to everybody who came to see me. It’s so much easier and more rewarding when the audiences are as fantastic as you were. It was great fun meeting you all.
Until next time…
