AnimeIowa 2011
Noisy, joyous, full of life. Reading old radio plays with Kyle Hebert at the helm. Hanging out with Jan Scott-Frazier. Dinner with the Brothers Ayres. Meeting Lea Hernandez again for the first time in sixteen years. Rubber ducky racing. Host and maid cafes. Judging the Masquerade and gaping at some lovely cosplay (including my first-ever [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )On Collaboration
Creative collaboration = me+. I’ve gained and learned so much by working with gifted people. Find out more about them and what we made together.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Anime North 2011: Canada is BIG
Anime North was my first visit to Canada, and it was a blast. They gave me an award, but that was only the beginning.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Crafts Remade
Rebirth, remaking, re-invention: all good themes for spring, and all features of the alt.crafts movement. Manga Cross-Stitch has its own spring revival in the blogosphere.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Radio Waves
Early next month I’ll be talking to the team at Anime Today, The Right Stuf, Inc’s podcast. Back In January I got the chance to tell them about my then-latest book, 500 Essential Anime Movies. You can see the liner notes and hear the podcast here. Less than a year later, I’ve had two more [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )On Being Reviewed
What does an author hope for from a review – apart from “go and buy it”, that is? Visibility, credibility and empathy.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Workshopping: or, why I love making things with kids
Why, apart from the money, does a writer or artist want to run summer holiday workshops for children?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Workshopping Manga Cross-Stitch
Manga Cross-Stitch workshops at the Japan Foundation helped to launch my latest book. The idea is to demolish prejudices, break barriers and build bridges, one stitch at a time.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )V&A: the cutting edge of history
Hearing that a friend had seen a copy of my new book Manga Cross-Stitch in the shop at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Friday reminded me that it was a while since I’d had a look around their website. There’s never enough time to keep up with all the interesting sites on the web, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Legal framework
Air travel makes you sick, but publishing deadlines can knock out almost any ailment.
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