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Sicily 2013
5th June
Palermo
In the morning, Bryan I visited the scuola del fumetto (comics school) in Palermo. Bryan delivered a lecture to the students; afterwards we looked over their work with them.
Then on to a meet-the-Talbots event at the Orto Botanico in the evening, which included my illustrated talk on Dotter, interview and Q&A. Chaired by Mario Benenati
6th June
Barcellona
Another meet-the-Talbots evening, including my Dotter talk.
talbot-barcellona (in Italian)7-9th June 2013
Etna Comics Festival, Catania Then on to the main event, where we appeared for a stage interview with Mario Benenati, Bryan did a lot of signing and sketching and the festival organisers presented him with an award!
etnacomics-2013(in Italian)
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Costa Awards Shortlist Announced!
Dotter shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award
www.costabookawards.com/this-year.aspx
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Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
14th November 2012
An Evening with Jonathan Cape Graphic Novels.Bryan and I contributed to this evening of talks and discussion. Also appearing were Simone Lia, Karrie Fransman, Katie Green, Joff Winterhart, Hannah Berry, Alison Bechdel, Ravi Thornton and Andy Hixon.
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Edinburgh International Book Festival
At our first joint appearance at the Edinburgh Festival, Bryan and I were in conversation about Dotter of her Father’s Eyes in RBS Corner Theatre.
Chair: Stuart Kelly.
There was a short interview promoting it in The List, available here.
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Dublin Writers Festival
Samuel Beckett Theatre
Trinity College, DublinBryan and I were invited back to Dublin to talk about Dotter of her Father’s Eyes at another literary event in June 2012. This time we were attending the Dublin Writers Festival in the hallowed halls of Trinity College. Chair: Stacey Herbert.
The day after our talk we were treated to a walking tour of the fair city with PCon organisers Pádraig Ó Méalóid and Deirdre Walsh. Dublin’s Natural History Museum houses an extensive taxidermy collection and so, naturally, it was at the top of Bryan’s list of places to go. His ongoing visual research for his Grandville series takes us to some intriguing places. Yes, he photographs stuffed animals for his art, look:
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Comic(s) Bodies: A Multidisciplinary Symposium
I talked about issues of gender and health in Dotter of her Father’s Eyes, as part of this symposium exploring representations of the body in contemporary comics. The other two keynote speakers were Karrie Fransman and Nicola Streeten.
The Space, Nottingham Contemporary.
Convenor: Matt Green, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham.
www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/event/comics-bodies
