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Edinburgh International Book Festival
25th August 2013
Bryan & Mary Talbot: From Judge Dredd to Steampunk via James Joyce
We were in discussion of Dotter of her Father’s Eyes and more in the ScottishPower Studio. Chaired by Teddy Jamieson.Some reports here:
Edinburgh Spotlight
Stripped blog
Writer Pictures
Forbidden Planet blog (with video)
FPI Joe’s Report
metaphrog blog
9th Art Award CeremonyI was also on the judging panel at the 9th Art Award Ceremony in the ScottishPower Studio.
Coverage here:On the same day, we had a launch party for the Sequential graphic novel app. Available from iTunes.
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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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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:
