David Maybury | Blog

Have you seen the brilliant Library Week trailer?? CLICK IT!

It’s Star Wars… retold by a 3 year old.

I’m jumping on the Two and Half Men blogging band wagon. Sorta. Some Otis Redding for your Friday delight.

The animated adaptation of Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing won an Oscar last night - beating back The Gruffalo! ROAR!

Come visit Nomanisan Island - an Incredible resort.

Justin Bieber sings to his number one fan. (Yes, it’s Friday…)

Things are getting interesting in the app world - check out Nosy Crow’s adaptation of The Three Little Pigs.

Things are getting interesting in the app world.

Book trailers just got serious.

From the fluffiest of blogs - Fluff and Fripperies - comes this incredible Chanel makeup video. Perfect for a Friday morning.

Polly Dunbar answers some questions from the Booktrust folk - including some tips for new illustrators.

Judith Kerr talks life, drawing and why cats appear so heavily! Gah! The Guardian have removed the video embed code - you’ll have to click through to watch the video.

Eoin Colfer, buried under deadlines and tons of words to be scribbled has found time to sit in front of a camera and talk about what he’s working on. There’s Plugged - Eoin’s new adult novel - a sneaky description of a new untitled fantasy series, the Supernaturalist Graphic Novel and updates on the Airman [...]

When was the last time you were this proud of your work?

That very smart fellow, Jamie Smart, has a great video of his drawing a slap-dash Desperate Dan (while holding a camera) ’tis Brillig!

It’s Friday - something to get the day started!

Sam Leith talks up a storm about Grant Morrison - and really, why shouldn’t he?

Skullduggery Pleasant will be hitting UK cinema screens this week with something just a little special.  Watch it and weep with puss from your zombie eyes. 

There are no words for how much this terrifies me. But remember Pee-Wee Herman? That baffled me too and my lil bro loved it. Fred is gonna be huge.

A first look at Duncan Jones follow up to Moon - ooooh!

Yup - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows goes on general release today. Donald Clarke isn’t feeling it too much - but I think fans will love it. Lots of jumps. And a great surprise for Beedle the bard lovers.

A very cool trick from EA for the new HP game.

Watch Viviane Schwarz There Are No Cats in This Book

Tim Minchin voices a 15 animated film of Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing. Excellent!

Missing Alice and Megan? (Me too) Catch Judi Curtin reading from her new book - Eva’s Journey - and talking about  writing about a new character. 

The Booktrust Teenage Prize 2010 winner is announced later today - catch judge Claudia Freemantle talking about this year’s shortlist.

One dad’s attempts at inspiring his son to engage with science led to sending an iPhone and a camera into the Earths stratosphere. Brilliant! (via The Journal)

Fancy a career in marketing? Forget Old Spice… Sesame Street have set the bar: