Today I am very grateful to my friend Sarah whose phone call at the last minute meant that I was able to meet Children's book illustrator and author Oliver Jeffers. We dashed to our lovely local book shop and had our purchases signed. Oliver kindly wrote a birthday message to my husband and drew him a little duck! He was very friendly despite having been signing books for hours (and I have met other authors who were distinctly grumpy!).
I expect most of us have read and loved his books. Isn't it nice to know the writers are the nice people you imagine them to be?
Happy weekend, love nick xx
Oh how lovely ... I love Oliver Jeffers and a 40th ... my hubby will be 40 in June ... have a lovely weekend ... Bee xx
ReplyDeleteHe isn't 40 till may and I was going to put it away till then but I couldn't wait! :) xx
DeleteHow exciting, haven't seen that one.............x
ReplyDeleteHow cool! It's nice to hear that he's nice, I imagined he would be. If that makes sense. We are BIG fans of his books in this house, many a happy bedtime has involved reading one of his picture books. x
ReplyDeleteThis is so timely for me. We are huge fans in this house and this week we got 'Paper Caper' from the library for the first time which has led to lots of discussion about why the Boy and the Penguin do not feature more prominently in it! So glad he is lovely and you cam away with a souvenir.
ReplyDeleteLOVE Oliver Jeffers!! So glad to hear he's lovely in real life, I definitely get that impression from his brilliant books. Have a lovely weekend Nick! Rachel xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely opportunity! I hope it was an inspirational meeting for you! :) x
ReplyDeleteThat is a cool opportunity and an ace present - we too love his books! x
ReplyDeleteAh, we all love Oliver Jeffers in our home! So great that you got to meet him, and even better that he's a nice guy. x
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you came along Nick, I mightn't have had the guts to go it alone.
ReplyDeleteI love my new, personalised, books - his artwork is fantastic. So a happy Teddy and a very happy mummy! x
We have two of his books tucked up on a bookshelf in KP's bedroom. She used to love them. So nice that the author turns out to be nice too.
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Another Oliver Jeffers fan here. I feel sure he is a lovely man, how could he spread such delight if he wasn't :)
ReplyDeleteI love his books and by boys did when they were small. I think that he would have to be nice as his illustrations are lovely!
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Oh wow! I love his books!! You lucky girl! I think my son's favourite is 'Stuck'!
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