When promoting The Dali Sketchbook I was interviewed for local television and radio, but this is the first time I’ve been on national tv, CCTV13 the China Central Television news channel. It’s for a segment on foreigners living in China (‘I Love China’, 我爱你中国). Not sure why they picked me, but very happy they did – and it was filmed when my family were here over Christmas. Here tiz:
Mockups for Penguin China merchandise using my penguin illustrations. Design by the fantastic Suo Di, unfortunately these weren’t commissioned.
An interview about A Dali Sketchbook as part of the series An Ideal Life.
Illustrations for two fairy tales for Yun, which one day we’ll turn into proper picture books:
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The Cloud by Ivo Hardies
Put out on the English language media platforms (twitter, facebook) of the Yunnan Daily newspaper:
Short news piece about the book launch for A Dali Sketchbook in Chongqing. Made by the entertainment channel on Chongqing’s local tv station (CQTV娱乐), the programme is called Chongqing Entertainment Live (渝乐现场).
While we were there I was also interviewed on Chongqing Music Radio (重庆音乐广播：音乐风情之旅) by Hu Wei (胡玮). Here’s a link to the broadcast, you need to fast forward to an hour in to hear my bit.
Ivo Hardies’ 11 minute documentary Agen, about a Tibetan traditional Chinese medicine doctor, won Best Woman Filmmaker and Best Short Documentary at the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards 2016. It’s a quiet, understated film that pretty much captures exactly why I love Yunnan.
So after the book launch in Dali we went on to do book signings in three more cities, first up was Chongqing. Thank you to the ever lovely Chong Chong (虫虫) and Ninuo Art Centre (尼诺艺术中心) who did the organising and put us in touch with Chongqing Radio. And to Sinba (段新宇) from the British Consulate-General who has not only helped with all kinds of things consular, but also invited Chongqing TV to film the event.
Besom is an illustrator and children’s book writer from Chongqing, I’ve known about her work for a few years but finally got to meet her! Please check out her website, her stuff is amazing :)
