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I picked up two awards last night from the Advertising and Design Club of Canada’s 2008 awards show. A merit as a contributor in the graphic design category for Unisource’s National Annual Report Show call for entries package that I illustrated for Soapbox Design Communications. The second, a silver for illustration in the editorial design category for a back page I did with The Walrus Magazine.
Merit:
Silver:
Faber & Faber hired me to illustrate the cover and interior of their fascinating book on the curious history and culture of wine. Available now at fine bookshops and online retailers.
We’ve all come across those suave, confident and all-so-knowing books that tell us precisely what to drink with which dish, how to swirl, sniff, slosh and pronounce upon our wine, and, above all, how to impress our friends and business associates with our expertise.
Well, this is not one of those books. Is This Bottle Corked? is something different: a book which poses - and answers - the really important questions about wine.
What was Falstaff drinking when he called for more sack? What did they actually drink at Plato’s Symposium? When is rot ‘noble’? Did Clarence really drown in a butt of Malmsey? Why on earth do wine connoisseurs talk like that? What is it with Mateus Rose? Why do we drink to forget - and why doesn’t it work?
These, and many other intriguing, amusing and curious questions are answered within, guaranteeing the reader a ‘Yes, but did you know …’ for every occasion a cork is drawn.
Best read with a glass of good, second-growth Pomerol, or perhaps a soft, consoling Constantia (guess who recommended that for heartache and gout?) or maybe even a glass of St Anne’s Rhubarb and Ginger Wine, this book is as much for bon vivants and those of us who just enjoy a good glass or two as for the committed oenophile. Just open, pour and relax.
Browse it here at the Feathertale site.
www.feathertale.com/press
According to my almost three year old niece, she is getting stalked by this thing.
In the wake of all the recent Bigfoot news in the state of Georgia, Bigfoot decided to clear the air a little at his own press conference hosted by the wonderful people at boingboing.net .
http://www.avclub.com/content/node/80635/print/
I have a piece in today’s New York Times’ op-ed section.
Some kind words from The Globe and Mail’s Books Section editor.
If you like listening to two grown men talk about Bigfoot’s social, work and emotional life, you’re going to love this interview with me on CBC’s QTV.
Look for the epic adventures of Cat and Gnome, available sometime the end of summer 2008 from the good people at Blue Q
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