I was up at 6.00am on Saturday morning, icing cakes for the second Nosy Crow conference, which took place at the St Bride Foundation in London. And while I will admit to being biased, I think the day had a great atmosphere: a packed house (who’d travelled from as far afield as Dublin, Bath and Glasgow) listened to inspiring, imaginative, insightful and very interesting talks from speakers including agent Hilary Delamere, Waterstones assistant children’s buyer Florentyna Martin, social media expert Adam Tinworth, the Bookseller’s Children’s Editor, Charlotte Eyre, authors including Helen Peters, Tracey Corderoy and Jeff Norton, and members of the Nosy Crow team.
I won’t rehash the whole day (fantastic speeches were delivered, useful notes were taken, intelligent questions were asked and answered, sandwiches and cakes were eaten, wine was drunk, conversations were had and friendships struck…) – instead, I thought I’d just share what some of our attendees thought of the day and said on Twitter afterwards:
Thank you NosyCrow</a> for brilliant conference !!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCConf?src=hash">#NCConf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/farmgirlwriter">
farmgirlwriter thejeffnorton</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TraceyCorderoy">
TraceyCorderoy
— Mai Haruno (@Mai_Haruno) September 14, 2014
Heading back to Glasgow after a totally inspiring conference NosyCrowBooks</a></p>— joanne carmichael (
jannasandandsea) September 14, 2014
NosyCrow</a> AMAZINGLY word packed, tip filled, funny, useful,inspiring,day. What a jolly bunch u all are. I'm inspired <a href="http://t.co/7GIgqRxfSw">pic.twitter.com/7GIgqRxfSw</a></p>— Carla de Wansey (
ArtyKoala) September 14, 2014
Thank you NosyCrow</a> for creating and all sharing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCConf?src=hash">#NCConf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/farmgirlwriter">
farmgirlwriter thejeffnorton</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TraceyCorderoy">
TraceyCorderoy inspires "believe in the impossible"
— david vallade (@davidvallade) September 14, 2014
Great day at the NosyCrow</a> conf yesterday. Inspiring stuff but also the friendliest event - met so many lovely peeps <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncconf?src=hash">#ncconf</a></p>— Soni (
ickleson) September 14, 2014
Brilliant day with fantastic speakers at the #NCConf yesterday. Thank you so much NosyCrow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NosyCrowBooks">
NosyCrowBooks!
— Lucy Rowland (@lucymayrowland) September 14, 2014
NosyCrow</a> Really Great day today Kate. Thank you So Much! Really informative & yummy cakes! Can't wait until the next one. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCConf?src=hash">#NCConf</a> x</p>— Ahrani Logan (
AhraniLogan) September 13, 2014
Fab day NosyCrow</a> conference! Learned a lot and laughed a lot - really inspiring speakers. It was great! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCConf?src=hash">#NCConf</a></p>— Kirsten Muntendam (
KMuntendam) September 13, 2014
Great day NosyCrow</a> children’s publishing conference. Wealth of info & lovely people. Well worth the trip to London! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCConf?src=hash">#NCConf</a></p>— EricJamesAuthor (
EricJamesAuthor) September 13, 2014
Fantastic day at the Nosy Crow conference! Tons of great speakers with so much information! Enjoyed it! #NCConf
— Publish Something (@PublishSomethin) September 13, 2014
On train back to Bath – knackered but inspired after great Nosy Crow conference. Loved the Welsh bird! #NCConf
— sharon (@digforbrands) September 13, 2014
Very interesting day at the #NCConf NosyCrow</a> in London lots to think about</p>— Steve Brown (
SteveSketchesIt) September 13, 2014
Kicking-off Monday highly motivated after #NCConf (also glowing with new girl crushes in TraceyCorderoy</a> and KateWilson <a href="https://twitter.com/NosyCrow">
NosyCrow )
— The Jellybeans (@TheJellybean7) September 15, 2014
A few of our attendees also wrote (more comprehensive) round-ups of the day – you can read two here and here.
Thank you VERY much to all of our speakers for their fantastic talks, and to everyone who came along and made it such an excellent day. See you at the next one!