November 17th, The Society of Illustrators and Chronicle Books held a fun event to celebrate the publication of my new book,
When Do They Serve The Wine? We began with a round table discussion about style and voice, with the above New Yorker Cartoonists. Then the party! For a slide show of photos, go to: http://whendotheyservethewine.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/launch-party/
For the past three years, I have been contributing weekly cartoons for a website called wowowow.com. It is the brainchild of publishing wonderwoman Joni Evans.
Every time I publish a book, Joni and her team have kindly done a slide show for me. Interestingly, When Do They Serve The Wine? was inspired by Joni. Right after my last book Sex and Sensibility, Joni took me to lunch near the wowowow offices. I asked her what she would suggest my next book be. I figured she is a master at knowing publishing trends, so why not get her input? What she said was “women of a certain age” (I am paraphrasing). She continued to explain that older women are a huge demographic with spending power, and I would do well to create a book for them. So I decided to write about the generations of a woman’s life, including youth and old age. What I am discovering is that women of all ages–and men–love this book. This makes me very happy, as I think the different ages of women need to speak to one another more. And is there a better way to connect than through humor? I think not. Thank you, Joni!
Here is the slide show they created for my new book.
There are no shortages of blogs out there, so why am I joining the masses? I guess I wanted a place to show my new book, and write about it, write about issues and ideas that spring from it. I also wanted to try my hand at setting up a blog. It’s addictive.
So here it is. whendotheyservethewine.wordpress.com Enjoy! Please comment, I would love the feedback.
I met Pat Mitchell, head of the Paley Center, last year. She is a warm, engaging, creative powerhouse, and I am so pleased to have become friends with her. She invited me to participate in the first TEDWomen conference she, The Paley Center and TED are producing December 7th and 8th in Washington, DC. I am curating an exhibtion of international cartoonists on the subject of women, tenatively called: The Folly, Fun and Flexibility of Women. I also am scheduled to give a short talk in the first session.
Here is an interview with Pat on Huffingtonpost.
It’s about ideas. It’s not an exclusive event for women!
The other day, I was looking around the web, and found a clip of the speech that I gave at The United Nations. This was a time following the initial events of the Danish Cartoon Controversy. I was invited to participate with other members of Cartooning for Peace, an organization founded by Jean Plantu, a French cartoonist. Cartooning for Peace is very active, and I feel very fortunate to participate when I can.
Speech is here (to hear what I had to say, click on my name on the UN page):
My new book, due out in November, will be sold in the great store Anthropologie!!!
