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UK Tour Dates! I am going to be on tour in the UK starting this...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:42:00 -0400

UK Tour Dates!

I am going to be on tour in the UK starting this weekend! Here are the dates of things:

Sunday, May 19 - Dublin - CBI Conference, Smithfield’s Light House Cinema 3:30 pm

Monday, May 20 - Edinburgh - Waterstones Princes St. Mall 3:30pm

Tuesday, May 21 - Glasgow - Scottish Book Trust, Mitchell Theater, 10am

Thursday, May 23 - London - Foyles Stratford 3:15pm

Friday, May 24 - Reading - Reading Libraries, TBA

Saturday, May 25 - Hay on Wye Festival - 11:30am public event, 12:20 book signing

Sunday, May 26 - Brighton Festival, Brighton Dome Studio, public event, 10:30am, 11:30am book singing,

(illustration from “The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place - Book 2: The Hidden Gallery”)

From a small feature that will run in The Guardian in a few...

Fri, 03 May 2013 03:25:26 -0400

From a small feature that will run in The Guardian in a few weeks entitled “How To Draw A Bear Thinking About Something”

I drew a duck for a thing that will i will post details about...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:48:48 -0400

I drew a duck for a thing that will i will post details about later.

The duck’s pose owes more than a little bit to this great book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck,_Death_and_the_Tulip

This was a ton of fun. Sam and Jillian are conversationalists...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:39:42 -0400

This was a ton of fun. Sam and Jillian are conversationalists from heaven.

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Your Dreams My Nightmares Episode 051. An interview with Jon Klassen. Music by Podington Bear via soundofpicture.com

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Tour dates for The Dark! Daniel Handler and me are going on tour...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:08:49 -0400

Tour dates for The Dark!

Daniel Handler and me are going on tour for this book soon! here are some dates and places. If you are in these places, come say hi!

PowerHouse Arena 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

5pm, April 2nd

Berea High School, 165 E. Bagley Road, Berea, OH

7pm, April 3rd

DNA Litfest, Rockhurst University Campus, 1100 Rockhurst Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110

Friday, April 5th all day

Reading Reptile, 328 W 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64113

5pm-7pm Friday, April 5th,

DNA Litfest, Rockhurst University Campus, 1100 Rockhurst Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110

12:45pm Saturday, April 6th

Plaza Library, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City

2:15pmSaturday, April 6th

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - USC Campus

Saturday, April 20th 2pm, signing 5pm

Barnes & Noble Santa Monica

Monday, April 22nd, 7pm

TLA Conference, Fort Worth, Texas

April 24-27th

Barnes & Noble El Cerrito, 6050 El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito, CA

Saturday, April 27th, 5pm

Burlingame Public Library

4:30pm Monday, April 29th, 480 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA,

Book Passage 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA 94925

6pm Tuesday, April 30th

Whew! Hope to see people at these things!

ALSO: I’m coming to the UK for a 10 day tour in May. I’m going to be all over the place over there. Details soon!

A spread from ‘The Dark’, written by Lemony Snicket....

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:41:45 -0500

A spread from ‘The Dark’, written by Lemony Snicket. Comes out April 2nd!

This is an honest to goodness rug I got to design for a project...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:48:00 -0500

This is an honest to goodness rug I got to design for a project called Node run by Chris Haughton. There are some pretty great other rugs too. You can see (and purchase) them here: http://designmuseumshop.com/themes/exclusive-node-rugs

holy crap

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:31:08 -0500

holy crap

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Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:56:58 -0500

jonklassen2: sketch from today

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:19:36 -0500

jonklassen2:

sketch from today

this will be out in the spring!

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:13:09 -0500

this will be out in the spring!

This Is Not My Hat comes out in the US and Canada tomorrow, and...

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:29:00 -0400

This Is Not My Hat comes out in the US and Canada tomorrow, and I’m going on a three week tour to show it to people and try and get them to buy it.

Here is where I am going and when I will be there:

Los Angeles - Tues. Oct. 9th - 7pm book launch party at Skylight Books in Los Feliz

San Jose - Wed. Oct. 10th - 3pm Hickelbees Bookstore

San Francisco - Thurs. Oct 11th - 7pm Books Inc.

Portland - Sat. Oct. 13th - 12pm Wordstock reading w/ Mac Barnett

Seattle - Sun. Oct. 14th - 3pm Northeast Branch of the Seattle Public Library

Vancouver - Tues. Oct 16th - 7pm Kidsbooks Bookstore

Chicago - Fri. Oct. 19th - 7pm Anderson’s Bookshop

Skokie - Saturday Oct. 20th - 1pm - Barnes & Noble (Old Orchard Ctr)

Minneapolis - Sunday Oct. 21st - 1pm - Wild Rumpus Bookstore

Philadelphia - Monday Oct. 22nd - 4:30pm - Children’s Book World Bookstore

Washington DC - Tuesday Oct. 23rd - 10:30am - Politics & Prose Bookstore

Alexandria, VA - Tuesday Oct. 23rd - 4pm - Hooray for Books Bookstore

Toronto, Ont. - Wednesday Oct. 24th - details to come

Austin, TX - Sunday Oct. 28th - Texas Book Festival

Houston - Monday Oct. 29th - 6pm - Barnes & Noble Westheimer

Nashville - Tuesday Oct. 30th - 4pm - Parnassus Books

If you live in those places, come say hi!

We are also doing what is now called a blog tour. Here are the blogs that have been kind enough to have me on, and the dates they’ll be having me!

Mon, Oct 8: Playing by the Book [UK]

Tues, Oct 9: 100 Scope Notes [US]

Wed, Oct 10: My Best Friends Are Books [AUS]

Thurs, Oct 11: Elizabeth O. Dulemba [US]

Fri, Oct 12: Wahm-Bam [UK]

Mon, Oct 15: Lost in the Library [CAN]

Tues, Oct 16: My Little Bookcase [AUS]

Wed, Oct. 17: A Year of Reading [US]

House Held Up By Trees got nominated for a Governor...

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:36:00 -0400

House Held Up By Trees got nominated for a Governor General’s Award for children’s illustration! They announce the winners Nov. 13th. There are some great books on the list.

http://ggbooks.canadacouncil.ca/en/

here is the page for the book on my site (it needs updating)

http://www.burstofbeaden.com/househeld.html

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Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:02:50 -0400

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Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:49:41 -0400

this is a still from the book trailer for This Is Not My Hat....

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:28:07 -0400

this is a still from the book trailer for This Is Not My Hat. Animation’s all done but we’re workin on the music. fun stuff!

I got to do the cover for Uppercase magazine! here it is in its...

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:11:00 -0400

I got to do the cover for Uppercase magazine! here it is in its home:

http://www.uppercasegallery.ca/uppercase-journal/2012/5/25/our-next-cover-is-by-jon-klassen.html

this was for a section about Maurice Sendak that the New York...

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:01:34 -0400

this was for a section about Maurice Sendak that the New York Times put out yesterday. I got to be in some great company with this one.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/05/10/sunday-review/13sendak-slideshow.html?ref=sunday#1

a drawing done for a book signing for ‘House Held Up By...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:59:00 -0400

a drawing done for a book signing for ‘House Held Up By Trees’, which came out a few weeks ago. you can buy the book here, and prints from the book here.

This is some interior artwork from This Is Not My Hat that I...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:59:52 -0400

This is some interior artwork from This Is Not My Hat that I used for front and back cover the catalog for Walker Books, Candlewick Press, and Walker Books Australia at the London Book Fair and the Bologna Book Fair. The Bologna Fair is happening right now, and I am at it!