I'll be talking on the subject of failure (and failing better) at the Children's Book Ireland Conference in Dublin on May 24th, 2014. The F-word – Samuel Beckett style – is close to my heart, but there will be a silver lining, if I can think of one. There will be some nice pictures and some not so successful pictures, and talk about how I make a book and what you don't see that goes into making a book. I hope you can come along.