pretentious? moi?

Yesterday evening I got a call from Laura Cummings at the Evening News. Laura was looking for a volunteer for the regular "high 5" slot, where people select their top five Edinburgh somethings. It can be anything at all - restaurants, things like that, Laura suggested.

"Right," I announced. "I'll do colours." I waxed lyrical for a while (quite a while) about my favourite Edinburgh colours (the drama of the overcast skies, the beauty in a chimneypot at sunset, the knockout yellow of daffs in spring). At the end Laura says, politely but slightly dubiously, "I don't think anyone's done colours before."

I put the phone down to find Adam rolling around laughing. He seemed to think I was being a teeny bit pretentious. Moi? Never.

Full credit to Laura - she wrote it up and my list is in today's paper in all its technicolour glory. Thanks, Laura!

scottish animation group news

Thanks to Iain Gardner at the Scottish Animation Group for including us in the June newsround, online today.

If you haven't checked out scottishanimationgroup.co.uk, take a look. It's a great source for news about animation and animators in Scotland - and the networking events the SAG organises are a great way to get to know other people in the industry.

a&b award shortlist

Good news! Binary Fable and our lovely sponsors Front Page Design, have been shortlisted for the Arts & Business Scotland Small Business Award for The Lost Book. Many thanks to all at Front Page, particularly Jackie Arnott-Raymond, for their support.

The full shortlist was released by Arts and Business today. Winners will be announced at an award ceremony at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, on 1st October 2009.