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9:30-10:00 |
Registration |
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10:00-10:10 |
Welcome and
introduction: Laura Atkins, Festival Director |
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10:10-10:40 |
Nick
Tucker, author of The Rough Guide to Children’s Books,
on the history of children’s book creation in southern England |
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10:40-11:15 |
Nicky
Singer, author of teen books Feather Boy and The
Innocent’s Story |
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11:15-11:50 |
William Nicholson,
author of The Wind on Fire fantasy trilogy as well as screenplays
for films (Shadowlands, Gladiator) |
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11:50-12:30 |
John Agard and Grace
Nichols, children’s poets and editors of From Mouth to Mouth: Oral
Poems from Around the World |
|
12:30-12.45 |
Book signing by John
Agard, Grace Nichols, William Nicholson, Nicky Singer and Nick Tucker |
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12.45-13.45 |
Lunch break
|
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13.45-14.30
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Workshops and break-out
sessions
Panel on getting
published:
Dawn Casey (author), Pam Smy (illustrator) and Roberta Bailey (publisher)
(unlimited)
Creative writing:
Brendan
Cleary (20 people max)
Illustration:
Salariya
illustrator Mark Bergin (20 people max)
Poetry writing:
Rachel Rooney (20
people max)
Pop-up construction:
Lisa Boggis-Boyce
(20 people max) |
|
14.30-15.00 |
David Salariya
(Publisher, The Salariya Book Company) on the process of creating
children’s books from idea to publication |
|
15:00-15:40 |
Emily Gravett,
author and illustrator of the Greenaway Award-winning picture book
Wolves and Meerkat Mail |
|
15:40-16:30 |
Panel discussion on
creating picture books: Author Miriam Moss, illustrator Polly Dunbar and
Zoe Tucker, Senior Designer from Scholastic |
|
16:30-17:00 |
John Vernon Lord,
author and illustrator of The Giant Jam Sandwich, who is being
honoured by the University of Brighton with a special exhibition |
|
17.00-17.15 |
Book signing by Mark
Bergin, Dawn Casey, Polly Dunbar, Emily Gravett, Miriam Moss, Pam Smy and
John Lord Vernon |
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17:15-19:00 |
Reception sponsored
by Greenaway/Carnegie Award |
