Children’s Book Festival!
It’s finally here – the 2009 Children’s Book Festival is about to kick off!
This year will feature visits/talks/rants/workshops/spewings and more from the likes of Babette Cole, Claire Hennessy, Sarah McIntyre, David Donohue, Susan Connolly, Celine Kiernan, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Guy Bass, Maeve Friel, Bruce Ingman, FE Higgins, Tom Kelly, Jane Mitchell, Joseph Delaney, Sarah Webb, Brian Moses, Sarah Rees Brennan, Darren Shan, Sophie McKenzie and Philip Ardagh!
With plenty of competitions – like the name the festival dino mascot – and tie-in events, 24 Hour Comic Day anyone?!, there is bound to be something on near you!
The official party kicks off this Thursday with Philip ‘McBeardy‘ Ardagh in Cork City Library, Grand Parade from 11.30
Check out the calendar, set your clocks, free the schedules and head to the libraries, bookshops and alleyways – there’ll be authors everywhere!!
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CBF 2009 hits the ground running: http://bit.ly/PB2wx
No nasty comments about my diminutive stature please!
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Haha – Philip’s beard is almost as large as your head!?
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