Shiny, Happy People

We are delighted to welcome new author Kate Slater to our Festival on Saturday 8th May.

Kate has recently finished her book – Magpie’s Treasure. The story is about Magnus Magpie – a bird with an eye for burglary -  and is illustrated by wonderfully intricate collages.

Magnus steals only the brightest, shiniest, most dazzling things and stashes them secretly in a hollow at the top of his tree. But do all these riches make him happy? It takes a trip to the moon for Magnus to discover that all that glitters is not gold and that true happiness can often be found at home.

Kate will host a drop-in collage-making workshop for us on Saturday afternoon.  Come along and make your own Magpie’s Nest!

Pop in and Pop up

We are proud to announce that Maggie Bateson and Louise Comfort will be coming to Linton on Saturday May 8th 2010.  We tried to book them for the last book festival but they were unable to come!  Now, at last, in May 2010 these talented  people will talk about how they create their delightful fairy pop-up books in a session that will interest the adults as well as the children.

Then they will run fairy making workshops which will conclude with the children naming their fairy and waving a wand over them to help them to pop-up.

Pop in to the Cathodeon Centre and pop up for for some magic with Maggie and Louise at Linton Infant School on Saturday 8th May.

Manga Mayhem!

Any Yu-Gi-Oh fans out there?  Flex your fingers and grab this opportunity to learn about this art style that is increasingly popular in the UK.  At the Linton Children’s Book Festival on Sunday 9th May Sweatdrop Studios are offering workshops on what makes a comic manga and how to get your characters looking right.  By the end you will be roughing out a page of your own manga comic!

Manga artists will also be available all day to create manga style portraits of you, your family and friends!   Don’t miss out.

The Sir Peter Blake Art Bus

Have received confirmation that The Sir Peter Blake Art Bus will be in Linton from 11.00am Thursday 6th May and will remain parked outside The Darryl Nantais Gallery until the end of Bookfest activities at the Infant School on Saturday 8th May.

What a sight to see in Linton High Street!  Make sure you don’t miss it.