We’d like to say
a big thanks to everybody who was involved in our Candy Jar Book Festival!
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We began the
festival on Saturday (August 2nd) with a How to Write a Winning Short Story workshop at Cardiff Central
Library with Andy Frankham-Allen and Laura Foakes. This workshop was extremely
interesting and was a great introduction to our South Wales Short Story Competition.
The following
Saturday (August 9th) Mark Brake, author of Space, Time, Machine, Monster and TV presenter, John Chase
entertained young Doctor Who fans with The
Science of Doctor Who. Jon’s Doctor Who rap had the kids dancing in the
aisles.
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On Monday
(August 11th) Lynda Nash shared her personal experiences of creating
children’s pre-school book Danny Down the
Drainpipe. After reading the book aloud she encouraged the kids to create
their very own book.
On Tuesday
(August 12th) Laura Foakes and Emma Taylor, author-illustrator duo
of The Liars’ and Fibbers’ Academy,
wowed and amazed the audience with their shocking untruths in How to be a Fibber Extraordinaire.
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On Wednesday (August
13th) Manic Mondays author
Michaela Weaver shared her wisdom about all things literary in her creative
writing workshop. Thanks to all those who turned up!
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On Thursday
Eileen Younghusband BEM (August 14th), author of One Woman’s War and Men I Have Known, dazzled
the crowds indulging the secrets of the WW2 Filter Room, and shared her
memories of how women helped to win the war. We had a big surprise for Eileen,
when Britain’s Got Talent candidate
Nathan Wyburn unveiled and presented his portrait of Eileen created from a
collage of images.
Also on Thursday
in Monsters, Magic and Michelle Briscombe
Michelle discussed the horrible monsters and mystical magic in her book Silent Mountain, and got us all thinking
about our favourite magical books and monstrous characters.
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On Friday
(August 15th) Benjamin Burford Jones and Andy Frankham-Allen talked
about how monsters and mirrors have played a role in their writing, and royal
enthusiast Colin Edwards shared his exclusive, intimate photographs, memories
and stories of his meeting with the Queen Mother, the Queen, and Princess
Diana.
We closed our
week (Saturday August 16th) with Anthony Ormond, who talked about
how the concept of time travel has inspired books, television and films over
the years, and how this impacted his book Tommy
Parker: Destiny Will Find You!
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We’ve had a
fantastic week. Thank you to everybody who came down to say hello, and we hope
that you enjoyed our events. We hope that the festival will have been the first
of many over the years!
