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Your chance to meet, listen and chat to our Puffin authors. Our events guide will tell you who, what and where and when-everything you need to get out there and see your favourite Puffin authors live!
Curtis Jobling at Waterstones Manchester Arndale
- Date/ Time: Thursday 26th January, 5.30pm
- Venue: Waterstones Manchester Arndale
- City: Manchester
- Description: Curtis Jobling, author of the thrilling Wereworld series, will be signing copies of the brand new book in the series 'Shadow of the Hawk'. Plus you'll have the chance to chat to him and ask him questions!
- Age: 9+
Imagine Festival, London, 13th - 26th February 2012
- Event Name: Chris Bradford
- Date/ Time: Monday 13th February, 11am
- Venue: Level 5 Function Room, Southbank Centre
- Description: Chris Bradford, author of the award-winning Young Samurai series, launches his new book Ring of Wind at this year's Imagine festival. It is 1615 and Jack Fletcher is battling the high seas. But with ferocious storms, man-eating sharks and ninja pirates at every turn, his journey is fraught with danger. Come and learn some Ninja training yourself with Chris!
- Age: 10+
- Price: £8.00 adult, £4.00 children
- Event Name: Jeremy Strong
- Date/ Time: Tuesday 14th February, 11am
- Venue: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
- Description: Come and Laugh Your Socks off with the King of Comedy Jeremy Strong! This is sure to be an hour packed with fun, jokes and silliness as Jeremy tells all about his new series Cartoon Kid and the latest installent Cartoon Kid Strikes Back!
- Age: 6+
- Price: £8.00 adult, £4.00 children
- Event Name: Morris Gleitzman
- Date/ Time: Friday 24th February, 11.30am
- Venue: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
- Description: Don't miss this rare opportunity to see the wonderful Morris Gleitzman as he tells all his latest book Too Small To Fail!
- Age: 9+
- Price: £8.00 adult, £4.00 children
- Event Name: Cathy Cassidy
- Date/ Time: Sunday 26th February, 2.00pm
- Venue: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
- Description: Skye and Summer Tanberry are identical twins, but Skye always feels second best to her cool twin sister. How can Skye step out of the shadows and find her own chance to shine? Find out as Cathy Cassidy introduces Marshmallow Skye, the second in her series the Chocolate Box Girls. Cathy discusses her ideas and inspirations, reads from the book and answers your questions.
- Age: 9+
- Price: £8.00 adult, £4.00 children
Jeremy Strong at the Oxford Literary Festival 2012
- Event Name: Jeremy Strong and Andy Stanton - Laugh Your Socks Off Again!
- Date/ Time: Saturday 24th March, 2.00pm - 3.00pm
- Venue: Christ Church Hall
- City: Oxford
- Description: Join the hilarious Jeremy and Andy for a fun-filled hour of silliness as they share with you the latest about Cartoon Kid, Mr Gum and The Hundred Mile-An-Hour Dog Goes for Gold!
- Age: 7+
- Price: £6.00
- Information and tickets: Oxford Literary Festival website: www.oxfordliteraryfestival.org
Charlie Higson at the Oxford Literary Festival 2012
- Event Name: Charlie Higson and Frank Cottrell Boyce - Chitty and Bond: An Ian Fleming Celebration
- Date/ Time: Saturday 24th March, 4.00pm - 5.00pm
- Venue: Christ Church Hall
- Description: In celebration of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Charlie Higson (best-selling author of the Young Bond novels) and Frank Cottrell Boyce (author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again) discuss Fleming's orginial and their own sequels - a special treat not to be missed!
- Age: 8+
- Price: £6.00
- Information and tickets: Oxford Literary Festival website: www.oxfordliteraryfestival.org
Alex and Simon Scarrow at the Oxford Literary Festival 2012
- Event Name: The Scarrow Brothers' Great Big Roman Quiz
- Date/ Time: Sunday 1st April, 2.00pm - 3.00pm
- Venue: Christ Church Catherdral School
- Description: Come along to this thrilling event where Simon and Alex will talk about the latest books in the Gladiator and Time Riders series as they take in it in turns to grill each other, followed by a high-octane, dynamic Great Big Roman Quiz!
- Age: 10+
- Price: £5.00
- Information and tickets: Oxford Literary Festival website: www.oxfordliteraryfestival.org
Puffin Authors at Hay Festival 2012 - coming soon!
Tom Palmer - Waterstones Tour 2012
- Details: Kick off your Euro 2012 celebrations with a bang! Come and meet Tom Palmer, best-selling author of The Football Academy and Foul Play series as he tours Waterstones stores across the country in May and June to tell you all about the first book in his brand new, highly exciting series - The Squad: Black Op! The Squad are a team of teenage spies that have the perfect cover...they are also part of an England youth footbal team. They are more than a match for any kind of enemy! Tom will be visiting the following stores and holding either a penalty shoot out or table football competition! SCORE! Plus more dates to come so keep checking to see if Tom is visiting a store near you!
- Venue/ Date/ Time: Manchester Arndale, Saturday 5th May, 2 - 4pm
- Venue/ Date/ Time: Preston, Saturday 19th May, 11 - 12.30pm
- Venue/ Date/ Time: Cardiff, Saturday 2nd June, 1 - 3pm
- Venue/ Date/ Time: Doncaster, Monday 4th June, 11 - 12.30pm
- Venue/ Date/ Time: Kettering, Tuesday 5th June, 11 - 12.30pm
- Venue/ Date/ Time: St Albans, Tuesday 5th June, 3 - 4.30pm
- Venue/ Date/ Time: Plymouth, Thursday 7th June, 2 - 4pm
- Venue/ Date/ Time: Camberley, Friday 8th June, 11 - 12.30pm
- Venue/ Date/ Time: Berkhampstead, Saturday 16th June, 10 - 11am
