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| Time |
Event/Description - aimed at adults and young adults (13-18) |
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| 11:00-11:10 |
Welcome and introduction |
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| 11:10-11:50 |
Valerie Bloom, performance poet and author of Surprised by Joy |
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| 11:50-12:30 |
Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight Mr. Tom |
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| 12:30-12:40 |
Anna Home, Campaign Chair of Save Kids' TV |
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| 12:30-1:30 |
Lunch break |
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| 1:30-3:00 |
Parallel workshops |
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· Storytelling with Jamie Crawford
· Hip Hop Writing with Jonsept
· Writing Teen Fiction with Polly Tuckett
· Motion capture workshop with Animazoo |
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| 1:30-2:15 |
Advice on getting published (for aspiring authors and illustrators)
Stephanie Stansbie (Commissioning Editor from Little Tiger Press), Liz Pichon (author/illustrator), and Penny Holroyd (literary agent) |
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| 2:15-3:00 |
Advice on building your career once published (for aspiring and published authors and illustrators)
Valerie Hoskins (film agent), Candy Gourlay on using the internet, and Shannon Park (Senior Fiction Editor, Puffin) |
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| 3:00-3:30 |
Break and exhibitions |
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| 3:30-4:00 |
Kiriko Kubo, acclaimed creator of manga (Japanese comics) |
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4:00-4:15 |
Hip Hop performance from workshop |
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| 4:15-5:00 |
Michael Cowan, Managing Director of Spice Factory, and Lucy Shuttleworth who co-wrote the screenplay, on adapting Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse for film |
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Valerie Bloom was born in Clarendon, Jamaica and came to England in 1974... |
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Michelle Magorian was born in 1947 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. She trained for the theatre... |
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Anna joined BBC radio in 1960 and started in Children’s Television in 1964 where she worked as a researcher... |
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Since Jon left school he’s been writing, freestyling and making beats... |
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Polly Tuckett is a Brighton-based mother of two and a writer... |
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Stephanie Stansbie is Commissioning Editor at Little Tiger Press - an independent publisher specialising... |
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Liz Pichon studied graphic design at Middlesex Polytechnic and Camberwell School of Art in London... |
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Penny Holroyde is a literary agent with the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency, one of the UK's leading... |
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Valerie Hoskins established VHA Ltd in 1983, as an agency specialising in properties for the children’s film... |
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Candy Gourlay was a journalist reporting about dictators in the third world before she took up a full-time... |
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Shannon Park was born in New Zealand and moved to London to complete a Postgraduate Diploma... |
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Kiriko Kubo was born in Tokyo and made her debut as a cartoonist in 1982. After the huge success... |
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Founded in 1994, Spice Factory was set up by Michael Cowan and Jason Piette... |
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