Not everybody can make it to Charlotte Square Gardens in Edinburgh, even with subsidised transport. During the festival season, we take some of the children’s authors and illustrators who do an event in the schools programme out on two school visits.

We are very excited by all the authors who have registered interest in participating in this year’s programme – we wish we could have taken them all! Alas, we only had six places.

EIBF Outreach Programme 2010

Tony Mitton

Date: Tuesday 24th August 2010
 

Age Group: P1-P6 

Local Authority: Fife

Consummate performer Tony Mitton will entertain children of all ages with his mix of poetry, storytelling, picture books, rhyme and actions. The events are lively energetic and always feature an element of audience interaction.

For more information about Tony and his work you can visit his website.

Sharon Dogar

Date: Wednesday 25th August

Age group: P7-S3

Local Authority: Scottish Borders

Join Sharon as she talks about the process of writing her latest book, Annexed set in The Annexe inhabited by Anne Frank and Peter Van Pels, as well as the camps of Auschwitz and Mauthausen. She will also talk about her other work including Waves and Falling.

For more information about Sharon please visit the Fantastic Fiction website.

Paul Collicutt

Date: Friday 27th August

Age group: P7-S1

Local Authority: East Renfrewshire

Watch Paul demonstrate how he draws robots and how he creates graphic novels with them. Pupils will actively be encouraged to draw and create their own Robot ideas and stories.

For more information about Paul please visit the Templar website.

John Fardell

Date: Monday 30th August

Age group: P5-P7

Local Authority: South Lanarkshire

At this fun, interactive event, John Fardell will be reading and showing his highly entertaining picture books, and giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the scribbly processes that go into producing them. Pupils will also have the chance to join in and draw their own characters, inventions and story ideas.

To find out more about John please visit his Scottish Book Trust author profile website.

Michael Grant

Date: Tuesday 31st August

Age group: S1-S3

Local Authority: North Lanarkshire

Meet American author, Michael Grant, whose latest novel for teens, Gone, has been hailed as part Lord of the Flies part Heroes. Michael’s dystopian vision of a world where everyone over the age of sixteen disappears in the blink of an eye has captured the imagination both in the US and in the UK.

Michael has also written over 150 books with his wife Katherine (K.A.) Applegate, including the Animorphs series.

Guy Bass

Date: Wednesday 1st September

Age group: P2-P5

Local Authority: East Lothian

Guy Bass shows you how to survive your own home's hidden (and hilarious) horrors! From the Creature in the Loft to the Fish-men Beyond the Plughole to the doorway to another dimension in your bedroom! Oh, and did he mention your next-door neighbour is probably an alien zombie?

For information on Guy please visit his website.