Are you interested in the history of comic books and graphic novels? Learn more about this genre blending literature with art, with celebrated comic book authors and illustrators Posy Simmonds, Jean-Luc Fromental and Joëlle Jolivet. Together they will delve into the intriguing past and exciting future of the 9th art and talk about Fromental and Jolivet’s Miss Cat series.
Discover fascinating stories in an innovative way! Immerse yourself in 360° VR short films on wind, history, and art (depending on your age and your interest). Let the wind carry you, travel in search of the sound of the Arctic or walk through the history of Notre-Dame in an interactive, playful, and sensorial experience for children 8 and over.
No booking necessary, but first come first served.
Voted best event of the South Ken Kids Festival for years, Impro! gathers guest illustrators Axel Scheffler, Joëlle Jolivet, Bridget Marzo, Amandine Piu, Beatrice Rodriguez, Chloe Savage and awesome jazz musicians John Edwards (double bass) and Caroline Kraabel (saxophone) on stage for a wild and joyful evening of live creation. Enjoy this fabulous drawing jam.
Father of the Gruffalo and Pip and Posy, Axel Scheffler will cross paintbrushes with French illustrator Joëlle Jolivet whose Miss Cat: The Case of the Curious Canary was just published in the UK. Both friends of the festival, they will mix their universes and characters on stage for a unique and fabulous drawing duo projected on the cinema screen.
The stellar jury of the first-ever edition of the Entente littéraire Prize will present this year’s shortlist, debate the challenges of judging a literary prize, and share their hopes for upcoming cross-Channel literature partnerships. Led by president Joanne Harris, Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho will converse with Patrice Lawrence, Timothée de Fombelle and Marie-Aude Murail. A fitting way to conclude a year of celebrating 120 years of the Entente Cordiale!
