We’re currently taking registrations for EOIN COLFER VIRTUALLY LIVE at www.eoincolfervirtuallylive.co.uk and we already have an audience of 10,000 children signed up to watch from schools across the country!
It’s taking place on 20th July at 2-2.45pm BST and is a chance for anyone with an internet connection to get involved. Eoin will be doing an event live from Forest Hill school, which will be streamed live across the internet for anyone to watch. Viewers will also be able to submit questions for Eoin to answer live!
This is a great opportunity for any school, bookshop, library or individual to get involved and watch live, and the video of the event will also be available to distribute afterwards.
Puffin Books, Eoin’s publishers in the UK and Ireland are celebrating their 70th Birthday by selecting the most entertaining and inspirational books in the last seven decades. The shortlist has been announced and our favourite mudman has made the cut. We know who we want to win….so get voting! Full press release and details are below.
7 MODERN CLASSICS – one from each decade of Puffin’s spectacular 70 years have been hand-picked as the most entertaining and inspirational children’s books of all time.
The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett – 40s
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White – 50s
Stig of the Dump by Clive King – 60s
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl – 70s
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian – 80s
The Hundred Mile-an-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong – 90s
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer – 00s
Marcus Brigstocke, Jacqueline Wilson, Jasper Fforde, Cathy Cassidy, Jason Bradbury, Andy Stanton and Jenny Valentine will kick off the debate, chaired by journalist Lucy Mangan at The Guardian’s Hay Festival on 3 June then it’s up to the British public to decide.
Voting closes 16 June. Winner announced on www.puffin.co.uk on 17 June.
