Bantry / Sunday 7 – Saturday 13 July - West Cork Music

Children’s Festival WorkshopsPOETRY Workshopwith Chrissie GittinsAge Range: 6 - 9 years / 15 children MAXThursday – Friday 11 – 12 July,10.00 – 12.00Bantry Library / FREECome and make your thoughts sing and your wordsfizz into thin air, and then fall into a poem. We’ll telllies, launch porkie pies, and stretch our imaginations asfar as the coast of America. Starting with word gameswe’ll go on to write a group poem before you get towrite your own stuff. When we have our first draft,we’ll think about editing, lay-out and titles. Finally,we’ll be audience and performers as we hear what’sbeen written.Chrissie Gittins’ children’s poems have won twoBelmont Poetry Prizes and been animated for CbeebiesTV. All three of her collections – Now You See Me, NowYou …, I Don’t Want an Avocado for an Uncle and TheHumpback’s Wail are PBS Choices for the Children’sPoetry Bookshelf and two have been short-listed for theCLPE Award. Her New and Collected children’s poemswill be published by Bloomsbury in 2013. The PoetryArchive website features Chrissie reading her children'spoems. She also writes poetry for adults, short fictionand radio drama.Left: Chrissie GittinsMONSTER DOODLE EVENTwith NIAMH SHARKEYLaureate na nÓg / Children’s Literature LaureateAge Range: 7 – 10 years / 20 CHILDREN MAXTuesday 9 July, 14.30 – 16.00St. Brendan’s School HALL /€5Join picture book maker Niamh Sharkey as she helps you unleashyou inner monsters onto a gigantic doodle drawing. Working withNiamh, young participants will fill a giant canvas with all sorts ofmonsters and mayhem. Get creative and bring all your imaginationwith you as you draw, doodle and design your way through this funcreative experience. Materials provided.Niamh Sharkey is Ireland’s second Laureate na nÓg. Authorand illustrator of children’s picture books, her books have wonnumerous awards, including the prestigious Bisto Book of the Yearfor her first two Picture Books; Tales of Wisdom and Wonder and TheGigantic Turnip. Her most recent picture book, On the Road withMavis and Marge, won the 2010 Junior Book of the Year Award.Niamh’s books have been translated into over 20 languages. Talesfrom Old Ireland was included in the International Board of Booksfor Young People Honour Book List in 2002. She is the creatorand co-producer of Henry Hugglemonster – a pre-school series,based on her book I’m a Happy Hugglewug, developed in associationwith the Irish Film Board and in production with Oscar-nominatedBrown Bag Films, for Disney Worldwide. Niamh lives in Skerrieswith her husband Owen, three children and their dog.42