Wednesday 29 Oct is the festival’s (exetreme imagination) teen day, packed full of author talks, creative writing and drama workshops and performances all aimed at young adults who want to be inspired!
The day will involve:
Doctor Faustus Workshop Q&A with Beth Reekles: “How I became a young adult fiction writer” Writing workshops with Beth Reekles What’s Next? Young Adult Literature through Drama The Red and the Black: Violence in contemporary teenage fiction Darren Shan Doctor Faustus TRINITY by Tom Nicholas Meg Rosoff & Mal Peet – Break Out Fantasy writing...
Darren will be reading from and talking about Zom-B, his epic 12-book series about B Smith, a teenager who must learn to survive in a world of racism, zombies and darkness.
The series combines fast-paced action with thought-provoking moral questions and has captivated readers worldwide.
Darren says, "It's a big, sprawling, vicious tale ... a grisly piece of escapism, and a barbed look at the world in which we live. Each book in the series is short, fast-paced and bloody. A high body-count is guaranteed!"
