Nicolette jones with pb — Nicolette Jones

Creating Children’s Classics

Benji Davies Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

Saturday, 6 April 2019

4:00pm

1 hour

Sheldonian Theatre

£10 - £12.50

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We regret to inform you that, due to illness, Judith Kerr is no longer able to take part in this event.

The event will still go ahead and fellow panellist Benji Davies will discuss Kerr’s books, including classics The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat, as well as his own with Nicolette Jones of the Sunday Times. Benji is an award-winning illustrator – hids books include The Storm Whale and Grandad’s Island – and he has already been named as one of this generation’s great talents. He is a huge admirer of Judith’s books and will talk about her influence on his work.

Age 7-adult

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Every literary festival stays in an author’s mind for slightly individual reasons. I shall remember the Oxford festival for: - the size of the audience: at the top end of the range - their intelligence – this makes a huge difference for a speaker. In the Oxford audience I encountered many experts in the field my book covered and even one of the ambassadors I’d quoted - the beauty and the grace of the place itself – incomparable - the willingness of my hearers to buy books afterwards; I’ve never sold more.

I came away buzzing and reassured that we still have in this century a wide ranging community fascinated not just by famous authors (I’ve rarely seen so many concentrated in one place) but by challenging ideas and questions.

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The Oxford Literary Festival has in my mind become the leading literary festival of the year. The organisation, the roster of speakers, the ambience and the sheer quality of it all is superb. May it now go from strength to strength each year stretching its ambition more and more. I believe it will.

I loved the whole atmosphere of the Oxford Literary Festival. From breakfast, alongside some of the attendees, who were talking books with each other a mile a minute, to the public event at The Sheldonian where everyone was lively and engaged – I felt I had arrived in a kind of literary heaven.

The night in Oxford was the most beautiful event I have ever done. Not just the spectacular setting (of the Sheldonian), but an unforgettable evening.

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