Stone Age Adventuring
Sophie Kirtley
Saturday, 2 April 2022
10:00am
1 hour
Lincoln College
£8
Sophie Kirtley takes readers back into the Stone Age in a brilliant clash of cultures as the past meets the present In her enthralling time-slip children’s novels, The Wild Way Home and The Way to Impossible Island.
Step back into the Stone Age as Kirtley shares some of the weird and wonderful discoveries she made while researching her books, and learn how to use the timeslip technique to create your own stories. An interactive event, full of stories and writing.
Kirtley has taught English and has worked in a theatre, a bookshop and a tiny pub where folk tell fairy tales by candlelight. She is also a prize-winning published poet.
Age 8+
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