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Storylines Festival
News, Ramose | Posted by Carole on Wednesday 18 June 2008
I have just returned home after a hectic week or so in New Zealand at the Storylines Festival. I appeared at free Family Days in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, along with well-known UK author and illustrator Babette Cole and many NZ authors and illustrators including Margaret Mahy, Joy Cowley, Gavin Bishop and Kyle Mewburn.
The Family Days had a full program of authors talking about their books, book readings, illustrators creating. There were activities for kids to take part in, and theatre performances by some school groups, based on visiting authors’ books. Students from Auckland Normal Intermediate and Heaton Intermediate School did terrific performances from my book Ramose: Prince in Exile.
Here are some photos I took.
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- Babette Cole and I
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- Students from St Albans School Bicultural Group performing Kapa Haka
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- Olivia, Liam, Sam and Jack. Students from Heaton Intermediate School performing excerts from Ramose:Prince in Exile
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- Ramose in Auckland Normal Intermediate School's Ramose: Prince in Exile performance.
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- Schoolroom scene from Ramose performance.
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- Me with the cast of Auckland Normal Intermediate's Ramose performance.
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- Ramose, Hatshepsut and me.
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- Dragon's eye view of the South Island.
6 responses
Posted by marvin on Saturday 21 June 2008
oh wow looks fantastic.
Posted by Connor on Tuesday 24 June 2008
Wow Cool was it a high school
Posted by Danny on Wednesday 25 June 2008
Hey havn’t posted in a while! Im halfway through DragonMoon now its brilliant! Wow New Zealand looks amazing, I have never read Ramose, but I might buy it sometime after finishing DragonMoon, Bye for now!
Posted by Carole on Saturday 28 June 2008
Connor,
It was an intermediate school. In NZ they have three levels of schools.
Posted by Carole on Saturday 28 June 2008
Danny,
Can’t remember where you live. Ramose is available in England, Australia and France.
Posted by Vivienne on Thursday 3 July 2008
hi carole,
havent blogged for awhile, i’ve been a bit busy,its looks like people had a great time.
vivienne