ADULT SESSIONS

The best thing about books is that they come alive in all kinds of ways – not just on the printed page! We’ve put together a range of educational, informative and creative sessions for adults who love books and reading. You can hone your creative writing skills, make a book in a day or learn how to draw for comics from one of the UK’s most talented comic book artists. There’s also the opportunity to sharpen your playwriting skills with playwright Eddie Stiven, and not forgetting – you can meet and chat to other people who share your passion for books.

Wednesday 01 October
Creative Writing
SGL Room 10.30am -12.00pm
Join Moniack Mhor director and Eden Court Creative Writing tutor, Cynthia Rogerson for a session in Creative Writing. The session will aim to inspire you with techniques and exercises for the beginning of creative writing.
Cost: £5.00 Age: Adults

Wednesday 01 October
Create a Book
Jim Love Studio 3.00pm -5.00pm
Join Eden Court tutor Jesse Paul to create a very short and beautiful book in an afternoon. Jesse will help you with techniques for budding authors and illustrators using lots of stimuli and you will transform an empty page into a book worth reading.
Cost: £5.00 Age: Adults

Thursday 02 October
Kev F’s Comic Art Masterclass
Jim Love Studio 4.00pm -6.00pm
Kev F’s Comic Art Masterclass for adults - The writer and artist from The Beano and Marvel comics (as seen recently on BBC 1’s The One Show) will teach you all about comic strip and manga art. You’ll take away a comic with a strip drawn by you, plus Kev will draw your caricature. An amazing artist and tutor Kev will take you through techniques and inspire great things…
Cost: £5.00 Age: Adults (14+)

Thursday 02 October
Draw the Crowd –
Charicatures with Kev F Sutherland
Around Eden Court 7.30pm - 8.00pm
Kev Sutherland of The Beano fame will be around between to draw one minute charicatures on the spot for any Book Festival attendee.
Cost: £1.00 (pay on the spot)

Friday 03 October
Lost the Plot?
Playwriting Structure and Techniques
SGL Room 3.00pm -5.00pm
This workshop is designed to help participants to understand how most successful plays and scripts are underpinned by strong but simple structures.
Eddie Stiven is a playwright and scriptwriter who has made a study of archetypal plots and how they can be adapted for stage and screen. His own work draws heavily on myth, legend and folk-tale, but he can show you how classical storylines and structures can be adapted for any piece of dramatic writing.
Cost: £5.00 Age: Adults