The 22nd edition of the South Ken Kids Festival will be held in London on 18–24 November 2019. Children have the opportunity to meet many well-known writers and illustrators at the festival including our very own Piret Raud.
The author will introduce her book The Ear to young readers. It is the first of her books published in English. The story of the book is inspired by the ear of the artist Vincent van Gogh and it was released in 2019 by the Thames & Hudson publishing house.
The author will also introduce her other work and conduct workshops for kids. She will participate in a live-drawing improvisation with other illustrators to create unique pieces together, projected onto the big screen to the sound of rock guitarist Miguel Montalban’s improvisation.
Festival guests will conduct workshops in more than forty schools around London. Festival guests include Axel Scheffler, Magali Le Huche, Colas Gutman, Sophy Henn, Emily Rand, Joe Todd-Stanton, Catharina Valckx and many more. Workshops are held in the French Institute which also hosts a versatile program of cultural events during the festival. The patron of the festival is the children’s writer, illustrator, and animator Quentin Blake.
Photograph: Dmitri Kotjuh