Manga artist among 27 authors to attend Children’s Reading fest
Amanga artist, a New York Times bestselling author and a illustrator are among authors to headline the 12 edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival from May 19-29 .
Themed ‘For Your Imagination,’ the festival at Sharjah Expo Centre will see 27 authors and 172 publishers from 15 nations take part, Sharjah Book Authority said. Writers appearing in person include Swaady Martin, a serial entrepreneur and activist from the Ivory Coast; New York Times best-seller writer and illustrator Colombian Claudia Reuda; illustrator and designer and author of Leila in Saffron and Sleeping Beauty, Dinara Mirtalipova from Uzbekistan; Pakistani author of The Cosmos That Allah has Changed, Zenubia Arsalan; founder and lead writer of the Greenfeet Guides, American author Ambika Anand Prakop.
New York-based Japanese manga artist Misako Rocks will share her journey as a published artist at the festival and reveal how she developed her signature style, while talking about her current project ‘Bounce Back’. Kevin Sherry, American author and illustrator of The Yeti Files, the award-winning I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean and the Remy Sneaker series, will also attend the festival in person. He is also a chef, a cyclist and a puppeteer.
American author and illustrator of This is How I do it, Matt Lamothe will also attend in person, while Nanette Heffernan, author of the picture book Earth Hour and climate change activist, will interact with her audience virtually. Compatriot Abby Cooper, bestselling author of the middle grade novels Sticks and Stones, Friend or Fiction and Bubbles, will also appear at SCRF virtually.
Authors and illustrators participating virtually from the UK include: Sebastian de Souza, an actor producer, screenwriter, musician and author of KID: A History of the Future; Fransie Franden, writer, illustrator and graphic designer and author of Do Grannies Have Green Fingers?; Katie and Kevin Tsang, writers of children and young adult novels, including Sam Wu is NOT Afraid; author of A Pocketful of Stars, Aisha Bushby; and Wereworld writer and designer of the Bafta-winning Bob the Builder, Curtis Jobling.