Live Event: Andy Griffiths Family Extravaganza
Event: Andy Griffiths Family Extravaganza with special guests, Emily Gravett, Katie & Kevin Tsang, and Petr Horacek
Date & Time: 11 March | 10 am – 1 pm
Tickets: HK$200 for 1 child + accompanying adult*
Venue: Centricity, 2/F Chater House, Central - Hong Kong.
10 am to 11 am
Storytelling for little ones with Emily Gravett. Join record two-time prestigious Kate Greenway Medal winner, Emily Gravett for a reading of 10 Dogs and 10 Cats. This event has limited seating and will be on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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Enjoy a lively hour of interactive storytelling with best-selling authors Kevin & Katie Tsang & Petr Horacek to learn all about adventures in space with Croucher Science Week. What new planets will you explore today?
11 am to 1 pm
Meet best-selling author, Andy Griffiths and hear some wacky tales from Andy’s new books, 156-Storey Treehouse and the 13-Storey Treehouse. The event will be followed by a book signing**.
Terms & Conditions:
*Tickets include entrance to two events, a free Treehouse gift bag, and a $100 book voucher from bookazine, to be used at the event.
* Standing room only for parents.
**Books purchased at the event will have priority at the book signing. Only one photo per family at Andy Griffith’s book signing.
Upon entry at the venue, attendees must present their email purchase ticket confirmation.
This is a joint event between Bookazine & the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, customer & ticket information will be shared with the HKILF.
About Andy Griffiths
Andy is a passionate advocate for literacy and in 2015 was awarded the Dromkeen Medal to honor his outstanding contribution to Australian children’s literature. He is also an ambassador for both The Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the Pyjama Foundation. Andy thrives on having an audience: he has worked as a high school teacher; been the lead singer in a rock band and a stand-up comedian. He has two daughters and lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Andy’s books have sold over 10 million copies in Australia and won 80 children’s choice awards and 10 Australian Book Industry Awards.
About Emily Gravett
Emily Gravett has now published more than 20 picture books in more than 20 languages and won numerous awards including a Quills Award finalist, a Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist title, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and the BookTrust StoryTime Prize in 2019. She is one of a small world-class team of illustration talent chosen to create color-illustrated editions of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and Hogwarts Library books
About Katie & Kevin Tsang
Katie and Kevin Tsang are bestselling and award-winning children's authors. They met in 2008 while studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since then they have lived on three continents and traveled to over 40 countries together. Together they write the bestselling DRAGON REALM series and are also the co-authors of the young fiction series SAM WU IS NOT AFRAID and SPACE BLASTERS.
About Petr Horacek
Petr Horacek was born on June 30th, 1967 in Czechoslovakia. He grew up on the outskirts of Prague and studied at the High School of Art there from age 15 to 19. The school specialized mainly in design. After his studies, Horacek worked in a state design studio for two years attending the Academy of Fine Art in Prague and graduating with a Master of Fine Art in 1994.
About Croucher Science Week
Croucher Science Week is a free festival exploring science and the world around us. Visit croucherscienceweek.hk to find out more!