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The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark

ISLAND Arts Centre, Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn, Co Antrim, BT27 4RL
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ASD targeted session Paul Howard – writer & illustrator The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark

Paul Howard – writer & illustrator
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark
Date: Wed 2 Aug
Time: 10.30am – 12pm
Ages: 6-9
Cost: £10

Find out what it’s like to be a children’s illustrator with Paul Howard, the Seamus Heaney Centre’s Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland. Paul illustrated the very well-known and much loved The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark, written by Jill Tomlinson and published by Farshore Books. Paul will share the process behind illustrating a writer’s story and will show you how to draw Plop the owl, in twelve easy steps. You will also produce a new cover for the classic story and be part of creating a parliament of owls!

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