Eoin Colfer: Authors Live
Authors Live - Eoin Colfer - Full session
Eoin Colfer talks about writing and the inspiration behind the characters in Artemis Fowl. He also answers questions from schoolchildren. Michael Rosen talks about writing being his best friend and performs his poem The Space. Michael Rosen tells the story about his dad's sayings and how his brother would mimic and exaggerate them, including 'the Noise!'
About Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer grew up on the south-east coast of Ireland with his four brothers. After attending Dublin university he qualified as a primary school teacher. He and his wife spent four years working in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy before his first book Benny and Omar was published in 1998. The first Artemis Fowl novel appeared in 2001 and the series has since sold millions of copies. In 2009 he published And Another Thing..., the sixth instalment in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series started by Douglas Adams. He still lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.
Partners
Authors Live is produced in association with the Scottish Book Trust, Creative Scotland and Glow. The Scottish Book Trust is the leading agency for the promotion of literature, reading and writing in Scotland and their Authors Live programme is funded by the National Lottery through the Creative Scotland's Inspiring Communities Fund. The Authors Live webcasts are also available through Glow - the world's first national intranet for education allowing joined-up working the length and breadth of Scotland.
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