Tony Davidson to depart W&K London after two decades of leadership
Agency is searching for new creative leaders to replace Davidson and Iain Tait.
by Brittaney Kiefer
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On March 12th last year I was sitting in a blustery, empty car park in Blackpool, Lancashire, eating a bland prepacked sandwich beside a giant mural of Barry from The Chuckle Brothers. I was feeling pretty good about myself.
Sure, school closures had just been announced and the St Patrickâs Festival (at which I had an author event) had been cancelled, but Iâd just finished a school talk about my childrenâs books. It had been the last of a four-day book tour of England and my 39th author event in 40 days.
Irish events included every Dublin city library, several bookshops, a delightfully raucous event with illustrator Ben Mantle at Liberty Hall Theatre, a school in the Dublin Mountains, classes of kids spread out on the floor of OâMahonyâs Booksellers in Limerick, a packed-out art workshop in the Hugh Lane Gallery, a lot of M50 miles, a couple of flights, and a handful of hotel breakfast buffets I now regret not taking full advantage of.
Newark Book Festival s Imaginarium offers reading-based fun for youngsters
| Updated: 13:51, 24 February 2021
A day of online events gives youngsters the chance to create, imagine and play in the latest chapter of Newark Book Festival.
Imaginarium will take place on Saturday and features free readings, drama and creative ideas.
Last yearâs Newark Book Festival could not go ahead in its traditional format so organisers have been hosting a series of online events throughout the year.
Bunnies On The Bus will be performed as part of the Imaginarium for Newark Book Festival. (44492381)
Rhubarb Theatre will host two free storytime events during the day.
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Agatha Christie meets Indiana Jones as schoolboy Harrison Beck climbs aboard the Safari Star for a thrill ride across the vast landscape of Southern Africa.
Murder on the Safari Star is the third book in Adventures on Trains, the all-round entertaining middle-grade series from mystery-writing duo M.G. Leonard, prize-winning author of the Battle of the Beetles trilogy, and Sam Sedgman, a writer and lifelong train enthusiast, with Elisa Paganelli’s vibrant black and white illustrations providing the extra bells and whistles.
In this new all-action adventure, we join budding young artist Harrison (Hal) Beck and his travel writer Uncle Nat on the journey of a lifetime aboard the Safari Star… a luxurious steam train that will take them from Pretoria to the stunning Victoria Falls.
China’s Crystal Clear Chemical Skyrockets on Arrival of ASML Chip Lithography Sets Zhang Yushuo China’s Crystal Clear Chemical Skyrockets on Arrival of ASML Chip Lithography Sets
(Yicai Global) Jan. 20 The roughly USD10 million worth of used lithography machinery Suzhou Crystal Clear Chemical bought four months ago to produce semiconductors has arrived, the company announced yesterday. Crystal Clear s shares [SHE:300655] closed 6.93 percent up at CNY36.67 (USD5.64) at the lunch break on the news.
The Chinese producer of chemical materials for the electronics industry announced the purchase of the argon fluoride laser equipment made by Netherlands-based ASM International from South Korea’s SK Hynix through Singapore-based electrical wholesaler Singtest Technology for USD11 million on Sept. 29, saying the purchase will push its research and development of high-end products. Its shares hit the Shenzhen bourse’s ChiNext Index’s 20 percent up limit the next day.