B9 A Whale of a Time: A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year with Lou Peacock and Matt Hunt

• 1pm – 1.45pm
• 5+

It’s time to find out just how FUN poetry AND drawing can be – and just how FAST you can rattle off some rib-tickling riddles and tantalising tongue twisters with anthologist Lou Peacock and illustrator Matt Hunt as they introduce their book of funny poems for every day of the year, A Whale of a Time. Expect side-splitting poems, live drawing and giggles galore in this fuelled-by-funny-poems event! You’ll DEFINITELY leave this one smiling from ear to ear.

About the Author:

Lou Peacock is lucky enough to have one of the best jobs in the world: 'Publishing Director of Picture Books' at Nosy Crow. She has a degree in English Literature from Oxford University, and over 20 years' experience in children's publishing. She started her editorial career working on novelty books, but has focused on picture books and poetry for the last 15 years. She often puts her author hat on to write picture books for Nosy Crow and has a notebook full of scribbled ideas.

Matt Hunt was born in Redditch, Worcestershire in 1988. Starting out as a fine artist, he graduated from the Birmingham School of Art, and from these roots, developed a love for children's illustration. He currently shares a house with his wife Hayley and two cats. Matt works in mixed media, utilising paint, pens, crayons, and digital. He loves to create new and interesting characters and write stories for them. He's influenced by old movies, classic illustration, cartoons and books.