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Sally Kindberg’s workshop & talk for Canterbury University, and a Helter Skelter

My Hat of Surprise was back in action yesterday, this time with an assortment of written prompts for delightful BA and MA students in a workshop at Canterbury UCA. After a brief but live drawing demo and a bit of … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s Space comic strip workshop at Belsize Park Community Library

Whooshy!  Some of the many wonderful comic strips and drawings of visitors from another planet by children at the Belsize Park Community Library last week.  Afterwards there was a lucky dip and the prize was The Comic Strip History of … Continue reading

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Comic strip workshop at the Guardian Reading for Pleasure Conference

Monday was the day of the Guardian’s Reading for Pleasure Conference, where I was running a comic strip workshop for teachers and librarians.  Here’s an early morning picture of my Hat of Surprise ready to go, along with assorted characters … Continue reading

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Comic strip workshop and event at Swedenborg House

Many wondrous comic strips were made by 40 or so participants at yesterday’s Swedenborg House explore and draw event, the second in a series of events for children.  My workshop in the Whispering Room started off with one or two exercises … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s workshops at Wembley Primary School

Busy day last week at Wembley Primary School (of about 900 pupils) running five workshops with five different classes of enthusiastic Year 4 children, showing and talking about my Draw It! London book and The Comic Strip Greatest Greek Myths, both … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s comic strip Space workshop at Primrose Hill School, London

Great fun to be asked to Primrose Hill School in north London, where my daughter went many years ago, and run a comic strip Space workshop with Year 4s. We had a look at The Comic Strip History of Space … Continue reading

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Monsters visit Cornish Libraries

  August is carnival time in Fowey in Cornwall,  a major event in this part of the world, and my Monster drawing events competed for attention with a giant walnut-cracking crab, the Red Arrows aerobatic team, a huge fancy-dress parade … Continue reading

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China trip part one

  Big excitement and managed to lose first item of clothing (hat with flaps for when I headed north) as I set off from Heathrow on 5th March, to take part in the first Hong Kong Young Readers Festival. Had to … Continue reading

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