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The world of Jamie Thomson: Author of the Dark Lord series
Jamie Thomson

Dark Lord
  • Saturday 14 June 2014, 3.00PM to 4pm
  • Free admission
    Booking required
  • Acomb Library, Front Street, Y024 3BZ (map)

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Sparks, a series of events aimed to spark children’s imagination. Sparks is supported by Shepherds.

Come along and meet Jamie Thomson, winner of the 2012 Roald Dahl Funny Prize and author of the Dark Lord series. Jamie will teach the audience how to act, insult and even laugh like the Dark Lord and if they’re very lucky he might even share some material from his new series…

Speaker biography:

Jamie Thomson is the minion and slave of the Dark Lord, Dirk Lloyd. He’s an author and games developer who has written numerous choose-your-own-adventure style gamebooks and worked on many computer games from the Tower of Despair (1984) to Warrior Kings: Battles (2003) Jamie Thomson lives in the dungeons below his Master's Iron Tower in East Sussex, where he spends every day writing for his overlord.

Suitable for years 5 to 8

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