About this Event
Join us for an exclusive afternoon event with children's author Louie Stowell, as part of Calibre Audio's 50th-anniversary celebrations. This special event will take place at the iconic Library of Birmingham in the Rep Theatre on Monday, 21st October at 4:30 PM.
Louie loves to have the chance to talk to readers. The event will feature a 15 minute interview, an interactive audience activity and live Q&A, where Louie will share jokes, insights into her process, and hints about future books! You can be assured that it will be an interactive hour, and may include drawing, writing, dressing up or even dancing! There will be books on sale so you can have the opportunity to meet the author and get your book signed.
Secure your tickets today and celebrate with us as we mark 50 years of Calibre Audio, bringing books to life for all.
About Louie Stowell
Louie was born in London and has lived there ever since, except for a short stint in Watford to study advertising. Louie Stowell started her career writing carefully-researched books about space, ancient Egypt, politics and science but eventually lapsed into just making stuff up. She likes writing about dragons, wizards, vampires, fairies, monsters and parallel worlds. She’s worked as a copywriter, cartoonist, PR and in-house non-fiction writer, and was Publisher at Ladybird/Penguin Random House before writing full-time.
Her debut, THE DRAGON IN THE LIBRARY, was published by Nosy Crow in 2019 and Walker Books in the US, followed by THE MONSTER IN THE LAKE in January 2020 and THE WIZARD IN THE WOOD in 2021. OTHERLAND, a standalone middle-grade novel, followed in 2021 with Nosy Crow. The first book in her new series with Walker Books, LOKI: A BAD GOD’S GUIDE TO BEING GOOD, was an instant #3 Sunday Times (UK) bestseller.
Louie grew up on a diet of Tolkien, “Doctor Who”, Ursula Le Guin, live action role play, “Just William”, 2000AD, Elfquest, John Christopher and Nicholas Fisk. She loves comics, science fiction, fantasy and anything funny. At university, she wrote her thesis on comics, and once won a prize for Anglo-Saxon. She likes woods, urban foxes and mythology. Louie lives in Hackney with her wife, Karen, her dog, Buffy, and a nameless creepy puppet that is probably cursed.
About The Loki series
Aimed at readers aged 8 -12 years these wry, witty and very funny diary-style stories are packed with doodles and comic strips about how the frustration trickster god Loki feels at having to live trapped in the body of a weedy eleven-year-old boy.
The new book Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Making Enemies is out in September 2024.
Loki's fourth doodle-packed diary in the number one best-selling series.
Loki has made a fair few enemies during his time in Asgard. Too many to count and certainly too many to remember. When the elf, Vinir beams Loki aboard his chariot and challenges him to a magical duel, Loki hasn't got a clue why.
Sweet talking his way out of a fight by pointing out there's little honour in duelling someone who can't remember how they wronged you, and even less in picking on a child, Loki is returned safely to school.
That is until Vinir shows up in child form, as resolute as ever about seeking that duel... and vengeance.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Library of Birmingham (Rep Theatre), Centenary Square, Birmingham, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 5.00
