About this Event
To celebrate the Comic Book Pop-up shop at Waterstones Piccadilly you are invited join Mikey Please for a Café at The Edge of The Woods reading and drawalong, with a sneak peak at the new books in the Rene and Glumfoot series.
Mikey Please is a BAFTA award-winning and OSCAR nominated animation director and writer based in Bristol. He is an alumnus of Wimbledon School of Art, the Royal College of Art and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2020, Mikey joined Aardman Animations to co-create the Netflix Christmas musical Robin Robin, starring Richard E. Grant, Adeel Akhtar and Gillian Anderson. He made his debut into picture books in 2024 with The Café at the Edge of the Woods which won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the prestigious Waterstones Children’s Book of the Year in 2025. It was a selection for the BRAW Amazing Bookshelf and shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize and The Week Junior Picture Book of the Year. He has also written and illustrated The Cave Downwind of the Café and the Times Bestselling adult novel, The Expanded Earth, published in April 2025.
Suitable for ages 7+
Please note: the book and ticket options include a copy of Café at The Edge of The Woods (RRP £7.99), available for collection at the event.
Please especially note that ticket holders 16 years of age and under must be accompanied by an adult but parents/guardians accompanying their children to this workshop event do not require a ticket (one accompanying adult per child with ticket.)
The event may be filmed and photographed, as an attendee you consent to footage of you being used for promotional purposes.
If you have any questions about this event or if you have access requests, please do let us know how we can support your visit by emailing [email protected]
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Waterstones, 203-206 Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
GBP 6.00 to GBP 12.00
