BOOKVILLE PUBLIC EVENTS PROGRAMME
Bookings open at 9am on 19th September
Pre-booking is essential
Welcome to our 2023 Bookville Programme of FREE events for the public!
We are delighted to bring you an exciting programme of workshops in libraries around county Kilkenny including illustration, drama and music as well as an award-winning comedy show for all the family.
To book an event contact the library venue.
We are delighted to bring you an exciting programme of workshops in libraries around county Kilkenny including illustration, drama and music as well as an award-winning comedy show for all the family.
To book an event contact the library venue.
FRIDAY 13TH OCTOBER
Family comedy show with SHELF
SHELF - Rachel & Ruby
Join best friends Rachel and Ruby of SHELF for a kids' comedy show that's fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness. Rachel and Ruby use physical comedy and silly characters to bring sketch comedy to children of all ages – a fun way to explore emotions, friendship and shyness.
Date: Friday 13th October
Time: 6pm to 7pm
Venue: Loughboy Library, Loughboy Shopping Centre, Off Waterford Rd, Kilkenny R95 TD71
Email: [email protected] Phone: 056 7794176
Age Group: Families & children from age 2
Time: 6pm to 7pm
Venue: Loughboy Library, Loughboy Shopping Centre, Off Waterford Rd, Kilkenny R95 TD71
Email: [email protected] Phone: 056 7794176
Age Group: Families & children from age 2
SHELF, winner: Best Kids' Show, 2023 Leicester Comedy Festival. Over one million views on BBC Three. Five star rating from Guardian, Scotsman, Skinny, FunnyWomen.com.
SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER
Character Creation with SHONA SHIRLEY MACDONALD
Shona Shirley Macdonald
Join illustrator Shona Shirley Macdonald on this character creation workshop, beginning with a drawing and brainstorming demo, and then using the same technique for inspiration we'll make own individual weird and wonderful characters.
Date: Saturday 14th October
Time: 11am to 12 noon
Venue: Thomastown Library, Marshes St, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny R95 HP26
Email: [email protected] Phone: 056 7794331
Age Group: 7 - 10
Time: 11am to 12 noon
Venue: Thomastown Library, Marshes St, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny R95 HP26
Email: [email protected] Phone: 056 7794331
Age Group: 7 - 10
Shona Shirley Macdonald is an award-winning children’s book illustrator/author, living in County Waterford. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Bratislava Illustration Biennial. Her books include The Pooka Party, and The Moon Spun Round by W. B. Yeats (editor Noreen Doody), Cluasa Capaill ar an Rí (scríobhneoir Bridget Bhreathnach). Most recently she illustrated Girls Who Slay Monsters, (writer Ellen Ryan) which won the Children’s (Senior) An Post Book of the Year Award 2022 and the KPMG Junior Jury and Book of the Year Awards 2023.
Read it - tell it - act it with Jo Hennessy of BARNSTORM
Jo Hennessy
Read It -Tell It - Act It focuses on reading stories that encourage active participation. Through movement-based storytelling and guided imagination play children will learn to express themselves and build expression.
Date: Saturday 14th October
Time: 10am to 11am
Venue: Urlingford Library, The Courthouse, Urlingford, Co Kilkenny E41 A2X4
Email: [email protected] Phone: 056 7794182
Age Group: 8 - 12
Time: 10am to 11am
Venue: Urlingford Library, The Courthouse, Urlingford, Co Kilkenny E41 A2X4
Email: [email protected] Phone: 056 7794182
Age Group: 8 - 12
Jo Hennessy, Barnstorm's Participation & Education Officer, has an extensive background in Drama Teaching and Education at both secondary and primary level. Jo is a trained actor and director who is passionate about bringing theatre to different facets of the community. Jo strives to develop new connections and community-based initiates and relationships.
Illustration with Sarah Sloyer of the Lighthouse Studios
Sarah Sloyer
Illustration workshop 1
In this workshop for 5 to 7 year olds join Sarah Sloyer and explore the different elements that make up a picture - foreground, background, shape and colour - and see how a character in a picture can tell a story.
Illustration workshop 2
This workshop for 8 to 12 year olds goes a little deeper into the art of illustration. Looking at a composition and thinking about how what's in the background says something about what's in the foreground. Join Sarah Sloyer and work on creating a picture that tells a story.
In this workshop for 5 to 7 year olds join Sarah Sloyer and explore the different elements that make up a picture - foreground, background, shape and colour - and see how a character in a picture can tell a story.
Illustration workshop 2
This workshop for 8 to 12 year olds goes a little deeper into the art of illustration. Looking at a composition and thinking about how what's in the background says something about what's in the foreground. Join Sarah Sloyer and work on creating a picture that tells a story.
Date: Saturday 14th October
Time: 10am to 11am for ages 5 to 7 & 11.30am to 12.30pm for ages 8 to 12
Venue: Graiguenamanagh Library, Convent Road, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny R95 V342
Email: [email protected] Phone: 056 7794178
Age Group: 5 - 7 & 8 - 12
Time: 10am to 11am for ages 5 to 7 & 11.30am to 12.30pm for ages 8 to 12
Venue: Graiguenamanagh Library, Convent Road, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny R95 V342
Email: [email protected] Phone: 056 7794178
Age Group: 5 - 7 & 8 - 12
Sarah Sloyer is originally from the United States and moved to Ireland in 2018 to work as a Background Artist at Lighthouse Studios in Kilkenny. She has studied Illustration and Animation and loves to draw cute characters with fun personalities!
