Okay, I’m exaggerating just a tiny bit. But I am pretty thrilled (and very honoured) to be one of a handful of authors and illustrators invited to be part of the SPECTACULAR Diamond Jubilee Pageant at Battersea Park on Sunday June 3rd.
This is a huge celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and lots of events will take place beside the river Thames as an extraordinary Flotilla passes by. There will be hundreds of boats and ships, including one with the Queen herself on board. And within Battersea Gardens, there will be a new Festival of Britain – 60 years of iconic food, fashion and culture will be celebrated at events curated by the Wayne Hemingway and Clare Patey. Within that is a story garden for families and I will be there at 3.15 telling English Folk Tales with my crazy upside down live illustrations. And I will, of course, be reading from the Jubilee edition of Katie in London. On a day like this… nothing else will do!
For info on tickets (they are VERYcheap) and more about the Festival, visit:
http://www.thamesdiamondjubileepageant.org/DiamondJubileeFestival.aspx
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