The Stitchwort Curse

Join debut author and illustrator Alexandra Dawe for an interactive event on her debut novel The Stitchwort Curse.

The event can either be delivered:

In Person as an interactive assembly style presentation about the inspiration behind The Stitchwort Curse and/or a Character Development Illustration workshop.

or as a Virtual Events – 20 minute Q&A for classes who have read the book — ask me anything you like about writing or drawing.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

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Publisher: UCLan Publishing
Author: Alexandra Dawe was born in Liverpool, and studied Animation at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design. She went on to work in Shepperton studios as a model maker on Thomas the Tank Engine. After years of model and props work across Shepperton and Pinewood on many different productions Alexandra worked at Palgrave Macmillan, before moving to Devon with her husband and two small children. Alexandra now lives in a crumbling house surrounded by fields, with her husband, children, a dog, two cats and a decreasing flock of elderly chickens. She loves to draw, read and write. The Stitchwort Curse is her first novel.
Book: Book Information * Etta Starling has never set foot outside Stitchwort. Shrouded by a dark curse for over a century the estate is lost and forgotten. These last few last surviving members of the Starling clan can never leave; to pass the boundary wall means certain death. But just because they can’t leave doesn’t stop someone else getting in….
Availability: Flexible Open to discussion
Audience: 9- 12
Event Type: Online
Author's Travel Constraints: Travel Constraints – needs to be accessible by public transport. Fees do not include travel and any necessary overnight accommodation. I will try to travel to and from your school without overnight accommodation where reasonably possible.
Fees: In Person 60 minute Author Presentation: £200. In person 45 minute Class Workshop: £100. In person Half Day - presentation plus 1 workshop: £250
Technical Requirements: Means to display a powerpoint/ keynote presentation, or a projector I can plug my laptop into

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