Cornelia Funke: Dragon Rider on Sat 9th Oct 2021 4:00pm - 4:30pm.

This event will premiere on Cheltenham Festivals YouTube channel.

After the event it will be available to view free of charge at literature.cheltenhamfestivals.online.

Recommended for ages 9+

Dragons, myth, and magic unite in the third instalment of Cornelia Funke’s best-selling epic fantasy-adventure series, Dragon Rider: The Aurelia Curse!

A truly international writer, and author of the Inkheart series, Cornelia was born in Germany and has lived in the U.S. but her stories have been translated into over 30 languages and made into films.

Writer Kiran Millwood Hargrave (A Secret of Birds & Bone) steps into Cornelia’s book making world to discover how she invents her fantasy worlds, what she loves most about dragons and what her top tips are for young fantasy and adventure writers.