Fact To Fiction Book Jam on Sat 16th Oct 2021 3:00pm - 4:00pm at The Hive.

£6 *plus booking fee; All children under 12 must be accompanied by a ticket holding adult.

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Recommended for ages 11+

Inspired by true stories, authors Phil Earle and Alex Wheatle talk with author Emma Carroll (The Week at World’s End) about their powerful historical novels. When the Sky Falls follows the story of Joseph, charged with protecting Adonis the gorilla in Manchester Zoo during the First World War. Cane Warriors tells of Tacky’s War through a 14-year-old plantation slave in Jamaica who becomes a freedom fighter. Find out why Phil and Alex chose to write these important and gripping stories and join in the book jam with our authors to turn a piece of fact into fiction.