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Dates & Times
Sunday 20 May
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
When Jeff Kinney created Diary of a Wimpy Kid, he thought he was telling stories for adults who like cartoons. Instead, the eccentric everyday comic adventures of middle-class middle child Greg Heffley have become a worldwide publishing phenomenon. Like Roald Dahl and Andy Griffiths, his stories are devoured by both bookworms and kids who rarely read. His secret? He tells childhood like it is, from embarrassing mums to bullying older brothers, to little brothers who get away with everything.
Jeff will talk about the origins of Greg Heffley, the Wimpy Kid films, his lifelong love of cartooning – and his latest book, Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever.
Featuring
Jeff Kinney
Jeff Kinney is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the hugely popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He's also a six-time Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award winner for Favourite Book. Book 12 in the series, The Getaway, was published in November 2017.
Jeff has been named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also the creator of Poptropica, which was named one of Time's 50 Best Websites. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C. area and moved to New England in 1995. Jeff lives with his wife and two sons in Massachusetts, where they own a bookstore, An Unlikely Story.