Authors Aloud: FREE events for schools with author Joseph Coelho

Authors Aloud UK and Walker Books invite your school to have a bonfire night sparkler and join award-winning and bestselling children’s author Joseph Coelho to celebrate publication of his new book Relic Hamilton – Genie Hunter, the first in an exciting new series.

This FREE event for schools will take place on Tuesday 5^th November 10 – 11am

The event is suitable for Years 4,5,6

Please register to attend here: https://​tiny​url​.com/​A​A​U​K​C​o​e​l​ho241 

PLEASE NOTE: IF MORE THAN ONE CLASS WILL BE ATTENDING AND LOGGING ON SEPARATELY ​‚THEY WILL NEED TO REGISTER AS INDIVIDUAL CLASSES

Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom with the link to join on the day. 

Information about the event:

Genies grant wishes, that’s all anyone ever cares about, but they forget that Genies were imprisoned in those lamps for a reason!. Join acclaimed children’s author, Joseph Coelho OBE for an interactive event featuring an unlikely new hero in Relic Hamilton: Genie Hunter. Discover a world of adventure and magic, learn all about the history and inspiration behind the action ‑packed story, and uncover the skills it takes to be a world class genie hunter. The event will include a quiz and the chance to help build a poem on genies together.

Information about the Book:

Relic Hamilton is just your average 12-year-old, living a quiet life with his grandfather above their old antiques shop in Chinatown in London. Until one day, while polishing some mysterious brass lamps in the basement, something extraordinary happens. Relic feels spinechillingly cold. Breathless. Scared. And suddenly, a real, live genie stands before him! But this is no kind, benevolent genie. This genie is evil … and it feeds on hope. Relic finds himself catapulted to the centre of a fast-paced underground community of genie hunters, led by the excitable Professor Latimer and the tech-savvy Doctor Raphaela. Together, they travel in their one-of-a-kind jet, the Aladdin, secretly chasing rogue genies before they can wreak havoc on the world… 

The first book in a gripping new middle-grade fantasy adventure trilogy from the former UK Children’s Laureate and winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing, Joseph Coelho. Joseph’s books have sold 900k copies worldwide to date. ​‘Ghostbusters’ meets ​‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ meets ​‘Pokemon’ – with a genie twist! Vividly and imaginatively written, with a humorous cast of cool characters. The trilogy was initially inspired by the author’s time studying archaeology at university. With 20 black-and-white illustrations throughout from Korean artist Hyun Song We.

Books with special signed bookplates can be purchased from our online Bookseller H & H Spalding https://spaldingbooks.square.site

Information about Joseph Coelho:

Joseph won the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing for The Boy Lost in the Maze and was awarded an OBE for his services to the arts, to children’s reading and to literature. His first poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules!, , won the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award in 2015, and he has been writing and performing ever since. His picture books include If All the World Were… illustrated by Allison Colpoys and the Luna Loves… series illustrated by Fiona Lumbers. His poetry books for children include Overheard in a Tower Block illustrated

by Kate Milner, A Year of Nature Poems illustrated by Kelly Louise Judd, and his novel in verse, The Girl Who Became a Tree. Originally from London, he now lives in Edinburgh. Follow him on Instagram as @josephcoelhoauthor.

Korean artist Hyun Song We has a background in animation and has worked on a number of Pixar films including the upcoming Inside Out 2.