Inspire Rotherham Masterclass

Inspire Rotherham where pleased to bring Jamie Rix and Chris Wormall to Rotherham’s Children and Family Festival. We were extremely pleased that Jamie was happy to return back to Rotherham after he attended the Public Launch of Inspire Rotherham

Jamie is a children’s author, an animation writer and director, and a producer of television comedy. He has published over twenty-five titles, ranging from picture books and first readers to novels and books of short stories. He is best known for his highly successful series of cautionary tales, Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids (Smarties Prize winner), Fearsome Tales For Fiendish Kids, Ghostly Tales For Ghastly Kids and More Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids, which form the basis for the award-winning television series on CiTV, Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids.

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Two elements link all of his stories - comedy, and a love of the grotesque. His titles include The War Diaries of Alistair Fury (six volumes), Johnny Casanova - the unstoppable sex machine, The Changing Face of Johnny Casanova, The Dreaded Lurgie, A Stitch In Time, Free The Whales, One Hot Penguin, Mr Mumble’s Fabulous Flybrows, The Vile Smile, The Last Chocolate Biscuit, Looking After Murphy and Giddy Goat.

Jamie gave a presentation that included stories of his childhood and his family life, he spoke about Grizzly Tales and The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury, where he gets his ideas from when writing stories, he also gave a reading from his latest novel The Incredible Luck of Alfie Puck. Three lucky Children received signed copies of the book.

Chris Wormell did a 45 minute presentation at the masterclass. Chris is a self taught artist, and he received the 2004 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s book award for ‘Teeth, Tails and Tenticles’. He also illustrated George and the Dragon and has a keen interest in myths and drawing mythical creatures/animals, which he covered as part of his presentation. With the use of flipchart and audience participation Chris drew a mythical beast. One lucky child came up with the name for the creature and Chris awarded them with the picture which he signed.