The World of Oliver Jeffers

Oliver Jeffers is coming to the Garret Theatre at Storyhouse on Wednesday 28 October, for a morning of stories and an interview. It's part of the WayWord Festival, the annual children's festival that returns to Storyhouse each autumn and is now in its fifth year, set up to excite, inspire and celebrate the power of words. The session is presented by Linghams Bookshop and Booka Bookshop, and Jeffers will be interviewed by author Jacqui Brett.

If you've got the books on your shelf, you'll know him: Jeffers is an award-winning author, illustrator and visual storyteller whose children's books have become a worldwide phenomenon since his debut How to Catch a Star in 2004. They've been translated into forty-nine languages, and his work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. He was awarded an MBE in 2022 for Services to Art and became an ambassador for Smartphone Free Childhood in 2026.

Every child's ticket includes a copy of his latest book, A Day Off School, which follows a boy called Herbie who stays home from school when he has the sniffles. It's a nice touch that means you walk away with something to read long after the morning is over.

The session starts at 11am and runs for about an hour, with no interval. For members, child tickets are £19.50 and adults are £4.50; for non-members, child tickets are £21.50 and adults are £5.00, with one adult going free with each child ticket. The child's ticket is the one that comes with the book.