Sheila Agnew
Reading and Workshop

Saturday, April 2 | 11 AM - 1 PM

Ages 9 and up

“Agnew gives Evie an engaging balance of sarcasm, vulnerability, and humour….Readers [will] be clamoring for another Evie book…”—Publisher Weekly

“An enjoyable, light read that will particularly draw in animal lovers.”—School Library Journal

Marooned in Manhattan
Shortlisted for the Irish Literary Association's Children's Book of the Year 2015

Central Park Showdown
An Irish Times Best Children's Book of the Year, 2014

Join us for a special afternoon celebrating writer Sheila Agnew's tenacious, brave, and funny Evie Brooks character with a reading and creative writing workshop for children.

Evie is a likeable narrator, prone to making mistakes, yet genuinely caring about people even as she attempts to diffuse difficult situations with humor. In both novels, Evie has personal problems to cope with along the way, ranging from moving homes; the dynamics of family relationships; the changes of a friend becoming part of a couple; her own musings about her feelings for a boy; and more. In an interactive and enjoyable workshop, children will focus on the creation and building of their own characters.