Fans of the multi-million selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series are in luck. The original Wimpy Kid, author Jeff Kinney is about to make his first ever trip to Australia.
The Wimpy Kid books are a big hit in my house, along with millions of other households across the world, and that has been proven by the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards the series has won. In 2009 Kinney was named one of TIME magazine’s most influential people in the world, and he was nominated for Children’s Choice Book Awards in 2009-2011.
The first Diary of a Wimpy Kid was released in 2007 and climbed to the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list.
And now Australian Wimpy Kids can have their chance to get up close to Kinney at these Author Talks with Book Signings.
The Tour dates are:
16 May 2012
Sydney Opera House
6:30 pm start
Part of the Sydney Writer’s Festival.
Tickets are $20.
Bookings essential
Ticketing information available at swf.org.au
17 May 2012
Ipswich Library & Information Centre, Ipswich, QLD, 4305.
4:00 pm start
Free event at the Ipswich Library
Bookings Essential.
Ph: 07 3810 6815
18 May 2012
Bulimba State School, Oxford St, Bulimba, QLD, 4171.
11:00 am start
Free Event available to schools only.
Bookings are essential.
Ph: 07 3899 8555
19 May 2012
Hobart Town Hall, Hobart, TAS, 7000
11:30 am start
Tickets $5.
Bookings essential.
Ph: 03 6231 6656
20 May 2012
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC, 3000
2:00 pm start
Tickets $20.
Bookings essential.
Ph: 03 9094 7800
21 May 2012
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC), South Wharf, VIC, 3006
10:30 am start
Free Event available to schools only.
Bookings essential.
Email: rsvp@au.penguingroup.com
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