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Meeting Barroux: Live Drawing Event at South Ken Kids Festival
Posted: November 13, 2015
Meet Barroux, the innovative French illustrator of the First World War French soldier’s memoir Line of Fire is among the guests at this year’s South Ken Kids Festival at the Institut Français in London. He will be talking with me at a special live-drawing event on Saturday November 21st. At an earlier Translation Machine event with translator Sarah Ardizzone, Barroux’s latest graphic novel Alpha: Abidjan-Gare du Nord. The story written by Bessora follows the journey of Alpha, a man from the Ivory Coast, who decides to leave his homeland and head for Paris without a visa in search of his family. This powerful tale from today’s headlines is being translated collaboratively during the Festival into English. Barroux will be discussing this with Sarah and me and demonstrating his drawing process and techniques in an exciting SKKF event Meeting Barroux from 4-4.45pm on Saturday afternoon - book your tickets here…
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