The festival will take place on April 22 from 11 am – 5 pm, and will feature 16 authors/illustrators. The event is free to attend.
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore is pleased to announce its first annual Kids Graphic Novel Festival. The festival will take place on April 22 from 11 am – 5 pm, and will feature author/illustrator talks, meet and greets, drawing demos, story times, and a kids “Design Your Own Graphic Novel Cover” contest. The event is free to attend, and the first 400 people attending will get a free canvas tote bag.
The bookstore has confirmed the attendance of 16 authors and illustrators, including New York Times bestsellers John Patrick Green, Tom Angleberger, Gale Galligan, Scott Magoon, Marika McCoola, Michelle Mee Nutter, and Raúl The Third.
Green, the author of the bestselling InvestiGators series, will be the festival’s keynote speaker. It will also feature a presentation from the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, or M.I.C.E.
The festival will have two different stages for presentations, as well as an area to meet authors and have books signed. Local businesses New London Style Pizza and West Side Creamery will be selling pizza and ice cream, respectively, and the town of Acton will provide a shuttle bus that will travel in a loop from the bookstore, to the South Acton MBTA Commuter Rail, and to large area parking lots. In the event of rain, some presentations will be moved around the corner to the Gallery at Villageworks, at 537 Mass. Ave. Event sponsors include HarperCollins and Great Spaces, Inc.
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