 Past
Rainbow Weaver Events
(More pictures
on our Photo Gallery)
Waterstones Richmond
Face illustration, book
signing & reading
Mostly Books, Oxford
(voted top independent 2008) - Tuesday August 12th
Treasure hunt, reading
with music accompaniment, book mark making.
Fairy
Festival - Kent - 2 days
Colourful, magical two
day festival - 2 play readings a day in costume
Kingston Readers Festival
- Saturday 3rd May
Reading in
costume by children. Treasure hunt, book mark making, book signing.
Questions and answers.
11th
March, The ROSE THEATRE - Kingston Town Centre.
In partnership with
Kingston Music and Art Service (KMAS) The Rainbow Weaver has been chosen for
inclusion in the Primary Curriculum via National Drama workshops.
As part of a large
teachers conference, demonstrations took place place in the theatre
throughout the day including an appearance by Skylight the Sprite
(Tippi!)
6th March,
World Book Day
 Tippi and Lyndsay joined a panel of authors at Hackney Museum. Audience of 100 teachers and
practitioners - Event organised by The Learning Trust. (Borough educational
service for East London)
7th
March, The Contemporary Textile Fairs
 Lyndsay judged a book
competition at The Contemporary Textile Fairs at the gothic Landmark Arts
Centre, Teddington. Signed books of The Rainbow Weaver were purchased, and
a prize of The Rainbow Weaver and CD for the creator of the visitor’s
favourite tactile book for the blind.
8th
March, The Glade, Victoria Park - Hackney
 In conjunction with
Victoria Books in Park Road, A TREASURE HUNT! Participants looked for the
paper sprites in the glade, and won a prize…
Monday l4th January Two
School Workshops year 3 - Victoria Books - Victoria Park Road, Hackney
Lyndsay conducted two
school workshops in Mile End to school children.
1st December RAINBOW WEAVER FUN DAY at Waterstones in Walthamstow
Free Face Painting provided by the Illustrator for
every book purchased!
Saturday 8th December
- A RAINBOW WEAVER FUN DAY at Books Etc. Wimbledon Unit
15-29 The Broadway SW19
FREE face
painting by the illustrator!
With all books purchased between 1.30pm - 3pm
Saturday 22nd September -
Borders Kingston
Borders Kingston hosted a
FUN-DAY to introduce our customers to the magical world of the Rainbow
Weaver....
There were activities and storytime in
the children's' department.
Borders is located at:
Unit 1, Charter Quay, Market Place, Kingston-upon-Thames KT1 1JT
Friday 14th September
at 7pm - Borders Kingston
Borders Kingston hosted the official
launch of the Rainbow Weaver.
In one week, 126 books were sold
at Borders in Kingston. Both the store and Oldcastle Books (the publishers)
are delighted with the success. Meanwhile, Here's picture of the Saturday
Fun Day. The first pictures are of the launch which was on Friday 14th
September.
The book was
introduced by Borders, the publishers of Oldcastle Books gave a speech,
followed by Tippi's Headmaster, and a reading from the authors.
Danish Version Printed October 2007
Rights sold to Sweden,
Denmark and Norway.
The Danish version of The
Rainbow Weaver was printed and launched
Saturday 20th
October 11am to 5pm - Waterstones Kingston.
Rainbow Weaver Fun Day
The Rainbow
Weaver party was a first day of half term celebration at Waterstones, on Saturday 20th October third floor Bentalls Centre Kingston.
The Fun Day activities will ran from 11am - 5pm with children dressed in fancy dress - beautiful
sprites, wicked goblins, rainbow coloured clothes and everything magical!
There was
games and readings, book signings etc. plus face painting by pretty sprites
from The Rainbow Trust children's charity. The Fancy Dress Competition was followed by storytelling and
book signing by the authors.
Saturday 27th October Waterstones, Bentalls
Centre
Halloween Fun Day Rainbow Weaver event was
held at Waterstones, Bentall Centre in Kingston. The event was held
from 11am-4pm with many children in fancy dress.
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