Author event: Jasper Fforde
Thursday 16 April 2026 at 4:00PM
Colchester Library
Event Description
A chance to hear one of our master literary humorists and fantasy writers give a talk on his experience of being a writer, with a question-and-answer session afterwards. This event will be of interest especially to young adult readers and aspiring writers.
Amongst Fforde's output are police procedurals featuring nursery rhyme characters; 'Shades of Grey' (2011) a post-apocalyptic dystopia where social hierarchy is based on the colours you can see, 'Early Riser' (2018), a thriller set in a world in which humans have always hibernated, and 'The Constant Rabbit' (2020), an allegory about racism and xenophobia in the UK.
His latest series is for Young Adults and include 'The Last Dragonslayer' (2010), 'Song of the Quarkbeast' (2011), 'The Eye of Zoltar' (2013) and 'The Great Troll War' (2021). All the books centre around Jennifer Strange, who manages a company of magicians named 'Kazam', and her attempts to keep the noble arts from the clutches of big business and property tycoons.
When
4:00PM - 5:30PM
Thursday 16 April 2026
Where
Colchester Library
Trinity Square
Colchester
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Event Partner
A National Year of Reading event.
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