Meet Joseph Coelho and Fiona Lumbers, creators of the joyful Luna Loves... picture book series.
Including Luna Loves Christmas, which has been adapted by Joseph for our special festive storytelling for 2-7s (23 Nov – 5 Jan) at Discover AND an exhibition of original artwork in our café (16 Nov – 31 Dec).
Drop in and say hi to Joseph and Fiona in our bookshop at 12pm, 3pm or 4pm. Buy a copy of Luna Loves Christmas or bring along your own copy for them to sign.
Joseph Coelho (Author)
Joseph Coelho OBE, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Children’s Laureate for 2022-2024, is a performance poet, children’s author, playwright and winner of the Yoto Carnegie Award, an Indie Book Award and a Centre for Literacy in Primary Education Poetry Award. Joe has written plays for the Polka Theatre, Soho Theatre and the Unicorn Theatre and creates dynamic poetry theatre pieces for young people that he tours nationally. He also performs with the UK’s top performance poetry organisation, Apples and Snakes, visiting venues across the UK. Joseph has also been a guest poet on Cbeebies’ Rhyme Rocket.
Fiona Lumbers (Illustrator)
Fiona Lumbers has drawn on anything and everything from an early age and always insisted she would be an artist when she grew up. Fiona moved to London in 2000 to study for an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art. A combination of her obsession with picture books and the arrival of her first son led her down the path of illustration and she hasn’t looked back since. Nothing makes her happier than splashing watercolours and inks and conjuring up new characters – often influenced by the exploits of her two sons.