LOOKING AT THE WORLD OF BOOK PRODUCTION
A LION TAKES OVER THE TOWER Local primary school children enjoyed themselves when they had the chance to visit the Belmont Tower in east Belfast Northern Ireland just before their school finished for the summer holidays. They were going to hear about the author C. S. Lewis who wrote well known stories such as ‘The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’ He was born and lived very near their school. Some of his books were made into successful films in more recent years. A short talk was given on the subject of C. S. Lewis and pupils were also able to view the exhibition room. Then they had the chance to watch some film clips. Following on from that they were introduced local author and illustrator Martin Kenny who then spent time with them in small groups talking about how he writes and creates his own books. He then provided practical handson demonstrations on how they might go about drawing characters such as Aslan the lion or a wolf or beaver from the C. S. Lewis stories.