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Eoin Colfer: UK Tour 2008 Press Release
Mon, April 21, 2008 / Lower Elements Time: 1208779373
ARTEMIS FOWL: Fairies, Fiends and Flatulence"Like Dave Allen for juniors" The Times
EOIN COLFER LIVE! TOURING THROUGHOUT THE UK AUGUST 2008Following a sold out West End run in Autumn 2006 and to mark the publication of the new title in the series: ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE TIME PARADOX; the celebrated author and stand-up performer EOIN COLFER is taking his live show on tour throughout the UK in August 2008."A brilliantly surreal family narrative full of farting, gentle mockery and subversiveness." (The Times)Recipient of a Herald Angel Award for Performance at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe (the first author to win such an award) Eoin Colfer gives audiences a hilarious insight into the inspiration for the teenage criminal mastermind ARTEMIS FOWL: "The ex-teacher's lesson is the frothy tale of his childhood and his mischievous siblings, illustrated by beautifully evocative photographs . . . our amiable, pixie-like host is never dull." (Evening Standard, Four Stars). The tour will also give Artemis' legion of fans an opportunity to meet the author and have their newly published copies of ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE TIME PARADOX personally signed.Acclaim for the Artemis Fowl series: 'It reads like the fastest, punchiest comic strip you've ever come across' Daily TelegraphAbout Eoin Colfer:EOIN (pronounced 'Owen') COLFER was a primary school teacher in Wexford, Ireland up until he secured the largest ever advance for a children's novel by an unknown author in October 2000. He cast a spell on the publishing and film industries with his fantastically original novel, Artemis Fowl, and hasn't looked back since. Miramax and Tribeca productions teamed up for a film option before the book had even been auctioned at the Frankfurt Book Fair. in a deal reportedly worth an unspecified six figures with a seven figure purchase price. The film is now slated to go into production next year.Colfer, who is 43, lives in Wexford, a seaside town in the south-east of Ireland, with his wife Jackie and their sons Finn and Sean. His first novel, Benny and Omar was an instant bestseller in Ireland and even knocked Harry Potter off the number-one slot for bestselling children's books. Like Artemis Fowl, it was written after a day's teaching and after his young son's bedtime.Total UK sales of Eoin's Artemis Fowl titles now exceed a staggering 2.8million copies in the UK and Ireland and over 7 million worldwide. His work is published in 41 countries. He has achieved huge international critical acclaim in the media and the book trade.Artemis Fowl won the WHSmith 'People's Choice' Children's Book of the Year Award 2002, The Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was shortlisted for both the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2001 and The Blue Peter Book Award 2002. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident was shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award 2002.Click here for all tour dates and information
EOIN COLFER LIVE! TOURING THROUGHOUT THE UK AUGUST 2008Following a sold out West End run in Autumn 2006 and to mark the publication of the new title in the series: ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE TIME PARADOX; the celebrated author and stand-up performer EOIN COLFER is taking his live show on tour throughout the UK in August 2008."A brilliantly surreal family narrative full of farting, gentle mockery and subversiveness." (The Times)Recipient of a Herald Angel Award for Performance at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe (the first author to win such an award) Eoin Colfer gives audiences a hilarious insight into the inspiration for the teenage criminal mastermind ARTEMIS FOWL: "The ex-teacher's lesson is the frothy tale of his childhood and his mischievous siblings, illustrated by beautifully evocative photographs . . . our amiable, pixie-like host is never dull." (Evening Standard, Four Stars). The tour will also give Artemis' legion of fans an opportunity to meet the author and have their newly published copies of ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE TIME PARADOX personally signed.Acclaim for the Artemis Fowl series: 'It reads like the fastest, punchiest comic strip you've ever come across' Daily TelegraphAbout Eoin Colfer:EOIN (pronounced 'Owen') COLFER was a primary school teacher in Wexford, Ireland up until he secured the largest ever advance for a children's novel by an unknown author in October 2000. He cast a spell on the publishing and film industries with his fantastically original novel, Artemis Fowl, and hasn't looked back since. Miramax and Tribeca productions teamed up for a film option before the book had even been auctioned at the Frankfurt Book Fair. in a deal reportedly worth an unspecified six figures with a seven figure purchase price. The film is now slated to go into production next year.Colfer, who is 43, lives in Wexford, a seaside town in the south-east of Ireland, with his wife Jackie and their sons Finn and Sean. His first novel, Benny and Omar was an instant bestseller in Ireland and even knocked Harry Potter off the number-one slot for bestselling children's books. Like Artemis Fowl, it was written after a day's teaching and after his young son's bedtime.Total UK sales of Eoin's Artemis Fowl titles now exceed a staggering 2.8million copies in the UK and Ireland and over 7 million worldwide. His work is published in 41 countries. He has achieved huge international critical acclaim in the media and the book trade.Artemis Fowl won the WHSmith 'People's Choice' Children's Book of the Year Award 2002, The Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was shortlisted for both the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2001 and The Blue Peter Book Award 2002. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident was shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award 2002.Click here for all tour dates and information