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26/01/2013

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Story Time: The Tale of Sybil Snake (26/01/2013)

The Year of the Snake is around the corner!

Ssssss....sss....ss....s....s.... Here comes the story Sybil Snake from Sarah Brennan, best-selling author of the funny and fabulous Chinese Calendar Tales. Beautiful, clever and extremely charming, Sybil Snake is not at all like the other animals in the Emperor's menagerie. She is more of an enchantress than meets the eyes! Who is she?

Let's welcome The Year of the Snake with the author as she reads her newest book. She will be telling you all about Sybil Snake in this haunting tale of mystery, missing treasure and the extraordinary magic of love, loosely based on an ancient Chinese legend. Sssss....ss....s....s....

About the author:

Sarah Brennan is the author of the best-selling Chinese Calendar Tales. Born in Tasmania, Australia, she grew up on the slopes of Mount Wellington with bush animals, goats and exotic poultry. When she was a little girl, she wrote lots of stories and poems which she kept in a big pink plastic bag! Before moving to Hong Kong in 1998, she was a medical lawyer in London. Visit her funny and fabulous website at www.sarah-brennan.com

About the Illustrator:

Harry Harrison (Robert Harrison), nicknamed “Harry”, is the illustrator of the iconic Harry, political cartoonist for the South China Morning Post. He is the illustrator of all of Sarah Brennan's children's books. He is also a regular contributor to The Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, the International Finance Review and the Far Eastern Economic Review.

Date 26 Jan, 2013 (Sat)
Time 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Venue Causeway Bay Book Centre,
9 Yee Wo St.,
Causeway Bay, H.K.
Speaker Ms. Sarah Brennan
Host Ms. Christa Tam
Enrolment deadline 25 Jan, 2013 (Fri)
Enrolment is closed, thanks for your support!