Tuesday 16th June, 2026

Kibworth Books, The Children's Room 3.45- 4.45pm 

Join award-winning author and illustrator Tor Freeman here in the bookshop for a very special graphic novel workshop! 

Perfect for fans of graphic novels and any budding artists and illustrators, this is a great opportunity to meet with Tor and find out just what it takes to create your own comic strip artwork. 

Suitable for all ages from 6+ 

Pre-booking required 

Ticket price includes workshop entry plus a copy of Boss of the Underworld: Shirley vs the Huge Beast

Pens and paper will be provided but please feel free to bring along any sketchbooks or your own drawing equipment, should you have a favourite drawing pen!

About Tor Freeman
Tor is an award-winning author and illustrator whose work includes Ten Fat Sausages by Michelle Robinson, The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade, and regular strips for The Phoenix magazine, so she’s very well known to comic-loving KS2 readers. Her books are hugely popular with schools thanks to their humour, visual storytelling and accessibility.

Need to know:

This event will take place in the Children's room at The Barn. We have limited space for buggies and scooters etc outside, weather permitting. Regrettably we do not have dedicated inside space for buggy storage but we will do our best to accommodate everyone. 

Please note we do not have a customer toilet available. We'd recommend encouraging toilet trips beforehand if possible (though we do appreciate children can be unpredictable in this regard!). 

Photos may be taken during the event for social media purposes. Please rest assured that backs of heads only will be photographed unless explicit permission has been given by the accompanying adult. If you would prefer for your child not to be in any photos do just let us know and we will be sure to honour this.