Event:The Moonlighters with Lee Newbery
National Waterfront Museum
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Come and meet bestselling author of The Last Firefox, Lee Newbery, as he brings to life his magical new book, The Moonlighters.
When ten-year-old Theo runs off from a school trip to London's Natural History Museum and decides to pay his gran a surprise visit, he discovers the surprise is on him - his gran is on holiday and Theo finds himself alone in the big city with nowhere to turn.
Enter Alistair Goodfellow, a mysterious, flamboyant young person with a charismatic twinkle in their eye. Alistair offers Theo a room at the Casablanca Lily - by day, a run-down and unloved hotel; by night, a palace of magical wonders.
Each night, Alistair sends their found family of runaways and ne'er-do-wells, the Moonlighters, out into London in search of lost magical artefacts, gifting them their own magical powers as a reward.
Theo is quickly enthralled, but there is more to Alistair than meets the eye, and soon Theo comes to realize that the items Alistair is hunting could be more dangerous than he'd ever imagined . . .
Lee Newbury
Winner of the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice Award (2023) and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
...For the full Festival programme details please visit: Children's and Young People's Literature Festival 2025
Information
4 October 2025,
2pm - 2.45pm
Cost
Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
Suitability
Age 8 -13
Credit: Desiree Adams
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