A Special Event with Oliver Jeffers

We start the weekend of Belfast Book Festival with activities for young people! Come along and join us for fun and frolics; there’s also books to read in the Cafe and excellent coffee. Click here to explore family activity at festival.

Join multi-award-winning picture book creator Oliver Jeffers for a special  thought-provoking special event at Belfast Book Festival, for children and adults alike. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to hear the stories behind his much-loved books! 

Oliver Jeffers makes art and tells stories—fine  art for  (mostly) adults, and picture books for (mostly) children. As a visual artist and author working in  painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance and sculpture, curiosity and humor, are underlying themes throughout Oliver's practice as an artist and storyteller. 

From his much-loved debut, How to Catch a Star, Oliver has gone on to create a collection of award-winning and bestselling picture books, which have been translated all over the globe, including the #1 New York Times bestseller and TIME Best Book of the Year Here We Are, as well as the companion What We’ll Build. He is also the illustrator of the smash hits The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, both written by Drew Daywalt. His 21st picture book, Where to Hide a Star, was released in October 2024.