Venue: Heritage Centre – Meath County Council Stage
Shane comes to Kells on a high, as the first film adaptation of his Darkmouth series goes into production, and as the fourth book in the sequence, Hero Rising, goes on the shelves. The first three Darkmouth books were published over a period of only 14 months. Darkmouth – which started with an idea Shane had on a train – follows the adventures of a young Irish boy, Finn, a very modern hero who doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. Shane worked for twelve years with the Irish Times before creating the series, which Eoin Colfer has described as ‘the next big thing’, and he should know. Thus far his books have been translated into sixteen languages. Bear in mind that the first book, Darkmouth: It’s About to get Legendary, was published in 2015!
