"Daniel Morden is one of the UK`s greatest storytellers and a respected author. He will be talking about and reading from his latest book Fearless. A gruesome tale of a boy who is confronted by ghouls, corpses and demons, it will make you shudder with fear! Fearless has been written with reluctant readers in mind, the text is in a specially designed font, the paper is off-white and the sentence and paragraph construction has been carefully designed for the clearest and most readable layout."

 

Since starting the violin at the tender age of three, Ruby has developed her skills and interests surrounding the violin in many different areas. Initially classically trained, she went on to develop her skills at the Royal Academy of music aged 13. After completing her studies at the Academy, Ruby then went on to do a degree in music/composition at Darting College of Arts. This is where she started to explore many other avenues of music such as contemporary classical, World Music, Jazz and much more. It was the many musical genres/composers that she studied that influenced the music she is writing today, such as Steve Reich, Eastern European folk and progressive rock music. Ruby performs her music alone, with an electric violin and a series of peddles, such as a loop-station, delay, and octave peddle. These gadgets allow her to create a complex web of sound that can be heard like an electric orchestra with an array of interesting noises and ambient sound-scapes.

 

A giant, monstrous sea creature is coming to destroy the town of Ballydog. Can it be saved from its fate? Is it worth saving? You’ll have to find out… One of Northern Ireland`s newest talents, author Garrett Carr will combine a reading from his first children`s book The Badness of Ballydog with an exploration of real underwater monsters that inspired him.

 

Cat Malojian are singer-songwriter Stevie Scullion along with multi-instrumentalist siblings Jonny & Rachel Toman. The music they make is melodic & fresh, while hinting at sounds from a bygone era! They are building a solid fanbase in Ireland & beyond.

 

John Deery is an Irish Singer songwriter who has been playing and working in Scotland for the last few years. John has two self released albums; 'Life to This' (2004) and 'Pen and Ink' (2008). Following some top gigs in Derry and Belfast, N.Ireland, including supporting BellX1, he moved to Australia, then to Scotland, where he ran The Quiet Riot music night successfully for two years in Glasgow. After a spell travelling and writing for the new album, John Has now returned home along with his new band John Deery & The Heads. The band are recording a new album with acclaimed Irish Producer David Odlum in May and touring it in Ireland and the UK in the Summer of 2010.