Australian authors to participate in Bookaroo Festival

Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 18:15 [IST]

New Delhi, Nov 25 (ANI): Popular Australian authors for children and young adults, Michael Panckridge and Alison Lester will be touring New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore from November 28 to December 6.

The tour being organised under an Authors Touring Programme presented by the Australian Government's Australia- India Council (AIC).

In New Delhi Panckridge and Lester will participate in the second for Children at Sanskriti Kendra.

Panckridge is a noted Australian Author for children and young adults. His stories are woven around sports, particularly cricket and have been a great success in Australia, capturing the imagination of young readers.

His popular Toby Jones series has been co-authored with Brett. (ANI)

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