Lunar New Year - Doodles and Danny Chung with Maisie Chan

A Family Celebration

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This event took place on 21 January 2023

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Lunar New Year - Doodles and Danny Chung with Maisie Chan
A Family Celebration

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This event took place on 21 January 2023

Doodles and Danny Chung with Maisie Chan

Dive into the world of eleven-year-old Danny Chung, who loves drawing more than anything – especially maths! Maisie Chan, author of DANNY CHUNG DOES NOT DO MATHS, appears live to read from her award-winning book and answer your burning questions.

This event ties into our current exhibition Chinese and British, which you can visit at libraries across the UK. Find a list of participating locations here.

Speakers

Maisie Chan

Author

Maisie Chan is a children's author whose debut novel DANNY CHUNG DOES NOT DO MATHS won the Jhalak Prize and the Branford Boase Award in 2022. Her latest novel KEEP DANCING, LIZZIE CHU is out now with Piccadilly Press. She also writes the series TIGER WARRIOR under the name M. Chan. She has written early readers for Hachette and Big Cat Collins, and has a collection of myths and legends out with Scholastic. She runs the Bubble Tea Writers Network to support and encourage writers of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) descent in the U.K. She has a dog called Miko who has big eyes. She lives in Glasgow with her family.

Headshot of Maisie Chan