Philip ‘Beardy’ Ardagh is the award-winning author of over 70 books including the Eddie Dickens adventures, Unlikely Exploits and Grubtown Tales. He wrote BBC Radio’s first truly interactive radio drama, collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney on his first children’s book and is a reviewer of children’s books for the Guardian.
With seven Grubtown Tales under his belt, and a whole host of other books, both fiction and non-fiction, hidden about his person, no wonder Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author Philip Ardagh needs such a big, bushy beard to hide them all. In this action-packed event, with plenty of audience participation and all-round silliness, the two-metre-high author talks about everything from why he writes and how he writes, to where he gets his ideas from and why he loves ducks.
Married with a son, he divides his time between Tunbridge Wells and Grubtown, where he cultivates his impressive beard.
“A national treasure” – The Independent
“The man is a genius!” – BBC
