'A graphic novel is like a film. There are close-ups and long-shots. You choose the location and the props. You do the make-up and the lighting and you get the characters to act.'  Posy Simmonds

With the support of the British Council, the Belgian Comic Strip Centre is hosting the first exhibition of Posy Simmonds’ work of original art and unseen sketches which spans her entire career of over 50 years.

This exhibition confirms that Posy Simmonds, now widely translated and acclaimed, is no longer a secret but a national treasure who delights her audiences on an international scale.

More information on the Belgian Comic Strip Center

Literary Lunches: Simon Lelic

Come and join us at the EESC on 5 July for a lunchtime literary event. English author Simon Lelic will be reading from his two books, Rupture, his first award-winning novel, and The Child Who, his most recent one.

The event will be chaired by Robin Davies from the British Council and there will be a question and answer session after the reading, followed by a buffet lunch.

For more information, please contact Katri Maenpaa.

Simon Lelic has worked as a journalist and currently runs his own business. He was born in Brighton, England in 1976 and lives there now with his wife and three young children. His first two novels, Rupture and The Facility, were huge critical successes. Rupture won a Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger and the Macavity Best First Mystery Novel Award, as well as being longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize and the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award. Simon was shortlisted in the New Writer of the Year category at the Galaxy British Book Awards. The Child Who was published in January 2012, and is Simon’s third novel. For more, visit www.simonlelic.com.