Write Your Own Bristol Travel Adventure!

Ideal for 8-14-year-olds

The Event
In this inspiring and practical session, Jai Breitneuer will guide you into creating your own comic book travel adventure about Bristol – or your local area. Prompted by the questions ‘where are you from’ (which suburb), ‘what is something you really like about where you live? (e.g. the park over the road), and ‘what is something interesting or mysterious around your area?’ (e.g. the abandoned house at the end of the street), Jai will then focus on what is something you really like about Bristol as a whole (e.g. street art).

After a brief chat about travel writing and what it is, you will work on a practical story development – a comic book travel guide to your area, designed for a friend who lives somewhere else. You’ll use a comic book base template, and some cut out shapes including people, places, and speech bubbles. Jai will encourage you to combine the key elements of storytelling – strong characters, clear location, plot and theme to tell a story about your area that shows off all the best bits.

This event is hands-on with lots of cutting, glueing, colouring etc, and a bit of writing, plus you can take your comic book home with you.

About Jai Breitneuer
Jai Breitneuer is a former journalist and magazine editor who has a strong background in travel writing, food and drink. She has contributed to two Lonely Planet guides and currently writes food and drink guides for Summersdale. She is also working on two full length travel guides for White Owl and has had non-fiction history titles published by Pen and Sword. Jai runs journalling for wellbeing workshops, and writing for activism workshops.

Tickets

Children under 12 must have an adult with them at all times. Babes in arms do not require a ticket.

• Adult or Child Financial Aid Ticket: £4
  For anyone who would otherwise be unable to attend on a standard ticket

• Adult or Child Standard Ticket: £5
  The regular ticket price, covering the cost of your place at the event

• Adult or Child Pay It Forward Ticket: £6
  If you're able to pay a little more, your extra £1 helps subsidise Financial Aid tickets

About Storytale Festival

Since 2019, Storytale has run its annual children’s storytelling festival right in the centre of Bristol. We believe that all children should have the chance to be inspired by the power of stories, whether told, heard, read or watched. Our festival aims to be affordable, diverse, and supportive of our amazingly talented local writers and artists.

To find out more about Storytale Festival, and any other events and activities we’re cooking up, visit our website at https://www.storytalefestival.com/

Directions
We The Curious is in Millennium Square in the centre of Bristol. There is plenty of cycle parking, it is a short walk from many city centre bus stops and 20 minutes from Bristol Temple Meads. You could also get a ferry!

If you are travelling by car, the venue is within the Bristol Clean Air Zone so you may incur a fee if you use a vehicle. There is a car park directly underneath the venue, with 22 blue badge spaces and lifts for access. Use BS1 5LL to get to Millennium Square Car Park.

More details of how to reach the venue are here Getting here | We The Curious

About the venue
We The Curious is an interactive science musem, with a cafe, shop and main entrance. Storytale Festival is on the top floor, accessible from the side door that opens out onto Millennium Square, very near the shiny metal Planetarium. Look out for our signs and volunteers who will show you where to go.

Once you are in the door, there is a lift to the top floor, with accessible toilets and a large main room (The Rosalind Franklin Room). There will be buggy parking, a cloakroom and activities in that space. The events will mainly be taking place in rooms that immediately join onto the main room. There is also a balcony space outside. You can see photos of the spaces and take a virtual tour on the We The Curious website: Rosalind Franklin Room | We The Curious and The Annexe | We The Curious

We will have headphones and a sensory space.

Storytale Festival tickets DO NOT allow you entrance into the museum itself. You can buy museum tickets here Ticket information | We The Curious

You can see more details about the venue, entrance, facilities etc here AccessAble - Your Accessibility Guide

Location

We The Curious, BS1 5HL