Take a seat at the Tokyo Ghost Cafe and prepare to enter a realm of myth and mystery. In their new book 100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Cafe, Julian Sedgwick and Chie Kutsuwada weave prose and manga together to re-tell classic ghost stories from Japan featuring fantastic creatures like the undying feline bakeneko, the creepy beak-faced tengu, and the enchanted tsukumogami.

On this spellbinding journey through traditional Japanese folklore, you’ll hear about Julian and Chie’s personal encounters with the otherworld, and learn about the real life research they conducted on tsunamis and tsunami recovery for their Carnegie shortlisted book Tsunami Girl.

We’ll wrap up this spine-tingling event with a live reading and drawing session where you can put pen to paper and conjure up your own Japanese yōkai monster with a little help from illustration expert Chie!

Julian Sedgwick is the author of six books for children, and co-author of the graphic novel Dark Satanic Mills and illustrated novel Voyages In The Underworld Of Orpheus Black.

Chie Kutsuwada is a well-known figure in teaching manga in the UK; her previous work includes King of a Miniature Garden and The Book of Five Rings.