Illustrated children’s book cover for Happy Hillsnext to a smiling author portrait of a woman with glasses and her hair in a bun against a purple background with white stars.
Young Readers

Happy Hills: Create a Comic Character with Sophy Henn Workshop

Sat 16 May 2026, 10:30
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Bring your sketchbooks, pencils and imaginations to help Sophy create a brand new dynamic, dastardly or even darling comic book duo - it's up to you! Sophy will share how she created some of her Happy Hills characters and bought them to life on the page, then we will do the same for our brand new duo!

About Sophy Henn

Sophy Henn is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator with an MA in Illustration from the University of Brighton. She is the creator of the much-loved Bad Nana fiction series, the Pom Pom series, the Ted board book series and has recently created the non-fiction titles Lifesize and Lifesize Dinosaurs. Her debut picture book Where Bear? was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Sophy was the World Book Day Illustrator in 2015 and 2016. Her books are published throughout the world

Book Signing

Tickets to all Young Readers events include a book signing after the show.

*There is a £3.50 per order charge for all phone and online bookings (not applicable to Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival members)

**Stage timings are subject to change