The 2008 World Final was held at Oxford, UK on 10 July, at the Oxford Playhouse. The Kids' Lit Quiz is growing in international fame, and the 2008 World Final of the Kids' Lit Quiz will be part of Oxfordshire's celebrations of the UK's National Year of Reading. The 2008 World Final will be held in Oxford, UK on 10 July 2008 with KLQ National Champions from China, New Zealand, South Africa and UK, plus regional winners Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. The Oxford Playhouse will host the KLQ World Final. Over 25 well-known children's writers will be there and 500 school children from local Oxfordshire schools, with teachers, librarians, family and friends in the audience to watch the action unfold. Tickets are free and available directly from the Oxford Playhouse. The finalists are: Arnold House School, London; Sullivan Upper School, Northern Ireland; George Heriots School, Scotland; Truro School, England; Whitchurch High School, Cardiff, Wales; International School of Beijing; Springfield Convent, Cape Town; Cathedral Grammar School, Christchurch, New Zealand.
A Grand Celebration Dinner will take place in the evening in Oxford's ornately decorated Victorian Grade II listed Town Hall. Results
World Final weekThe international teams will be visiting many of Oxford's cultural attractions during their week-long stay as part of the prize for reaching the World Final.
FeedbackAuthorsDiane HofmeyrI thought the quiz was a great success and the pupil’s knowledge quite breathtaking! Lovely to have such a close heat with the lead continually changing. It made for an exciting afternoon! They were also charming in their presentations at the dinner. I loved the Eva Ibbotson Journey to the River Sea presentation. It’s a lovely International event for the pupils to take part in and I’m sure they’ll go home with remarkable memories of the time spent here. Hope South Africa goes just as well next year. It’ll be different! Thank you for the lovely photographs. I’ll send them on to Simon & Schuster so they can see it’s a worthwhile Event to support. Kate CannThat was a truly stupendous event! To have followed the wonderful quiz with such a glitzy, perfect evening …I can’t begin to imagine all the work you’ve put in to make it such a success, huge and hearty congratulations to you. You thought of everything – you even gave the authors coffee in the interval. I understand the kids are off on another fabulous tour and glee trip today – after a week of great entertainment. Fantastic. A high point for me was the spokesman-of-the-winning-team enthusiastically telling me what a great graphic novel The Watchman was, over dinner. After the huge long day he’d had. What amazing kids they are. Thanks again so much for inviting me! I’m still on a real high about it all …. Pauline ChandlerThank you for inviting me to the quiz yesterday. It was a lovely joyful occasion. My favourite part was seeing those kids in action on the stage - weren't they knowledgeable! -and afterwards, it was wonderful to see them giving their speeches so confidently. I applaud Prof Wayne for this enterprise, which must do such a lot of good, and thanks to you and your team for organising it. Linda Newbery
http://jimpix.co.uk/ecards/get.asp?id=40367804264 Nicky MatthewsThank you for inviting me. I had a great day and weren't those kids brainy! Gillian Cross
Thank you for a wonderful afternoon yesterday. I really enjoyed it and it was, as always, inspirational and encouraging to see all the knowledge and enthusiasm the children showed. You must have worked unbelievably hard to make it all work, but I hope you were able to enjoy it too. It was brilliant. Mark Robson
Just to say again how much I enjoyed the KLQ World Final this year. You and your team did a fantastic job, as ever. I look forwards very much to starting it all over again in the Autumn. Thanks and best wishes. Berlie Doherty
Thank you Jacky - I was so pleased and proud to be involved. Sarah Garson - AUSTRALIACongratulations to you for organising such a wonderful and worthwhile event, and thank you again for including me in the KLQ festivities. It was an honour to be involved. Alan BrownWell done in organising such a wonderful event as the KLQWF. We had a great time. Andrew NorrissI enjoyed the whole day enormously, and what a brilliant thing it was to let kids whose particular genius is not always acknowledged in schools should have their time in the sun like that. A really lovely occasion to have organised and everything went so smoothly... I was most impressed! Yvonne CoppardIt was a great event, Jacky; thanks for all the work you and your team put in to it.Sian WilliamsCongratulations for another tremendous day with the QuizLIBRARIANS/TEACHERSTREVOR DARWIN - HEADMASTER rtd.I thought I'd drop a quick email just to congratulate you on the smooth and seamless organisation of the quiz last week. Diane and I both know that running events can take a huge amount of time and effort, and an occasion like the quiz and celebration dinner (not to mention all the accommodation and activities for the teams for a week) was a massive undertaking. You must be relieved that it's all over now and, we hope, delighted with the way it all went. Thursday was a triumph with everyone's contribution pulling together superbly. GEOFF DUBBER- CHAIR SLAVery many thanks for the excellent KLQ yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed the Final & the meal. From the viewpoint of a visitor I thought it was excellent. Good to be in Oxford again, good venues, lots of interesting authors, lively atmosphere & again I was so impressed by the book knowledge of the young people. I realise that it was a huge amount of work for you and the team but I reckon it was absolutely worth it. KEVIN BROWN - TEACHER WITH THE WELSH TEAMI would like to list what I thought were the real successes of the week. It's by no means a list of all that we enjoyed. They included Chris Smith's storytelling, Nick's friendly presentation of the quiz, the lovely setting of the Playhouse and the Town Hall for the dinner, Paul Mayhew Archer's speech, and the remarkable number of authors you managed to persuade to support the event. Wayne's questions seemed ideally to suit the students' ability, and I found Kevin Heritage to be a very welcoming and entertaining host TOM RYAN - TEACHER WITH THE CHINESE TEAMThanks for all the hard work that you put into such a wonderful time in Oxford. We had a fabulous time. I can only imagine the months of planning and nail biting that went into this year's KLQ...it was a smashing success. MARJ BROWN - TEACHER/LIBRARIAN WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAMI want to reiterate my thanks and appreciation for a world final that was so well organised and a programme that introduced us to a wide range of the sites of Oxford and beyond. Most of all, the opportunities to meet authors were so awesome. I felt like a child, running around trying to make the most of everything !! Thank you for marvellous accommodation, transport and for going out of your way to be understanding. Timetable for day of World FinalOxford Playhouse
Oxford Town Hall
2008 KLQ World Final sponsorsThe KLQ is not for profit and is run on a voluntary basis. Thank you to the following sponsors, friends and supporters. Major Sponsors
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Many authors and illustrators will be attending the 2008 World Final:
We are looking for future support and funding and we would be pleased for any help, in any way. For more information please contact Jacky Atkinson who is one of the coordinators of the KLQ World Final and fundraiser for KLQ UK. |
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