Fighting Food Poverty… and Bank Robbers! With Onjali Q Raúf
Join award-winning author Onjali Q Raúf to discover her new book The Great (Food) Bank Heist. Told with humour and heart, the book explores hunger, food poverty and food banks, while celebrating kindness and friendship. Onjali shares the real-life stories which inspired her book and gives an insight into the realities of food poverty and the wonderful people helping to tackle it. The Great (Food) Bank Heist is a dyslexia friendly book.
This event was filmed live at the 2021 Edinburgh International Book Festival and created especially for school pupils taking part in our Baillie Gifford Schools Gala Day. The event is also enjoyable for children and families to watch.
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