Fowl play

Tes Editorial

14th April 2006 at 1:00am

(Photograph) - Fowl play: children's fantasy author Eoin Colfer embarked on a one-man stand-up comedy tour, Fairies, Fiends and Flatulence, at the Cardiff Sherman Theatre on Saturday. The tour coincides with the publication of Artemis Fowl: the Opal Deception in paperback.

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