Christian Foley: The Oddsocktopus

Come and hear Christian Foley’s debut picture book The Oddsocktopus – inspired by growing up by the sea in Jersey – performed live.

As part of this year’s Jersey Festival of Words, Switch is sponsoring two, in-person events, with Christian Foley on 27 September.

But that’s not all. Expect rap remixes of rhymes you thought you knew (Nursery Grime). Expect to marvel at Superhero poems or be animated by songs about your favourite cartoons. Expect to hear Christian’s new book (Babblin’ Animal Raps) full of tricky, tantalising tongue twisters like ‘Emily Anemone’ and ‘Wannabe a Wallaby’.

Expect rocket speed riddles and have a go at rapping over your own rhythms. Expect Christian to make it up as he goes along, and work your words into interactive, improvised freestyles … you may even get on stage. Expect words that flicker and words that flame, expect words that spit fire which will never be plain. Through this high-tempo performance blending song, story and poetry, expect to learn a love of language whatever age you are.

“Christian Foley’s rhymes swirl and whirl, they twirl and curl through this underwater world. Dancing words twist and turn to the rhythm of the sea. This is storytelling with a hip-hop spin. Dive in deep. Journey with an octopus who has eight new socks and a very odd tale to tell…” – Michael Rosen