Artemis Fowl author lends voice to cultural campaign

Best-selling children’s author Eoin Colfer has been recruited by the South-East’s partnership of cities and towns to act as an ambassador for their bid to become the 2020 European Capital of Culture.

The Three Sisters’ joint bid from Waterford-Wexford-Kilkenny yesterday announced that the Wexford-born author of the Artemis Fowl series of books, among others, will be publicly supporting the push for the cultural designation.

“I’ve been inspired by many, many, locations in the region,” Mr Colfer said at the launch.