Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates

Preferential seating for Kids and a Pirate Costume Contest!

Presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Penguin Books Canada, and NOW Magazine.

Calling all Cheese Pirates! Break out your best eye patch, tie on your fanciest bandana, dust off your parrot and get ready to eat some cheese! Join us as renowned comedian Sean Cullen celebrates the publication of his new young-adult novel, Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates (Penguin Canada). The first book in Cullen's new series for children, Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates is dramatic, action-packed, and, of course, completely hilarious! Sean Cullen will be performing songs and comedy for kids, there'll be some stinky cheese to nibble on, and a great Penguin prize pack for the best Cheese Pirate costume in the house! Oh...and of course, Sean Cullen will be delighted to sign copies of Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates.

Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates (Penguin Canada): Meet Hamish X -- Orphan, Enigma, and Enemy to Pirates Everywhere! The mysterious Hamish X is the scourge of the Orphan Disposal Agency - Agents Candy and Sweet can't seem to find a facility that can hold him. After arriving at the Windcity Orphanage, where the children are forced to earn their keep making stinky blue cheese, Hamish is soon planning his escape along with new friends Parveen and Mimi. But his plans are put on hold when the factory is suddenly attacked by a fierce gang of pirates, led by the dreaded Cheesebeard of Snow Monkey Island. In order to save the other orphans, Hamish, Mimi, and Parveen must embark upon an epic adventure across the Arctic and take on the cheese-obsessed pirates by themselves.

Sean Cullen was a member of the highly influential musical comedy troupe Corky and the Juice Pigs until 1998. His stage and screen credits include CBC's Sean Cullen Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Showcase series Slings and Arrows, and the Toronto stage production of The Producers. He is the winner of two Gemini Awards.