Paddington Bear at The British Library
Paddington: The Story of a Bear Exhibition at The British Library, London
Press release: 5th July 2021
Eddingtons are delighted to announce that The British Library in London has organised a Paddington-themed exhibition to mark over 60 years of Paddington books and stories. Fans of the Paddington adventures can join The British Library from Friday 9th July to rediscover the many faces of Paddington from the original illustrations to the recent hit films and animated kids series. Paddington: The Story of a Bear, will uncover the real-life inspiration behind the iconic Michael Bond character. The exhibition will take place at the library between 9th July to 31 October 2021.
Eddingtons have launched a new licensed range of kitchenware featuring the Peggy Fortum illustrations of Paddington Bear. The range features a products ideal for breakfast, travel, baking as well as kitchen textiles, all of which will be available at the British Library Gift Shop to support the exhibition. These stylish and desirable products have been designed to delight and appeal to fans and followers of the traditional Paddington Bear character, widely featured in books, film and a recently a new children's TV series.
A range of Eddingtons Padddington range will be featured at the exhibition gift shop.
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For marketing information and enquiries please contact Tabitha Monkhouse Tabitham@eddingtons.co.uk.
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About Paddington
For over 60 years, British-born writer Michael Bond has delighted children and families all over the world with his stories about Paddington, the bear from darkest Peru famous for his love of marmalade. Paddington is popular with both children and adults who feel affectionate and warm towards him and the charm and humour of the Paddington stories is the key to their enduring popularity.
Paddington’s adventures have been adapted several times for television and at the end of 2014 Paddington made his debut onto the big screen, a further film Paddington 2 followed in 2017 with a third in the works. The movies were produced by Studiocanal, part of the international content and media group Vivendi. A new Paddington TV series also from Studiocanal launched on Nickelodeon in 2020.
Follow Paddington on Twitter at @paddingtonbear. Like Paddington’s Facebook page.
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