‘The Trouble With Benny Bubble’ is a children’s story surrounding the adventures of a hapless teddy bear (Benny) and his mischievous little brother (George). When George goes missing, Benny wanders into Bluebell Wood in search for him. Bluebell Wood is no place for a teddy bear as Benny soon finds out when he encounters a very big and hungry Moth Queen.

If Benny is to ever see his little brother again, he must first melt the heart of a frozen Fairy Tree.

This is Grace Charley’s first book to be published. The story was originally an end-of-year screenplay whilst studying for an MA in Scriptwriting at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art & Design. The screenplay was subsequently awarded full Writers’ Development Funding from The Irish Film Board and the Travel & Mobility Award from The Irish Arts Council. The screenplay was then adapted into a children’s book and won first prize (a publishing deal with Trafford Ireland, UK and Canada) in the Drogheda Borough Council Literary Competition.
Judges: Evelyn Conlon (author), Jonathan Williams (Literary Agent) and Fergal Tobin (Gill & McMillan).

Grace is a journalist with ‘NewsFour’ and works part-time as an arts facilitator with The Base-Dare2Dream, Ballyfermot.