:00:00. > :00:07.Hello, I'm Jenny live with Newsround from Birmingham Library.
:00:08. > :00:14.Loads of awesome things to come, including...
:00:15. > :00:26.I'm finding out how to make my very own 3-D printed bookmarks. And I'm
:00:27. > :00:30.talking to a top of this. -- a top author.
:00:31. > :00:31.Hello, and welcome to Newsround, live from Birmingham's
:00:32. > :00:33.Awesome Authors weekend - which is celebrating everything
:00:34. > :00:39.Thousands of CBBC fans have travelled here to meet 29
:00:40. > :00:41.of the country's best authors and illustrators, including
:00:42. > :00:45.That's not all - the stars of Wolfblood, Kickabout, Blue Peter,
:00:46. > :00:56.Martin's been finding out what else is going on.
:00:57. > :01:03.You're joining me at the CBBC H Q ten and check this out. This is the
:01:04. > :01:08.3-D printing area where kids can come and they can draw their very
:01:09. > :01:13.own pictures, and then those bitches get 3-D printed onto a bookmark. How
:01:14. > :01:17.cool is that? I have the 3-D printing expert with me now. Jack,
:01:18. > :01:30.come on over. Can you explain to me really save the books? How this
:01:31. > :01:34.works? There are some children over there drawing just now, it's pretty
:01:35. > :01:39.much does go through imaging and printing 3-D version of it. Just
:01:40. > :01:47.like our normal printer. You have on your very best bookmark. Haven't
:01:48. > :01:55.you? Yes. What did you do? I did a clown with a big red nose. Did it
:01:56. > :02:08.look like you? May be a bit with my tongue sticking out. I have to be a
:02:09. > :02:12.bit cheeky. Is printing out? Yes. Are you sure you something. I got my
:02:13. > :02:19.own bookmark printed. That has my days and my signature honours.
:02:20. > :02:23.Edwards a lot like me, doesn't it? -- it looks a lot like me.
:02:24. > :02:26.Now less than a month ago, British astronaut Tim Peake was onboard
:02:27. > :02:29.Well, now he's back, he's been answering questions
:02:30. > :02:32.from the press and kids about his amazing experiences!
:02:33. > :02:35.The first three days are fairly uncomfortable with the vertigo but
:02:36. > :02:38.once that disappears, it is really a case of the body
:02:39. > :02:42.That's what takes the longest because your body has shut down your
:02:43. > :02:44.vestibular system for the six months in space and that actually
:02:45. > :02:53.take a long time to learn the finesse of balance.
:02:54. > :02:56.One person who knows all about space and the Universe is George
:02:57. > :02:59.and the Blue Moon author, Lucy Hawking.
:03:00. > :03:05.She joins me now. Thank you so much. Your books are all about base and
:03:06. > :03:12.adventures, but there is a serious message to them, isn't there?
:03:13. > :03:26.My boobs are using storytelling to explain science. -- books. It is
:03:27. > :03:30.great, we are talking about people travelling the universe and it
:03:31. > :03:38.science at the same time. You wrote this with Stephen Hawking, of
:03:39. > :03:41.course, didn't you? Yes, it was great fun. He doesn't also is a
:03:42. > :03:47.fascinating facts about science as he went through the experience.
:03:48. > :03:52.Modern viewers want to find out about this too. We have two of them
:03:53. > :03:57.here? What inspired you to write your books? Well my dad and his
:03:58. > :04:01.friends would come around and talk about science in a way that kids
:04:02. > :04:04.could understand. I will the books to try and get other kids that
:04:05. > :04:09.experience of actually talking to real scientists who can answer their
:04:10. > :04:21.questions. What is the hardest thing about writing a good? -- a book.
:04:22. > :04:25.Keeping going. If you can do that when you can write a good book. What
:04:26. > :04:35.are you doing this weekend? Isn't easy for you? I am taking children
:04:36. > :04:40.on an adventure explaining about Mars and how we can make it a new
:04:41. > :04:45.human colony. Excellent. We have another awesome author live in our
:04:46. > :04:49.next bulletin. An 11-year-old boy has uncovered
:04:50. > :04:52.an animal kidnapping scheme. Trevor and his girlfriend Tina
:04:53. > :04:55.helped discover the criminal ring when Trevor's dog
:04:56. > :04:57.Streaker was stolen. The plucky boy and his sidekick
:04:58. > :05:00.tracked the gang to a golf course where they were able
:05:01. > :05:04.to free the animals that were being Trevor and Tina released
:05:05. > :05:12.for dogs, three cats Can you tell what awesome
:05:13. > :05:17.author's story and book That's all from me, Newsround's back
:05:18. > :05:41.right here in about half an hour. -- you can join an online. Sending
:05:42. > :05:45.your questions. We want to know what you think about this again and, of
:05:46. > :05:48.course, we will be bridging those questions to some of the 29 authors
:05:49. > :05:51.that we will be seeking to the weekend and hearing from. Make sure
:05:52. > :05:55.you are watching as well because we'll bring you all the latest
:05:56. > :05:56.stories from your library. Take care.