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Hundreds of events for adults, teenagers and children feature authors, illustrators, musicians, poets, policians, thinkers, prize-winners and rising stars every August.
Hold tight for a brand new, out-of-this-world adventure from the Waterstones Children’s Laureate, author of How To Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once, Cressida Cowell! An epic quest filled with adventure, friendship and a futuristic twist that...
Following the death of their father and a move to the countryside, Riley and Bea struggle to smile in their new world. But Bea will do anything to make her sister happy – even if it means taking on elected officials to inject some Pride into the...
Meet David McKee’s wonderful Elmer the Patchwork Elephant in real life. Join in with songs and games as we celebrate this classic story of embracing difference and loving who you are!
Join as author Ian Eagleton reads his beautiful story, Violet’s Tempest, about a girl who manages to overcome anxiety and stage fright. This is a heart-warming story of kindness and finding your inner strength, peppered with the words of Shakespeare....
Did you know that flies can help us solve crimes? Spiders can be astronauts? Moths are the ultimate fashion designers? Discover the extraordinary things that bugs do for us with Dr Erica McAlister, the Natural History Museum’s senior entomologist....
Join storytelling panto dame Mama G, plus some very special guests, for stories and songs as we celebrate acceptance, inclusion and love on the 50th anniversary of London Pride!
This year the London Pride parade is back and turns 50 years old. Many Pride parades have had to be cancelled over the last few years, so celebrate with us by making a flag to wave outside in our Festival Village and take home with you! The workshop is...
Come and hear from two of the greatest writers for young adults as they talk about their new novels, both love stories in their own way and both based in Scotland. In Stay Another Day, Juno Dawson weaves three siblings’ experiences over one Christmas...