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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.
Join illustrator Jo Loring-Fisher for an interactive storytelling event around her new picture book, Rainbow Hands, written by Mamta Nainy. When a little boy paints his nails with his mum’s nail polish, he discovers the most important thing of all:...
Chitra Soundar’s Prince Veera stories are adapted from Indian folktales full of wit and wisdom. In her latest book, A Sliver of Moon and a Shard of Truth, Prince Veera and his friend Suku are called upon to solve neighbourhood burglaries, to entertain...
‘A forest doesn’t need to be out in the middle of nowhere. It could be right next door in a well-known city’. Have you ever looked outside and imagined another world might exist alongside ours? Or seen a shard of light and thought it could have...
Joan Haig and Joan Lennon, authors of Talking History: 150 Years of Speakers and Speeches introduce you to famous people who changed the world, from Abraham Lincoln and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti to Helen Keller and Greta Thunberg. What made them speak out,...
Historian Janina Ramirez hosts an hour packed with power and spirit. Discover the goddesses, witches, demons and spirits that have shaped our belief systems over millennia. From Medusa to Mami Wata, Brigid to Lakshmi, meet the powerful female figures...
Candice Carty-Williams, winner of the British Book Awards for her adult novel Queenie, joins us to celebrate her debut YA novella, Empress & Aniya, a body swapping story with a magical friendship at its heart. Aimée Felone, managing director at...
Announcing our Communities Programme and Citizen events this August 
