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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.
Each day, a Festival author shares an unexpected inspiration or passion. Join them to crack open the curiosity cabinet, revealing the stories behind their books or side projects.
In this workshop illustrator Harry Woodgate shows you how to design your own miniature camper van to take away with you! The activity is based on Harry’s colourful and uplifting picture book, Grandad’s Camper, winner of the Best Illustrated Book in...
Join Festival favourites Sprog Rock as they create their own mini music festival on our outdoor Courtyard Stage! Live, interactive, lots of fun for babies and youngsters up to around five years old – and their family and friends. Sprog Rock is...
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...
Come and join award-winning translators Daniel Hahn and Sarah Ardizzone as they fire up the Spectacular Translation Machine. Over the weekend, Hahn and Ardizzone will turn visitors into collaborators, guiding you through the translation process of a new...
The world history you thought you knew is wrong. Howard W French’s Born in Blackness presents a new perspective on modern civilisation – from the point of view of Africa and its people. The impetus for the ‘Age of Discovery’ was not Europe’s...