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Passion Projects

Saturday 27 August 10:00 - 10:15

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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.

Make Your Own Camper Van with Harry Woodgate

Age 5-7

Saturday 27 August 10:00 - 11:00

Make Your Own Camper Van with Harry Woodgate

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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...

Are You Sitting Comfortably?

All Ages

Saturday 27 August 10:00 - 10:30

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Start your day off with a magical half hour of stories for children and families. Appearing today: Juno Dawson.

Sprog Rock: Music for Mini Movers and Shakers!

All Ages

Saturday 27 August 10:00 - 11:00

Sprog Rock: Music for Mini Movers and Shakers!

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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...

Cressida Cowell: Which Way to Anywhere?

Families & 8+

Saturday 27 August 10:00 - 11:00

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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...

Benjamin Dean: The Village of Rainbow Dreams

Age 8-12

Saturday 27 August 10:15 - 11:15

Benjamin Dean: The Village of Rainbow Dreams

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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...

Spectacular Translation Machine

Saturday 27 August 10:30 - 14:45

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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...

Howard W French: Why Africa is at the Centre of History

Saturday 27 August 10:30 - 11:30

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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...