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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.
What would the planet look like if you designed it? This was the question Ryan Van Winkle, our Schools Writer in Residence, has been exploring with local pupils as part of Citizen, our long-term creative programme. Drop in anytime between 11:00 and...
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!
Novelist Jessica Au and poet Stephanie Sy-Quia consider relationships across the generations and the possibilities of language in two spellbinding works of art. Winner of the 2020 Novel Prize, Au’s debut novella, Cold Enough for Snow, meditates on the...
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...
Two years ago, inspired by Book Festival discussions about the necessity of imagination for political change, Val McDermid and Geographer Royal for Scotland Jo Sharp invited a diverse group of people to share their ideas. This summer a post-pandemic...
Take a deep dive into this classic of 1990s fiction with acclaimed author Julia Armfield. The Shipping News is a paean to the rugged and uncompromising Newfoundland landscape. Armfield explores the imagery, themes and singular prose style in Annie...