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    M G Leonard: Free as a Bird

    Age 8+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    M G Leonard: Free as a Bird
    Join the internationally bestselling author of Beetle Boy and the Adventures on Trains series M G Leonard for this awesome audio event, where you’re introduced to the first book in her brand-new series, Twitch. In a reading from the gripping first...
     

    Nicola Morgan with Holly Bourne: Start Listening to Yourself

    Age 12+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    Nicola Morgan with Holly Bourne: Start Listening to Yourself
    This audio-only event is a great way to hear from award-winning author and wellbeing expert Nicola Morgan as she shares some of her insights into a key element of looking after your mental health and general wellbeing: building resilience, with...
     

    Rachel Piercey: Woodland Verses

    Age 5+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    Rachel Piercey: Woodland Verses
    Plug in your headphones or turn the speakers up and snuggle down as Rachel Piercey takes you through her exciting new book of poetry, If You Go Down to the Woods Today. In this audio event, Piercey introduces Bear, and you’ll hear some of the...
     

    Jeffrey Boakye: Music is Power, Music is Life

    Age 12+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    Jeffrey Boakye: Music is Power, Music is Life
    This one is for the music lovers! Tune in to hear writer, teacher and music enthusiast, Jeffrey Boakye talk about his exceptional new book Musical Truth: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs. In this audio-only event you get to find out...
     

    Alex Wharton: Poetry in Motion

    Age 5+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    Alex Wharton: Poetry in Motion
    Join award-winning poet Alex Wharton for an audio event full of rhyme, rhythm and free verse, as he reads from his brand-new collection Daydreams and Jellybeans. Alex’s poems, for primary aged children, are both funny and sensitive, promoting...
     

    Julia Donaldson: Songs and Stories for Little Ones

    Age 3+

    Saturday 14 August 10:00 - 11:00

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    Julia Donaldson: Songs and Stories for Little Ones
    Join number one bestselling author and the legendary Gruffalo author, Julia Donaldson, along with some friends for a show full of songs, stories and live drawing. Look into the intriguing world of The Woolly Bear Caterpillar, meet The Ugly Five, be...
     

    Discover the Hidden History of the Meadows with Macastory

    Families & 5+

    Saturday 14 August 12:30 - 13:30

    Discover the Hidden History of the Meadows with Macastory
    Book Festival favourites Macastory are off for a day out on the Meadows and you can join them! A fascinating fun-filled family frolic of stories awaits with plenty of songs, laughter and more as our intrepid storytelling duo Ron and Fergus take you...
     

    Malorie Blackman: Noughts & Crosses, 20 Years On

    Age 12+

    Saturday 14 August 14:30 - 15:30

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    Malorie Blackman: Noughts & Crosses, 20 Years On
    Published twenty years ago this year, Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses broke the hearts of a generation of teenage readers, and its influence on Young Adult fiction can be felt across the genre with the themes of racism, diversity and conflict...
     

    Discover the Hidden History of the Meadows with Macastory

    Families & 5+

    Saturday 14 August 15:00 - 16:00

    Discover the Hidden History of the Meadows with Macastory
    Book Festival favourites Macastory are off for a day out on the Meadows and you can join them! A fascinating fun-filled family frolic of stories awaits with plenty of songs, laughter and more as our intrepid storytelling duo Ron and Fergus take you...

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