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Dragon Training with Cressida Cowell

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Friday 22 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Join Cressida Cowell for the launch of How to Train Your Dragon School, the latest novel in her Dragon World series! Hear all about Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third and his dragons and learn some epic writing and drawing tips from Cressida…
 

Gabriela Cabezón Cámara & Xiaolu Guo: Revisionist Reinventions

Friday 22 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Acclaimed author and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo joins International Booker Prize-shortlisted Gabriela Cabezón Cámara for an entrancing event exploring gender-blending historical narratives…
 

Writing Fantasy: A Workshop with Catherine Prasifka

Friday 22 August 14:00 - 15:30

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When you write fantasy, you open yourself up to the idea that anything could happen. This workshop with author Catherine Prasifka will outline different approaches to fantasy writing, covering plot structure, world building, and what happens when things…
 

Breaking Boundaries: A Creative Writing Workshop with Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Friday 22 August 14:00 - 15:00

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Let loose your inner writer in this innovative workshop, led by Carnegie Medal for Writing-nominated performance poet and writer, Ashley Hickson-Lovence. Ashley draws on key themes from his YA verse-novel, Wild East, to help you write stories, poems, and…
 

Brilliant Bugs with Simon Mole & Gecko

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Friday 22 August 14:15 - 15:15

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Did you know there is a whole world right beneath our feet? Down in the ground below, there are worms and scorpions, beetles and caterpillars. Musician Gecko joins Simon Mole for this bug-tastic event as they celebrate the fantastic world of bugs…
 

Bust a Move with FATOWL

Suitable for age 0 - 2

Friday 22 August 14:30 - 15:30

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Bond, connect, and play with your little one through music and movement with Fatowl. Dancing shoes and shakers at the ready for what is sure to be a bouncing afternoon session…
 

Diana Evans: Talk to Me

Friday 22 August 14:45 - 15:45

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While she is renowned as a novelist, Diana Evans has also spent more than 25 years as a journalist. Join the Women’s Prize-shortlisted author for a special conversation with Sam Baker, as they celebrate the art of the interview…
 

Vijay Khurana & Andrés N Ordorica: Boys to Men

Friday 22 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Masculinity and vulnerability are examined through the twin lenses of poetry and fiction. This will be a fascinating conversation on the search for identity and connection…
 

Catherine Chidgey: Conscious Tissue

Friday 22 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Catherine Chidgey, the twice Women’s Prize-longlisted author of Pet, talks with us about her thrillingly unnerving dystopian vision, her magpie mind, and living in a world where some lives are valued less than others…
 

Anshel Pfeffer: Behind the Curtain of Israeli Politics

Friday 22 August 15:15 - 16:15

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As Israel correspondent for the Economist and formerly of Ha’aretz, few writers are better placed than Pfeffer to offer a critical understanding of the political psyche of Israel and the on-the-ground situation for Israelis and Palestinians at this…