Family Highlights - Genres & Themes

To help you better find your way around this year’s programme, we’ve pulled together some highlights for different genres and themes. You can find full listings of all events and activities featured in the Baillie Gifford Children’s Programme in our What’s On section.

Brave Vampires and Evil Penguins with Laura Ellen Anderson

AGE 7-10
Sunday 11 August 10:30 - 11:30

Feminist Fantasy with Deirdre Sullivan & Maria Turtschaninoff

AGE 12+
Sunday 11 August 15:45 - 16:45

Diving in to the Deep with Cerrie Burnell

AGE 8-12
Monday 12 August 12:00 - 13:00

Warhammer Adventures with Tom Huddleston & Cavan Scott

FAMILIES & 8+
Monday 12 August 12:15 - 13:15

Kieran Larwood: Battles and Bunnies

AGE 10-14
Monday 12 August 14:00 - 15:00

Tom Huddleston & Jamie Smith: Futuristic Fantasy Worlds

AGE 10-14
Monday 12 August 17:00 - 18:00

Dark Magic with Lesley Glaister

AGE 12+
Monday 12 August 18:45 - 19:45

Sibeal Pounder: Bad Mermaids and Witch Wars

AGE 5-8
Wednesday 14 August 17:15 - 18:15

Harriet Muncaster: Isadora Moon Returns

AGE 5-8
Thursday 15 August 15:45 - 16:45

Bedlam and Bloodshed with Derek Landy

AGE 10-14
Saturday 17 August 13:30 - 14:30

Alex Bell & Steve Feasey: Discovering Destinies

AGE 12+
Saturday 17 August 15:45 - 16:45

Scintillating Science with Christopher Edge

AGE 9-12
Saturday 17 August 17:00 - 18:00

Dan Smith: Dark Age Adventures

AGE 10-14
Sunday 18 August 12:15 - 13:15

A Library of Spellbooks with Scarlett Thomas & Piers Torday

AGE 10-14
Sunday 18 August 15:45 - 16:45

Darren Shan: Roll Up, Roll Up!

AGE 10-14
Thursday 22 August 17:30 - 18:30

Matt Haig: Evie and the Animals

FAMILIES & 7+
Friday 23 August 17:00 - 18:00

Alternative Realities with Lauren James & Celia Rees

AGE 12+
Saturday 24 August 14:00 - 15:00

Dragons and Wizards with Cressida Cowell

AGE 8-12
Sunday 25 August 13:30 - 14:30

Into the Tardis with David Solomons

FAMILIES & 8+
Sunday 25 August 16:30 - 17:30

Sylvia V Linsteadt: Enter the Wild Folk Wilderness

AGE 10-14
Sunday 25 August 18:00 - 19:00

Bizarre Body-Swapping with David Solomons

AGE 9-12
Monday 26 August 16:30 - 17:30

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