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.

Non-Fiction Highlights

Gruesome Greeks with Chae Strathie

AGE 7-10
Saturday 10 August 10:00 - 11:00


Gill Arbuthnott: Countdown to the Moon

AGE 8-12
Tuesday 13 August 11:30 - 12:30


Blast Off with Sheila Kanani, 13 Aug

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


Jill Calder: Our Blue Planet

AGE 9-12
Tuesday 13 August 13:30 - 14:30


Feisty Felines and Honest Hounds with Kimberlie Hamilton

FAMILIES & 8+
Tuesday 13 August 15:15 - 16:15


Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara: Little People, Big Games

AGE 4-7
Thursday 15 August 15:30 - 16:30


Katherine Mengardon & Dominic Wilcox: Little Inventors

FAMILIES & 7+
Thursday 15 August 17:15 - 18:15


Understanding Migration with Petr Horacek

AGE 5-8
Saturday 17 August 13:30 - 14:30


High Flying Fun with Yuval Zommer

AGE 3-6
Sunday 18 August 10:00 - 11:00


Andy Seed: Doodoo Detectives

AGE 7-10
Sunday 18 August 11:45 - 12:45


Charlotte Guillain: Skies in their Eyes

AGE 3-6
Thursday 22 August 13:15 - 14:00


Mapping the Way Home with Livi Gosling

AGE 6-9
Saturday 24 August 16:45 - 17:45


25 Years of Rotten Romans with Martin Brown

AGE 8-12
Saturday 24 August 17:00 - 18:00


Unknown Underdogs with Martin Brown

AGE 7-10
Sunday 25 August 12:15 - 13:15


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