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  • Picture of the day: Sunday 6 October

    Steven Butler, Philip Ardagh and Francesca Simon live up to the name of their Do Be Silly event yesterday at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival. Photo: Copyright Julian Foxon Photography

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  • Young Curator Diary: Day 3

    On Wednesday our Young Curators had a chance to help out with some behind the scenes work as Artist Care, and even got to introduce an event. Wednesday 2 October Young Curators Blog by Jess Today it was so weird getting up and not putting on school uniform but a bright green t-shirt. When I […]

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  • Young Curator Diary: Day 2

    Tuesday was all about inspiration, creativity and marketing for our Young Curators. Let’s hand over to Hatti to tell us all about it… Tuesday 1 October Young Curator’s Blog by Hatti It is such a strange feeling driving past all the other children, who are in their uniforms, going to school, especially when we are […]

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  • Picture of the day: Saturday 5 October

    Malorie Blackman chats with fans while signing books after her event at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival. Photo: Copyright Julian Foxon Photography

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  • Paragon School review Cressida Cowell

      The students at Paragon School enjoyed the Cressida Cowell event so much that we’ve got not one, but two reviews in from them. Cressida Cowell   Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending Cressida Cowell’s event at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival. The first thing she talked about was what got her writing […]

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  • Picture of the Day: Friday 4 October

    Hmmm, who could possible have caused this kind of reaction in our audience..? It’s Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter reading from their second children’s book The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet.   Photos: Copyright Julian Foxon Photography

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  • Young Curator Diary: Day 1

    Our Young Curators have been working hard both in front of and behind the scenes over the week to help make the Festival special. They’ve also been keeping a diary of their time here which makes for some rather interesting reading. Monday 30th September Young Curator’s Blog By Ella I arrived at the Guildhall at […]

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  • Picture of the Day: Thursday 3 October

    We may have briefly turned the Guildhall into a temporary buggy park during one of our events for younger children..! Photo: Copyright Julian Foxon Photography

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  • Picture of the day: Wednesday 2 October

    Meg Rosoff and Anthony MacGowan enjoy some downtime in the Writers’ Room before heading onstage for their event at the Festival. Photo: Copyright Julian Foxon Photography.

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  • Paragon School Event Reviews

    Reviews have started coming in for events over the first weekend of the Children’s Literature Festival. These two students from the Paragon School have written about the Robert Muchamore event and The Wimpy Kind Show. Robert Muchamore On the 28th of September I had the pleasure of watching Robert Muchamore perform in the Bath Children’s […]

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