Where else would you find a miniature boat, a tiny sheep, a miniscule candy cane, penguin-ing children, poisonous sea snakes, and an entire planetary system paced out around the room by a group of volunteers from the audience than at a talk by Fleur Hitchcock, author of the Shrunk series and The Trouble with Mummies, […]
Read moreLiz Kessler is here to have fun, and her good humour is immediately infectious. A natural entertainer, and the successful author of sixteen books from Meet the Real Poppy to Read Me Like a Book, she promises to entertain her audience, but she fervently hopes “that you will also entertain me.” So follows a madcap […]
Read moreEver wondered, as the water drains down the plughole, what might live down there in the pipes? Want to know what it feels like to be the brother of a superhero? Ever imagined having a small talking pygmy marmoset as a sidekick? Ponder no more. For Bath Picks brings us a trio of new writers […]
Read moreIt doesn’t get much better than this. The opening night of the Children’s Literature Festival, in association with The Telegraph, sees the return of Gill and John McLay, after a two-year absence, to the helm of the festival they created in 2007. On stage, the guest speaker is Judith Kerr. Author, illustrator, master storyteller, she […]
Read moreIn the run up to the 2015 Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival which starts tomorrow, Monkton Combe Prep School in Bath, held a workshop with Steven Lenton, who is famous for illustrating the Shifty McGifty books and lots of other stories. By Lois Edwards (Age 9) The workshop started with him reading a few stories to us […]
Read moreI went to #Bathkidslitfest for the first time two years ago, but only for a day. And it was a glorious day full of events and panels, meeting authors and other fellow bookish people, and getting lots of books signed! Not to mention it is a stunning city. So I couldn’t pass up the […]
Read moreSo, it’s that time of year again – The Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival is almost upon us and the literary world is buzzing with excitement! The two week extravaganza is the perfect antidote to the blustery weather that signals the arrival of autumn, and this year I’m even more excited than usual. I’ve […]
Read moreThe Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival begins on Friday 25th September (through to Sunday 4th October) I’m incredibly excited to be part of it for the first time it this year. It’s something that has been on my bookish bucket list for a while but I’ve been unable to fulfil – UNTIL NOW. And when I check things […]
Read moreThe Bath Kids Lit Festival was the first literature festival I ever attended – who am I kidding, it was the first festival of any kind I’ve ever attended. I first popped along in 2013, in the festival’s 6th year having arranged to meet up with someone who I’d been trying to meet for well over […]
Read moreThis year’s festival, running from 25 September to 4 October has pulled out all the stops to ensure there’s plenty over the 10 day festival to involve and interest the Bath teen audiences. Here’s a brief round-up of some of the events: Double Carnegie medal winner Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls and the […]
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