Kids Events

Simon Bartram’s new series, Bob and Barry’s Lunar Adventures, features everyone’s favourite moon man and his alien dog side-kick, Barry. When the Stupendous Alacazamo finishes his magic show by making the moon disappear, it looks like Bob’s out of a job, but Bob is determined to discover the truth and bring the moon back. Join Bob and his dog Barry as they race to uncover the truth, with a little alien assistance.

The Disappearing Moon is the first book in this new series of fiction for young readers and is illustrated throughout in Simon Bartram’s detailed and humorous style. Simon won the Blue Peter Book Award in 2004 for his bestselling picture book Man on the Moon; A Day in the Life of Bob, and Bob has become one of the most popular children’s book characters. (Recommended for Years 1, 2 & 3)

Kes Gray’s first book, Eat Your Peas, has been on every child’s bookshelf since it was first published in 2000. Since then he has collaborated with illustrator Nick Sharratt on the best-selling series of picture books and books for young readers featuring the irresistible Daisy, and has produced the Vesuvius Poovius books, with illustrations by Chris Mould. The Independent noted him as one of the top ten children’s authors, and children and parents love him too! (Recommended for Years 1, 2 & 3)

Stories told in pictures have been around for a long time, from prehistoric cave wall drawings through the Bayeaux Tapestry to the modern day. Writer and Comic Book Editor Tim Quinn leads this one-and-a-half-hour-long workshop in cartooning, including figure drawing, emotion, storytelling in pictures, character and story creation, and comic book history.  If you love to draw or just want to visit the world of comics and cartoons then you will have a whale of a time with the man who personally knows Beryl the Peril, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Korky the Cat, the Incredible Hulk and so many more! (Recommended for ages 7 – 700)

Poet Murray Lachlan Young presents a sensational mix of rock and roll ‘n’ poetry, stand-up comedy, storytelling and a touch of panto, showing that poetry can be raucous, fun, thought-provoking, poignant, enlightening and cool. Murray Lachlan Young has worked as a writer-performer for fifteen years, had his own shows on MTV and BBC2, and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live. Warning! This show gets your children on stage dancing and seriously engaged. (Recommended for ages 5-10 and ex-children)

Part of our Football Crazy weekend with the England and Norway Writers Teams. Forty-five minutes kick around with the England Writers Team followed by an hour and a half long workshop on writing about the beautiful game. Team members will work with children to get them thinking about how every football game is a story and how every player is a character in that story. The England Writers Team is a football team comprising published novelists, playwrights, columnists, poets and non-fiction writers. Founded in June 2006, the team made its first public appearance at the Second World Cup for Writers in Florence. Booking essential. (Recommended for ages 11-13.)

Interested in books about football for girls? Check out the

Girls FC Series by Helena Pielichaty!

Come and meet the author of the award-winning Noughts and Crosses Series!