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0-8 years, 9-12 years and 12+ years
Date: October, 24th, 2020
Time: 10:00am-10:20am
Where: Exclusive Event Finished
Age: 0-5 years
Cost: FREE
Listen to Lucy Rowland read Wanda’s Words Got Stuck, then follow a special wand-making craft session with Paula Bowles. It’s going to be magical!
Date: October, 24th, 2020
Time: 10:30am-10:50am
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 0-11 years
Cost: FREE
Join professional storyteller, Pridie Tiernan, for an enchanting Scottish folktale, The Beekeeper and the Hare. Plus, there’ll be some fun story-spinning challenges for you at the end!
Date: October, 24th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7-12 years
Cost: FREE
Award-winning author, Gareth Jones, will give an introduction to the third book in his Dragon Detective series, Sky High! He’ll then treat you to a performance of the accompanying song on various instruments – it’s an event not to be missed
Date: October, 24th, 2020
Time: 8:00pm-8:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 12+ years
Cost: FREE
Author Gabriel Dylan will get your spooky juices flowing, with his Halloween themed talk about what makes a good scary book. He’ll share his inspiration for his novel, Whiteout, along with…
Date: October, 25th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7+ years
Cost: FREE
Using just a couple of starting ideas, author Katharine Orton will help you come up with the basis for an epic adventure. She promises to get your imagination whirring.
Date: October, 26th, 2020
Time: 10:00am-10:20am
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7-12 years
Cost: FREE
Join author of Milton the Mighty and Milton the Megastar, Emma Read, for a fun session of writing tips and spideryness.
Date: October, 26th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7 years+
Cost: FREE
Stir your imagination with poet Malaika Kegode, who’ll use a writing prompt to get you thinking about the stories that aren’t being told in famous paintings and photos. She’ll show you a way to get inspired to create your own characters.
Date: October, 27th, 2020
Time: 10:00am-10:20am
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 2-8 years
Cost: FREE
Author Tessa Yates will tell you her inspiring story about The Girl Who Walked to the Moon. Little Tessa dreams of being the first woman to land on the moon. After her rocket made from boxes gets her off to a slow start…
Date: October, 27th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:30pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7-12 years
Cost: FREE
Author Sophie Kirtley wants you to let your stories go WILD! Find out how she uses the natural world in her books… and how YOU can unleash the wild side of your writing too! Wellies on! Notebooks ready! Let’s get outside!
Date: October, 27th, 2020
Time: 8:00pm-9:00pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 12+ years
Cost: FREE
Join author Kate Mallinder for an informal chat around the topic of teenage fiction, and in particular, feel-good fiction. She’ll look at why teens love it, why it’s…
Date: October, 28th, 2020
Time: 10:00am-10:20am
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 0-8 years
Cost: FREE
Join author/illustrator Nicola Colton for a treasure map making session, based on her book series Jasper and Scruff. It will be an interactive, swashbuckling…
Date: October, 28th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 9-12 years
Cost: FREE
Tune in for a short masterclass with Anna Hoghton, debut author of The Mask of Aribella, on how to create believable, impossible worlds!…
Date: October, 25th, 2020
Time: 10:00am-10:45am
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 0-8 years
Cost: FREE
Craft your very own jellyfish out of recycled materials with Sam and Rachel from Uh-Oh Books. Plus learn all about under the sea…
Date: October, 24th, 2020
Time: 10:00am-10:20am
Where: Exclusive Event Finished
Age: 0-5 years
Cost: FREE
Listen to Lucy Rowland read Wanda’s Words Got Stuck, then follow a special wand-making craft session with Paula Bowles. It’s going to be magical!
Date: October, 24th, 2020
Time: 10:30am-10:50am
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 0-11 years
Cost: FREE
Join professional storyteller, Pridie Tiernan, for an enchanting Scottish folktale, The Beekeeper and the Hare. Plus, there’ll be some fun story-spinning challenges for you at the end!
Date: October, 24th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7-12 years
Cost: FREE
Award-winning author, Gareth Jones, will give an introduction to the third book in his Dragon Detective series, Sky High! He’ll then treat you to a performance of the accompanying song on various instruments – it’s an event not to be missed
Date: October, 24th, 2020
Time: 8:00pm-8:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 12+ years
Cost: FREE
Author Gabriel Dylan will get your spooky juices flowing, with his Halloween themed talk about what makes a good scary book. He’ll share his inspiration for his novel, Whiteout, along with…
Date: October, 25th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7+ years
Cost: FREE
Using just a couple of starting ideas, author Katharine Orton will help you come up with the basis for an epic adventure. She promises to get your imagination whirring.
Date: October, 26th, 2020
Time: 10:00am-10:20am
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7-12 years
Cost: FREE
Join author of Milton the Mighty and Milton the Megastar, Emma Read, for a fun session of writing tips and spideryness.
Date: October, 26th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7 years+
Cost: FREE
Stir your imagination with poet Malaika Kegode, who’ll use a writing prompt to get you thinking about the stories that aren’t being told in famous paintings and photos. She’ll show you a way to get inspired to create your own characters.
Date: October, 27th, 2020
Time: 10:00am-10:20am
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 2-8 years
Cost: FREE
Author Tessa Yates will tell you her inspiring story about The Girl Who Walked to the Moon. Little Tessa dreams of being the first woman to land on the moon. After her rocket made from boxes gets her off to a slow start…
Date: October, 27th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:30pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 7-12 years
Cost: FREE
Author Sophie Kirtley wants you to let your stories go WILD! Find out how she uses the natural world in her books… and how YOU can unleash the wild side of your writing too! Wellies on! Notebooks ready! Let’s get outside!
Date: October, 27th, 2020
Time: 8:00pm-9:00pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 12+ years
Cost: FREE
Join author Kate Mallinder for an informal chat around the topic of teenage fiction, and in particular, feel-good fiction. She’ll look at why teens love it, why it’s…
Date: October, 28th, 2020
Time: 10:00am-10:20am
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 0-8 years
Cost: FREE
Join author/illustrator Nicola Colton for a treasure map making session, based on her book series Jasper and Scruff. It will be an interactive, swashbuckling…
Date: October, 28th, 2020
Time: 3:00pm-3:20pm
Where: YouTube Event Link
Age: 9-12 years
Cost: FREE
Tune in for a short masterclass with Anna Hoghton, debut author of The Mask of Aribella, on how to create believable, impossible worlds!…
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