Step into a world of creativity this autumn! 5 days of free, inclusive and engaging digital events for schools and families, brought to you by @bathkidslitfest.
📢 NEWS: Today we're launching #ReadingTogether, our campaign highlighting the importance of early years reading.
All 12 Waterstones Children's Laureates have joined us in our call to make sure no child misses out on reading's life-changing benefits.
👉 https://t.co/TlnXVHxmDx
Catch up with all of our events in one place on the @Bathfestivals YouTube Channel: https://t.co/ku3YThTYUY (You have until the end of the month to catch up for free!)
We're proud to offer our amazing events for free for schools and families. Our work is dependant of funding. If you have the means, please support our festival with your donations. https://t.co/U5db8KxjH0
Anything you can donate will make a difference!
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If you watched any of our events, please fill out a survey and your opinions will help fund and shape future festivals:
For Schools: https://t.co/MhjyqNHShw
For Families/Home viewers: https://t.co/36gygB6YZn
Join @Lillustrator a journey to The Weatherlands. Meet an extraordinary cast of characters & create an exciting book cover, featuring your very own climate-controlling Weatherling character and learn how to draw Ray’s adorable cloud-cat Nim.
Catch up: https://t.co/xiIkOah6dR
Authors @jasinbath & @Kiran_MH chat about why reading and storytelling is magical, how they weave this magic into their own books, and the magic they found in the stories they read as children.
Listen to the podcast: https://t.co/OwR0HanFhF
Alex (@brixtonbard) talks about his research for Cane Warriors & the link to his own childhood experiences. Now an acclaimed novelist with an MBE for services to literature, he tells us how words &actions are a powerful force for change. Catch up https://t.co/Q44GuxPzXw
Join @KimberlyWhittam for discussion with Selina Brown, Founder of the @BBBookFestival as they discuss the power of sport for girlsand the importance of representation in children’s books. Catch up for free: https://t.co/uan42TVXnm
Join @TraceyCorderoy and @StevenLenton for a fantastic event all about these robber dogs turned crime-solving baking duo! Expect interactive storytelling and live illustration, as they bring the series to life. Drawing, games – it’s PAW-some! https://t.co/S8Sd6Wys6H
Jessica joins us to celebrate Julián at the Wedding – a charming story of friendship, acceptance, celebration, & expressing yourself. There’s more fun and laughter, & fabulous costumes for Julián. Perhaps you’ll be inspired to create your own...
Catch up: https://t.co/vO42qsqlUP
Join @Waterstones Children’s Laureate @JosephACoelho and J.T. Williams for this Bookmaker Like You event. They’ll chat about being an author, what it takes to bring a story to life & sharing tips for writing your stories & being a Bookmaker too! https://t.co/9ZDrQzD8wp
Join JonArno as he introduces Wordless Picture Books. Go on a journey, led by the images, and discover the characters and scenes, spotting the many details that will pull you into the wonderful world of the wordless book.
Catch up: https://t.co/LibAno38D6
Join @SitaBrahmachari & @EveFalling_ as they explore that artistic collaboration that led to the creation of When Shadows Fall. Students will have the opportunity to create their own art in response in the form of poetry, song or sketches.
Catch Up: https://t.co/9sFRyriUMe
Author B.B. Alston @bbalston invites you to the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs to meet the amazing Amari Peters in this storytelling event.
Catch up for free: https://t.co/r3ir1VTwfY
Join @woollensocks for a journey to The Magic Hour! Discover all about the challenges of writing The Magic Hour, his highly-anticipated middle-grade debut novel which poses the question: what would you do with an extra hour in the day?
Catch up for free: https://t.co/4wEBEmg5Ay
Join multi-award-winning author David Almond and illustrator Tom de Freston as they celebrate 25 years of Skellig and chat to Janet Smyth about the power of imagination and creating the special illustrated edition of this classic book.
Catch up for free: https://t.co/LJndILBd1f
Pleased to see a number of our authors featured in @Waterstones list of best books of 2023 for Children's Fiction https://t.co/w0hbmjYB5d
You can still catch up with all of our events for free here: https://t.co/gblTTDOsoG
Amazing news! J.T. Williams won Best Children's Book at the @The_DBAwards ! You can watch her in conversation with Children's Laureate @JosephACoelho on the @Bathfestivals youtube channel: https://t.co/Ic0zSr7szx
Earlier this month, JonArno Lawson joined us for the @ReadMagicFest to introduce the worlds of Over the Shop & A Day for Sandcastles. Interested in taking a journey & discovering the wonderful world of wordless books? Watch the event for free: https://t.co/Zm7i1ztsD8 #TIFAkids