THE festival of children’s authors has almost arrived.
It will take place the weekend of October 15 and 16.
Young people will be able to hear children’s authors and illustrators speak about their work.
The fun talks will take place in person in Wokingham, with some sessions also being streamed.
This year there are 16 guest speakers:
Manjeet Mann: writer, actress, playwright, screenwriter and director, Amanda Quartey: illustrator, and graphic designer, Christopher Edge: children’s writer, and Dapo Adeola: children’s author and illustrator.
Also speaking will be Holly Webb: children’s writer, Jane Elson: actress, comedy improviser, writer and playwright, Louie Stowell: science writer, now children’s writer, and Michael Catchpool: former primary school headteacher, now children’s author.
Joining them will be Nizrana Farook: children’s writer inspired by Sri Lanka, Ross Welford: journalist and TV producer, now full-time writer, Sean Taylor: children’s picture book writer, and Sophy Henn: children’s author and illustrator.
And finally, Steve Antony: author and illustrator, Sufiya Ahmed: previously in advertising, now full-time author, Tim Tilley: illustrator and teacher of illustration, and Yijing LI: graphic designer and illustrator.
On Saturday, October 15, talks will be located in the Town Hall, with the following speakers:
Holly webb at 9.45am
Dapo Adeola at 11.15am
Jane Elson at1.30pm
Steve Antony 3pm
On Sunday, October 16, events will take place in the Town Hall.
Manjeet Mann at 9.45am
Amanda Quartey at 9.45am
Ross Welford at 11.15am
Sophy Henn at 1.30pm
Michael Catchpool at 3pm
On Sunday, October 16, children can hear speakers at Wokingham’ new library at Carnival Hub.
Sufiya Ahmed at 10am
Yijing Li at 11.30am
Louie Stowell at 11.45am
Christopher Edge at 1.15pm
Tim Tilley at 1.45pm
Sean Taylor at 2.45pm
Nizrana Farook at 3.15pm
Tickets for all live events cost £3 per seat, streamed sessions costs £3 per household.
Books can be purchased at the event, or online.
To purchase books online visit the festival website, where links can be found on the authors pages.
The event is run by Wokingham Town Council, Wokingham Borough Council’s Library Service, Love Wokingham, and Wokingham MoreArts.
For more information and to book a session visit: www.wokingham-tc.gov.uk/bookfest/ call: 0118 974 0889 (8.30am to 5pm), or email [email protected]
