Welcome to the home page of Worcester’s dedicated children’s literary festival
all events are Pay-As-You-Feel : you pay what you feel the event is worth and only what you can afford
no booking / tickets required
Proud to be partnering with Bookmark Reading Charity
Free gifts and activities each day
NB session ages are provided as a guide – if you’re older and want to come along to our younger sessions please feel welcome to do so. The only exception are our 2 evening events where you will need to be accompanied by an adult due to nature of content.
Sunday 13th April
Illustration stations with Seraphim Bryant
from 10am – suitable for all ages
Charlie Summer with ‘Harry the Donkey and the Musician’
11am – designed for ages up to age 10yrs
Birmingham Young Poet Laureate Japmeh Kaur Gujral – workshop
1pm – designed for ages up to 10yrs
Monday 14th April
Petr Horacek
10:30am – designed for ages up to 11yrs
Giles Trigg with “Scruff the Pooch”
2pm – designed for ages up to 10yrs
poetry with ‘Spoz’
3pm – suitable for ages 11-16yrs
Tuesday 15th April
Writing stations
from 10am – suitable for all ages
‘Make some noise’ with Dominic Berry
2pm – designed for ages up to 10yrs
Get poeting with Worcestershire Poet Laureates
2pm – suitable for ages 11-16yrs
‘Environmental Havoc’ – Prof. Jean Webb and fiction for children and the environment
6:30pm – under 16 years to be accompanied by an adult
Wednesday 16th April
Scavenger & Blue Plaque Hunts
from 10am – suitable for all ages
Ian Brown & “Albert the Tortoise”
10:30am – designed for ages up to 10yrs
Farmer Bennett colouring and story telling
1:30pm – designed for ages up to 7yrs
Thursday 17th April
Story Knights
10am – designed for ages up to 11yrs
Lee Benson – “Twelve Eggs in a Book”
12pm – designed for ages up to 11yrs
Ben Macpherson – seriously nonsense poetry
1pm – designed for ages 11-16yrs
Dear Listener! with James Scott-Howes
6:30pm – under 18 years to be accompanied by an adult
Friday 18th April
Robert Arley’s big BIG Secrets
10am – designed for ages up to 10yrs
The Time Machine – with Don’t go into the Cellar!
11:30am – designed for ages 11-16yrs
B.Ware – WARNING: Magic Can Be Dangerous!
1pm – designed for ages up to 10yrs
The Globbatrotter with Pat Sumner
2pm – designed for ages 8-11yrs
Wilde about Oscar – with Don’t go into the Cellar!
2:30pm – designed for ages 11-16yrs