Tag Archives: author
ShoutSouth! Festival 2013, South London
Author and CWISL founder Beverley Birch discusses ShoutSouth! Festival 2013. …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Library, Literary Festival
Hilary Robinson Interview
Get ‘Mixed-Up’ with children’s author Hilary Robinson. …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Literary Festival, Reading
Noriko Matsubara Interview & Competition
Win a copy of Noriko Matsubara’s charming book ‘Bocchi and Pocchi: A Tale of Two Socks’. …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Reading
Caroline Green discusses ‘Hold Your Breath’
‘Hold Your Breath’ author Caroline Green talks about her soon-to-be-published new novel. …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Literary Festival, Reading
Christopher Lloyd Interview
Christopher Lloyd discusses what inspired him to create the What On Earth wallbooks …
Event type: Author Event, Literary Festival, Reading
Inky Sprat Competition
Win a download code for Babette Cole’s ‘The Trouble With Dad’ or ‘The Trouble With Gran’, thanks to Inky Sprat. …
Debi Gliori Interview and Competition
We chat to Debi Gliori, author of ‘No Matter What’ and ‘What’s The Time, Mr Wolf?’ …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Reading, Storytelling
Lucy Coats Interview & Competition
Author Lucy Coats reminisces about the publication of her first book and why she loves author events . …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Reading, Storytelling
Book Events Round-Up (27th & 28th April 2013)
Take a look at our book-related round-up of what’s going on for children this weekend (27th & 28th April 2013) …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Reading, Theatre, Theatre Event
Eva Katzler interview
Eva Katzler, author of ‘Florentine and Pig Have A Very Lovely Picnic’ stops by to share her picnic tips. …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Reading, Storytelling
Guest Post:’Brighton Young City Reads’ by Sarah Hutchings
Sarah Hutchings reveals how Brighton Young City Reads is bringing a city of young book lovers together. …
Event type: Books, Literary Festival, Reading
Nicolette Jones discusses her involvement with The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
Sunday Times Children’s Book Editor, Nicolette Jones talks about the upcoming Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Literary Festival, Reading, Storytelling, Uncategorized
Guest blog: Rhyming Competition for Primary School Children
Author Christina Gabbitas launches her poetry-writing competition, aimed at pupils in Years 5 & 6. …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Reading
‘But we’ve been writing all day at school…’
’500 Words’; Why children need encouraging to write as well as read. …
Event type: Books, Reading, Storytelling
Blue Peter Book Awards 2013
Find out more about the shortlisted books for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2013 …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Reading
Cathy Farr Interview
Author and co-founder of the Penarth Book Festival, Cathy Farr discusses her historical fantasy series ‘The Fellhounds of Thesk’. …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Literary Festival, Reading
Penarth Book Festival: Interview with Fay Blakeley (Festival Organiser)
Fay Blakeley, co-founder of Penarth Book Festival on the highs and lows of creating a literary festival. …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Literary Festival, Reading, Storytelling
Jonathan Meres Interview
Enter ‘The World of Norm’ with Red House Children’s Book Award nominee Jonathan Meres. …
Ros Asquith Interview
Catch up with Roald Dahl Funny Prize shortlisted author and Guardian cartoonist Ros Asquith …
Event type: Books, Reading, Storytelling
Elen Caldecott Interview
Elen Caldecott shares with us her reaction to the news of being shortlisted for the 2013 Red House Children’s Book Awards …
Event type: Books, Reading, Storytelling
Tracey Corderoy Interview
Tracey shares her thoughts about her writing, inspirations and favourite books. …
Event type: Book Shop, Books, Library, Literary Festival, Reading, Storytelling
Jacqueline Wilson at The Royal Hall in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Jacqueline Wilson at the Royal Hall I must admit that, before attending Jacqueline Wilson’s recent event at Harrogate’s Royal Hall, I wondered how an author event in such a large venue would work (the Royal Hall can seat over 1000). … …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Reading, Storytelling, Theatre Event
Christina Gabbitas interview
Christina Gabbitas is a self-published author of the Felicity Fly series of children’s books. The books encourage children to face common fears and phobias in a light-hearted way and the second book in the series (Veronica Vac) will be released in November. … …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Reading, Storytelling
Jacqueline Wilson Interview
The ever popular Jacqueline Wilson takes time out of her busy writing and touring to chat to us …
Event type: Books, Literary Festival, Reading, Storytelling, Theatre Event
Interview: Emma Barnes
Emma Barnes talks about her newly published book, ‘Wolfie’, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Library, Literary Festival, Reading, Storytelling
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide: Week Six
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide Week Six: Sat 25th – Fri 31st August Here at Book Events for Children, we’ve lined up a book-related event for every day of the summer holidays (from Sat 21st July to Fri 31st … …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Literary Festival, Theatre, Theatre Event
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide: Week Five
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide Week Five: Sat 18th- Fri 24th August Here at Book Events for Children, we’ve lined up a book-related event for every day of the summer holidays (from Sat 21st July to Fri 31st August.) … …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Literary Festival, Museum Event, Theatre, Theatre Event
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide: Week Four
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide Week Four: Sat 11th – Fri 17th August Here at Book Events for Children, we’ve lined up a book-related event for every day of the summer holidays (from Sat 21st July to Fri 31st … …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Library, Literary Festival, Reading, Storytelling, Theatre, Theatre Event
Penny Dale: ‘Dinosaur Zoom!’
Author, illustrator and grandmother Penny Dale discusses the delights of writing for young children …
Event type: Books, Reading, Storytelling
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide: Week Three
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide Week Three: Sat 4th – Fri 10th August Here at Book Events for Children, we’ve lined up a book-related event for every day of the summer holidays (from Sat 21st July to Fri 31st … …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Library, Museum Event, Reading, Theatre
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide: Week Two
The Book Events for Children’s Holiday Guide Week Two: Sat 28th July-Fri 3rd August Here at Book Events for Children, we’ve lined up a book-related event for every day of the summer holidays (from Sat 21st July to Fri 31st August.) … …
Event type: Author Event, Book Shop, Books, Library, Reading, Storytelling, Theatre
The Book Events for Children Holiday Guide: Week One
The Book Events for Children Holiday Guide Week One: (Sat 21st July-Fri 27th July) It’s that time again and the school holidays are nearly upon us. Have you got lots of fun and interesting activities lined up for your children? Or … …
Event type: Book Shop, Books, Literary Festival, Museum Event, Reading, Storytelling
Tom Palmer: ‘Football Reading Game’ at Harrogate Children’s Festival
Tom Palmer: Football Reading Game Making the most of a break in this summer’s relentless downpour over the weekend, my three children and I set forth to Harrogate Children’s Festival‘s Spiegeltent to meet children’s author Tom Palmer. Tom, a die-hard … …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Literary Festival, Reading
Interview: Priya Desai
Self-published author and speech therapist, Priya Desai, talks about the rewards of going solo …
Event type: Books, Reading, Storytelling
Interview: Nicola Davies
From ‘The Really Wild Show’ to writing children’s books about nature, some great insights from Nicola Davis …
Event type: Books, Literary Festival, Reading, Storytelling
Interview: Lynne Rickards
Lynne Rickards is a Canadian born children’s writer, now living in Scotland. Her books include Jack’s Bed, I Win! and the forthcoming Clementine’s Smile. You grew up in Canada before moving to Scotland. Do you have any favourite Canadian children’s authors? … …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Literary Festival, Reading
Interview: Clara Vulliamy
Clara Vulliamy is the author of numerous books including the Martha and the Bunny Brothers series and the Muffin books. With her love of art and all things creative, Clara’s website is packed with bright, sunny pictures and crafty ideas. Clara … …
Event type: Books, Reading, Storytelling
Interview: James Mayhew
James Mayhew is the author behind the Katie books which introduce children to art at a young age. He has also brought the world of ballet to life through his Ella Bella books. James is in the midst of a busy … …
Event type: Author Event, Books, Literary Festival, Storytelling
Author Interview: Caroline Green
‘Book Events for Children’ is delighted that author Caroline Green has risen to the challenge of answering our probing questions this week. In her past life Caroline worked as a journalist, before publishing her first novel Dark Ride, which won the Romantic Novelist’s Association‘s … …
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, Buckinghamshire
Tucked away in the heart of Great Missenden – the home of author Roald Dahl for over 36 years – is the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. I recently took my three young children for a visit and I’d … …
Event type: Books
