The Telegraph Bath Children's Literature Festival 2014

FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER — SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 Bath Box Office 01225 463362 bathfestivals.org.uk @bathfestivals #bathkidslitfest bathfestivals

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WELCOME

Welcome What a delight it is to be involved in this wonderful Festival, one of the world’s most important celebrations of children’s literature. This literature lies at the beating heart of our culture. It is where stories have their start, and where literary culture is constantly renewed.

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he children’s book world is a dynamic, experimental, optimistic place. The people who work within it really do believe that books and all forms of art can change people’s lives and make the world a better place.

Without fine children’s books, there would be fewer adult readers and fewer properly mature adults. The world would be a meaner place.

Children’s literature resists easy classification.

There are beautiful blends of pictures and words, and books without any words at all.

There are books with holes in them, books that squeak and flash. There are tales that explore the depths of human emotion, books of the harshest realism, books that take us to fantastical new worlds. There are books filled with poems and songs and information. Like children themselves, children’s books can be hilarious and troubled, barmy and profound, and are in a constant process of change and growth. Bath will be an exciting place this autumn. Come along to our festival. Meet our wonderful authors and illustrators. Be inspired by today's children, who really do read, and who are active, creative and engaged young citizens. Discover this fascinating world.

D avid Almond Guest Artistic Director

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HIGHLIGHTS P.

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BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH

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LEGO STAR WARS

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PEPPA PIG

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LAUREN CHILD

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HENRY WINKLER

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SIMON MAYO

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CORNELIA FUNKE

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MICHAEL MORPURGO

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STRANDS

YA Readers & Adults Workshops Older than 12? This is the series for you. Certain to inspire, inform and spark discussion this strand features a range of events from authors at the fore of Young Adult literature.

Featuring a new series for 2014: In conversation with..., alongside lectures, debates and sneak peeks into the lives of some of the most captivating characters, these events will challenge and inspire adults and young adults alike.

Come and fill your mind with top-tips and inspiring subjects in our pick of the best children’s workshops around.

With sessions on illustration, storytelling and spoken word poetry there’s something for all ages. Create comic strips under the expert eye of The Phoenix writers and illustrators; keep a top-secret diary with Emer Stamp (and Pig!); and even learn how to survive a plane crash in the jungle.

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All Time Favourites Animal Kingdom Bringing together some of the best loved childhood characters of the last 25 years, this lovable collection of events promises giggles, captivating storytelling and fantastic party games!

Snort with the irresistible Peppa Pig; meet everyone’s favourite white bunny, Miffy; celebrate with games, activities and storytelling as Kipper and Elmer turn 25; test your knowledge with Horrid Henry… and much more...

Get in touch with your wild side as we explore the Animal Kingdom. Join our enthusiastic and knowledgeable authors for an exploration of critters both big and small. We’ll encounter an array of exciting creatures, including the world’s slowest mammal — the sloth. We will also meet brave dogs, loveable ponies, and one hilarious pig!

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DIARY AFTERNOON EVENING

FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

Guildhall

Schools' Programme For all the details of how your School can get involved please see pages 44 — 49

5— 6.15pm The Big Bath Book Quiz! / 7+ / Family

7— 8 pm The Opening Night Debate: The Future of Teaching / Adult

MORNING AFTERNOON

Mission Theatre

Library

10— 10.45am Horrible Histories with Martin Brown / 8+

10 — 10.45am Mayhem with Dennis the Menace / 7+

10 — 10.45am Peepo! / 2+

11.45 am— 12.30pm Lauren Child — Ruby Redfort / 9+

11.45 am— 12.30pm Happy Birthday, Kipper! /3-6

11.45am — 12.30pm The Meadow Vale Ponies / 7—11

1.30 — 2 .15pm Tom Gates.

A Tiny Bit Lucky / 9+

1.30 — 2 .15pm Shakespeare! with Christopher Lloyd / 6+

3.15 — 4pm Seriously Silly Stuff / 8+ 4 — 4 .45pm Meet Horrid Henry / 5+ 5 — 5.45pm In Conversation with Lauren Child / Adult

EVENING

SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

Guildhall

1.30 — 2 .15pm George’s Amazing Adventure / 4+

1.30 — 2 .15pm Peepo! / 2+

Holburne Museum

11.30am — 12.30pm Comics…OF THE FUTURE! / 7—10

1.30 —2.30pm Pirates, Dinosaurs and Swashbuckling Adventures / 7 — 10

3— 3.45pm The Dragon’s Dentist / 5+ 3.30 — 4 .15pm Firestation Children’s Book Swap / 7+ / Family

5.15 — 6pm Murderous Maths with Kjartan Poskitt / 8+

6 — 6.45pm Benjamin Zephaniah / 12+ (YA)

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5 — 5.45pm In Conversation with Dave McKean / Adult

DIARY MORNING

10 — 10.45am Henry Winkler / 8+

Mission Theatre

Library

Holburne Museum

11— 11.45am Borgon the Axeboy with Kjartan Poskitt / 7+ 11.45am — 12.30pm The Tale of King Harald / 9+ / Family

11.15 am— 12.45pm Laurence Anholt’s Big Drawing Workshop / 7+

11.45 am— 12.30pm Holly Webb’s Animal Stories / 5 — 8

AFTERNOON

1.30 —2.15pm 1.30 — 2 .15pm Robert Muchamore Meet your Bath Rugby & Sophie McKenzie / 11+ Heroes! / Family

3.45 — 4 .30pm LEGO and Star Wars / 6+

Other Venues

10— 10.45am Miffy / 3 — 5

3.15 — 4pm Sally Green and Marcus Sedgwick / 12+ (YA)

5 — 5.45pm Boyface and his Quantum Chromatic Disruption Machine / 6+

1.15 — 2pm Steve Cole. Secret Agent Mummy / 7+

3.30 — 4.15pm Little Miss Hug / 3+

1.30 — 2 .15pm Stinkbomb and Ketchup — Face! / 6+

3 — 3.45pm Laurence Anholt’s Amazing Art Show / 7+

2.30 — 4pm Turning Nightmares Into Stories / 9+

11am — 12.30pm Jungle Crash / 9+ (Paragon School)

1.30 — 3pm Fantasy Writing Workshop. Justin Somper / 11+ (Paragon School)

SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

Guildhall

4.45 — 5.30pm In Conversation with John Burningham / 13+ / adult 5.45 — 6.30pm Vintage Fashion / 11+

EVENING

6 — 6.45pm Garth Nix and Joe Abercrombie / 12+ (YA)

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TUESDAY

Join the conversation

Library

6 — 7pm SLA Information Book Award / 12+ / Adult

WEDNESDAY

10:30 — 11.15am Bramble the Brave / 2+

THURSDAY

1 — 1.45pm The Enormous Turnip / 2+ 7 — 8 pm David Almond Professorial Lecture / Adult

FRIDAY

10.30 — 11.15am Singalongs for All Seasons / 3+

7 — 8 pm Now we are ten!

Celebrating 10 years of the MA Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University / Adult

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MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER — FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER

Guildhall

DIARY MORNING

10— 10.45am We’re Going on a Bear Hunt / 5+

Mission Theatre

Library

11.45 am— 12.30pm 11.45am — 12.30pm Simon Mayo 9+ Secret Kingdom Party / 4 — 7

1.30 — 2 .15pm Cornelia Funke and David Almond / 12+

3.45 — 4 .30pm Goth Girl with Chris Riddell / 7+

1.30 — 2 .15pm 10 Years of Muddy Puddles with Peppa Pig / 3 — 5 3.15 — 4pm The World of Pig with Emer Stamp / 8+

Holburne Museum

Other Venues

11am — 12.30pm Create Your Own Top Secret Diary / 8+

11 — 11.45am Stinkbomb and Ketchup Face / 7+ (Midsomer Norton Library)

11 — 11.45am Natural Inspiration with Nicola Davies / 10+ / Family (Prior Park College)

11 am— 12.30pm Draw the Perfect Pooch / 7+ (Paragon School)

11.30am — 12.45pm Buried Treasure / 8 — 12 (Roman Baths)

10 — 10.45am Peter Bently and Fred Blunt Knightmare / 5+

10— 10.45am 10 Years of Muddy Puddles with Peppa Pig / 3 — 5 11 — 11.45am Animal War Heroes / 8+

AFTERNOON

SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER

Guildhall

11.45am — 12.30pm Dragon Loves Penguin / 4+ 1.15 — 2pm Ultimate Dinosaur Top Trumps / 8+

3.30 — 4 .15pm Welcome to Slothville! / 6+

1.30 — 2 .15pm Julia Green and Gill Lewis — Amazing Animals/ 7+

1.30 — 3pm Spoken Word with Polarbear / 12+

3.15 — 4pm Bubble Trouble / 4+

EVENING

5— 5.45pm The Shape Game with Anthony Browne / 5+ 5.45 — 6.30pm David Almond — A Song for Ella Grey / 12+ (YA)

6 — 6.45pm Holly Black and Cassandra Clare / 9+ 8 — 8 .45pm Remembering Childhood / 12+ / Adult

MORNING

11.30am — 12.15pm Drawing Harry Potter — with Jonny Duddle / 9+

AFTERNOON

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER

Guildhall 10 — 10.45am Happy Birthday, Elmer / 3+

Mission Theatre

Library

Other Venues

10 — 10.45am Happy 450th Birthday, Mr Shakespeare / 9+ 10.30 — 11.15am Nick Sharratt / 5+

11.45 am— 12.30pm The Grunts / 7+ 12.30 — 1.15pm Michael Grant and Moira Young / 12+ (YA)

12—4pm The Big Draw — We Built This City / Family (Holburne Museum)

1.30 — 2 .15pm Minecraft / 6+

1.30 — 2 .15pm War Girls / 12+

1.30 — 2 .15pm I Love You, with Emma Dodd / 3 — 6

3.15 — 4pm Cathy Cassidy / 9+

3.15 — 4pm Jake’s Bones / 11+

3— 3.45pm Kings, Queens and Submarines / 6+

3.30 — 4 .15pm A Pirate & Dinosaur Adventure / 4+

5 — 5.45pm David Almond, Mal Peet, Melvin Burgess; / 12+ (YA)

5.15 — 6pm Frank Einstein & the Antimatter Motor / 9+

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1 — 2 .30pm Create Your Own Animal Adventure / 9+ (Paragon School)

4 — 5.30pm Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful / 8+ /Family (Komedia)

BIG BATH READ

Festival Bookshop Guildhall We are delighted to welcome back Waterstones (waterstones.com) as the official bookseller for The Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival. Pop into their bookshop inside the Guildhall where a full selection of Festival books will be available to tempt you.

There will also be satellite bookshops at the other Festival venues. Don’t forget that there will be a book signing after each event (which can often last an hour or more).

Festival Den Bath Central Library 27 September — 5 October Free Come and explore our den at the Library .

Throughout the Festival, you can dress up as your favourite book characters with the help of our fancy dress chest. Check out the amazing artwork created by children across Bath and North East Somerset, inspired by our Kids Big Bath Read. Don’t miss the wonderful exhibition, all about the Bear With Me book.

1 sketch book, 1 bear and 1000 miles, this stunning collaborative travelling sketch book project features the exquisite work of 30 of the country’s leading children’s book illustrators, including Chris Riddell, Emma ChichesterClark, Lydia Monks and Alex T Smith, alongside many more fantastic talents.

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BIG BATH READ

Kids Big Bath Read 2014 — Chris Riddell’s Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse Meet Ada Goth — only child of the gloomy Lord Goth and resident of enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth believes that children should be heard and not seen, so Ada has to wear large clumpy boots so that he can always hear her coming. This makes it hard for her to make friends and sometimes, Ada is rather lonely.

Until William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and together with a ghostly mouse called Ishmael, they and Ada begin to unravel a dastardly plot that Maltravers, the mysterious indoor gamekeeper, is hatching.

Join our Kids Big Bath Read this summer and enter Ada’s wonderfully weird and gothic world! Copies of the book will be available at Bath Central Library, as well as Midsomer Norton, Radstock and Keynsham Libraries.

Don’t miss out on meeting Chris Riddell at the Festival, on Saturday 4 October, where he will talk about the second book in the Goth Girl series, Goth Girl and the Fete Worse than Death.

Once again, schools can sign up to join our Kids Big Bath Read — See page 52.

Supported by Bath Festivals' Literacy Champions

Kids Big Bath Read workshops — with Hannah Sackett Tickets Children £3, Adults free but ticketed Age 7+

Midsomer Norton Library Wednesday 6 August, 10.30 — 11.30am

Radstock Library Friday 15 August, 10.30 — 11.30am

Keynsham Library Wednesday 20 August, 2.30 — 3.30pm These special Goth Girl workshops will allow families to explore the world of the book. Don’t miss the chance to make up your own monster, or design new buildings and gardens for Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Find out about the myths and stories that inspired Chris Riddell, and help us uncover further adventures of Ishmael Whiskers the mouse!

Tickets have to be bought directly from the respective library . For any questions, please call 01225 394041. Make sure to buy your tickets early as places for each workshop are limited.

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BATH RUGBY

Comic Workshop with the Phoenix and Bath Rugby Friday 29 August Bath Rugby Clubhouse 2 — 3pm Tickets £12 Age 7 — 10 Do you love comics as much as we do? Why not join the Phoenix and Bath Rugby’s Junior Membership Club leader, Maximus, at this brilliant workshop and create your very own comic strip!

Let the unique surroundings of the Bath Rugby pitch inspire you to write action-packed stories before sharing them with other creative minds.

This is a one-off event — don’t miss it!

Please note: for workshops only parents/ guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

If you haven’t been to The Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival before you might wonder what to expect.

Well, where to start?

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here’s fun; plenty of it. We laugh, we think, we plan and we get lost in thought. We meet our favourite authors, we hear them read, we’re inspired. We get to know our best-loved characters and even have our photographs taken with some of them! We dress up, dance, win prizes; collect autographs, top tips and good memories. We delve deep into the animal kingdom; we solve problems; explore the universe, the past and the future, and address burning issues that are important to us.

Children (and big kids) of all ages should expect readings, storytelling, poetry, rhyme, songs and sing-alongs; games, puzzles, quizzes, jokes, pranks, activities and strange noises… We listen, we learn, we look, we question and we take part.

Don’t miss out Come and enjoy a day out with the whole family— full of laughter, adventure, debate and creativity.

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YOUNG CURATORS

Young Curators Our story so far . . .

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e are a group of ten students from Wellsway School in Keynsham who absolutely love books! Over the past two years we have had the opportunity to meet loads of authors, earn our Bronze Arts Award and also (our personal favourite) help organise and run The Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival for 2013.

In our first meeting, we were lucky enough to meet David Almond, the Festival's Guest Artistic Director, and talk to him about what would be going on at the festival, and from there, we got stuck in as much as we could, including creating the Young Curators Choice Logo to highlight our favourite Festival events on the website, programming events and reviewing books.

Along the way, we also managed to achieve the Bronze Arts Award which we are all really proud of as this took a lot of time and effort to achieve, but we are all glad we did it! We are now working towards our Silver Arts Award.

This year we have programmed two weekday discussions for young people, we will be posting reviews of Festival books and events, interesting articles and details of our activities on our Young Curators Blog. We will also be at the Festival at different points, participating in events, selling tickets, introducing events and looking after authors so please do come and talk to us about our experiences and the Festival.

The Young Curators

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FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

The Big, Big Bath Book Quiz!

5 — 6.15pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / A1 Ages 7+ / Family Famous children’s author and part-time hazelnut Andy Stanton presents a book quiz with a difference. From Harry Potter to the Very Hungry Caterpillar, from Just William to David Walliams… Here’s your chance to show off your big book brains and win some fantastic prizes! Join your super-manic, laughyour-face-off quizmaster, as he shouts out questions and makes you write things down.

But in a fun way, not like at school.

Buy tickets individually, then enter on the day in teams of one, two or three children. There’ll be special prizes if you dare to come dressed as your favourite book characters HOORAY! Sponsored by Becoming a teacher is arguably more complicated now than it's ever been, with a whole range of different routes into teaching. So how do these routes measure up, and what are the relative merits of academic training versus professional experience in the field?

The Opening Night Debate – The Future of Teaching 7 — 8pm Guildhall Tickets £8 / A2 Adult What sort of teachers do we need?

Few would dispute that education is essential to society and the economy — and that education unlocks doors for individual children to realise their potential.

But what makes a good teacher, and why do successive Governments disagree on the best way of delivering education?

Join Anthony Seldon, historian and headmaster of Wellington College, writer and journalist Fiona Millar, Sam Freedman, former advisor to Michael Gove, and Darren Northcott from teachers’ union NASUWT, for a discussion about the future of teaching and teacher education.

This debate coincides with the launch of the Institute for Education at Bath Spa University, a new venture that builds on the University's long history of teacher education, and puts it at the forefront of the national campaign to improve the education of all our children.

Everyone remembers a good teacher — or do they?

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SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER ALL TIME FAVOURITES

Peepo!

Horrible Histories with Martin Brown

Mayhem with Dennis the Menace!

10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £6 / B1 Age 8+

10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £5 / B2 Age 7+

From the Terrible Trenches to the Rotten Romans, Horrible Histories illustrator Martin Brown brings art to life in his action-packed show full of jokes, stories and live drawing with suggestions from the audience.

Foul fun for all the family.

Join Steven Butler, author of The Diary of Dennis the Menace, for a sneaky peek into the chaotic life of the naughtiest boy in the Beano!

Expect lots of fun and games (maybe even a prank or two!) as Steven brings to life the world of Dennis the Menace.

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Comics... OF THE FUTURE! 11.30am — 12.30pm Holburne Museum Tickets £10 / B4 Age 7 — 10 Embark on an awesome adventure in your very own futuristic world! Take over the galaxy with an army of GIANT robots that YOU invent. Join The Phoenix comic’s Neill Cameron as he shows you how to construct your very own comic…

OF THE FUTURE! Please note: for workshops only parents/guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information.

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10 — 10.45am Bath Central Library Tickets £4 / B3 Age 2+ A fun, lively and interactive event for under 5s and their grown-ups. The wonderful descriptive and rhythmic language of this delightful picture book is brought to life in this fabulous event which is packed full of songs, games and storytelling. Devised and presented by professional storyteller Justine de Mierre.

Please note, children under 2 will require a purchased ticket for this event.

SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

Lauren Child – Ruby Redfort 11.45am — 12.30pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / B5 Age 9+ Lauren Child is the creator of some of the best-loved characters in contemporary children’s literature, including Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and Ruby Redfort. She will talk to Julia Eccleshare about the things that inspire her, whether old television shows, sibling relationships, or childhood worries. Hear all about the fourth title in the Ruby Redfort series, Feel the Fear.

Don't miss Holly Black & Cassandra Clare / p. 38

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ALL TIME FAVOURITES

ANIMAL KINGDOM

Happy Birthday, Kipper

The Meadow Vale Ponies

Tom Gates: A Tiny Bit Lucky

11.45am — 12.30pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / B6 Age 3 — 6

11.45am — 12.30pm Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / B7 Age 7 — 11

1.30 — 2 .15pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / B8 Age 9+

Kipper the Dog is 25 in 2014!

To celebrate Kipper’s Birthday we’re holding a party - come along for games, activities and fun with professional storyteller Liz Fost and, of course, Kipper himself.

Join Che Golden as she reads from her new pony-tastic book Mulberry to the Rescue and shares photos and stories about her own naughty, but lovable ponies. Prepare to join in and tell Che all about why you love ponies and riding — a must for everyone who loves spending time with our four-legged friends.

Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Liz Pichon will read from the new Tom Gates book, A Tiny Bit Lucky.

Join in with Tom, Derek and Norman, as they try to win the Rock Weekly Band Battle with Dogzombies. An exciting event packed with drawing, games and much more!

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SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

Shakespeare! with Christopher Lloyd

George’s Amazing Adventure

1.30 — 2 .15pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / B9 Age 6+

1.30 — 2 .15pm Mission Theatre Tickets £5 / B10 Age 4+

Christopher Lloyd brings the plays of Shakespeare to life for ages 6 to adult through the amazing new What on Earth? Wallbook of Shakespeare. He explores the world of human emotion across Shakespeare’s 38 plays using a coat of many pockets, accompanied by the backdrop of a giant 8m long edition of the What on Earth?

Wallbook of Shakespeare.

Come and meet Charlotte and Adam Guillain performing their latest hilarious picture book, Doughnuts for a Dragon, illustrated by the awardwinning Lee Wildish. Venture back in time in search of a dragon... there’ll be strange noises, a princess, a witch and an ogre on the way, a bit of silly dressing up and funny songs.

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Pirates, Dinosaurs and Swashbuckling Adventures ALL TIME FAVOURITES

Peepo!

1.30 — 2 .15pm Bath Central Library Tickets £4 / B11 Age 2+ A fun, lively and interactive event for under 5s and their grownups. The wonderful descriptive and rhythmic language of this delightful picture book is brought to life in this fabulous event including songs, games and storytelling. Devised and presented by professional storyteller Justine de Mierre.

Please note, children under 2 will require a purchased ticket for this event.

1.30 — 2 .30pm Holburne Museum Tickets £10 / B12 Age 7 — 10

The Dragon’s Dentist

Embark on the ride of your life with cut throat pirates and prehistoric giants in this epic comic-creation workshop with The Phoenix comic’s Neill Cameron. Bring your pirate characters to life and find out how to summon dinosaurs from the murky past when you make your very own comic. Please note: for workshops only parents/guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information.

3 — 3.45pm Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / B13 Age 5+

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Get your knightly gear on for this lively session of stories, drawing and knightly activities with John McLay and Horrible Histories illustrator Martin Brown. If you win the fancy dress competition there’s a fantastic prize of an original illustration of yourself dressed as a knight to take home.

SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

Seriously Silly Stuff 3.15 — 4pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / B14 Age 8+ Join poet and author Andy Seed for an hour of amazing funny facts, jokes, puzzles, silly poems, wordplay, games and challenges based on the fantastic The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff and the Anti-Boredom Book of Brilliant Things To Do. Fun and laughter is guaranteed in this exciting interactive session.

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Firestation Children’s Book Swap

ALL TIME FAVOURITES

YA READERS AND ADULTS

Meet Horrid Henry

In Conversation with Lauren Child

4 — 4.45pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / B16 Age 5+ Join storyteller Liz Fost to hear tales of some of Henry’s ‘horrible’ adventures. Test your knowledge with a ‘horrible’ quiz and even meet Henry himself.

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5 — 5.45pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / B17 Adult Meet Lauren Child, awardwinning creator of Charlie and Lola, as she discusses her incredible career as an author and illustrator. Join her as she speaks about her long-awaited new picture book, The New Small Person, an original and moving take on how young children can be affected by the introduction of a new small person into their family life.

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3.30 — 4.15pm Mission Theatre Tickets £5 / B15 Age 7+ / Family Join Scott Pack and authors Tamsyn Murray and Guy Bass for a slightly bonkers event in which you bring your old books along and they do their best to help you swap them while answering the most silly questions you can come up with. Great fun for all the family.

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SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

YA READERS AND ADULTS

In conversation with Dave McKean 5 — 5.45pm Holburne Museum Tickets £6 / B18 Age 12+ (YA) / Adult An extraordinary artist, filmmaker and musician, Dave McKean has collaborated with authors such as Neil Gaiman and David Almond, as well as contributing to the design of the Harry Potter films.

In this illustrated talk, he explores art's power to bring characters and stories to life.

Also at The Holburne Museum Today The Ice Book

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The Ice Book is a miniature theatre show made of paper and light. An exquisite experience of fragile paper cutouts and video projections that sweep you right into the heart of a fantasy world.

Murderous Maths with Kjartan Poskitt 5.15 — 6pm Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / B19 Age 8+ Murderous Maths author Kjartan Poskitt brings the weird and wonderful world of maths to life in his non-stop show full of jokes, puzzles, stories and much more.

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YA READERS AND ADULTS

Benjamin Zephaniah 6 — 6.45pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / B20 Age 12+ (YA)

Don't miss David Almond — A Song for Ella Grey / p. 38

TERROR KID, Benjamin Zephaniah’s first novel in 7 years, tells of how one boy’s idealism and passion to speak out is distorted and manipulated by those who want to commit acts of terror. Known for his impactful and distinctive voice and his focus on important social and political issues, this is an event not to be missed. Chaired by Jenni Mills.

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SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

Henry Winkler 10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £6 / C1 Age 8+ Meet Henry Winkler, aka ‘the Fonz’ in Happy Days and author of the Hank Zipzer books (now a major CBBC series starring Henry as Mr Rock)! Henry talks about overcoming dyslexia to act, write and direct, and how he is now on a mission with First News children’s newspaper editor Nicky Cox, to show children that everyone can succeed in life.

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Jungle Crash!

11am — 12.30pm Paragon School Tickets £12 / C4 Age 9+

ALL TIME FAVOURITES

Miffy 10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £5 / C2 Age 3 — 5 Come and meet everyone’s favourite little white bunny at this very special story time and activity session. Join in, get busy with Miffy craft, and get your dancing shoes on, as you’ll be learning the Miffy dance with Miffy herself.

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Borgon the Axeboy with Kjartan Poskitt 11 — 11.45am Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / C3 Age 7+ Join Kjartan Poskitt to hear all about the first book in a brand new series, Borgon the Axeboy and the Dangerous Breakfast. In this fun filled event you’ll meet barbarian Borgon and his family and friends, and learn what the most dangerous breakfast of all time might be!

WORKSHOP

Laurence Anholt’s Big Drawing Workshop 11.15am — 12.45pm Holburne Museum Tickets £12 / C5 Age 7+

Your plane has crashed in the Amazon rainforest and you must now find your way to safety. Simon Chapman will show you how to survive.

What gear do you need?

How do you set up a jungle camp? How do you scream like a spider monkey? — and why would you want to?

Please note: for workshops only parents/guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information.

Come and make amazing art with author and artist, Laurence Anholt, creator of the internationally famous Anholt’s Artists series. Laurence will share loads of tips to help develop unbelievable creative confidence. Prepare to make a mess and have tons of fun.

Everyone will go home with some BIG charcoal drawings!

Please note: for workshops only parents/guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information.

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The Tale of King Harald — The Last Viking Adventure 11.45am — 12.30pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / C6 Age 9+ Thomas Williams, Project Curator for the Vikings: Life and Legend exhibition at the British Museum, shares the story of ruthless and fearsome King Harald Sigurdsson, the last king of the Vikings. Learn about the feared Viking warriors, their travel and conquests, and ancient Viking belief.

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SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

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Holly Webb’s Animal Stories 11.45am — 12.30pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / C7 Age 5 — 8 Holly Webb has written twenty-eight animal stories, many of them based on her own pets. In this event you’ll be finding out about the real animals behind the books, as well as making a kitten or puppy mask to take home.

Meet your Bath Rugby Heroes!

1.30 — 2 .15pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / C10 Family event Come and meet a host of Bath Rugby players in this exclusive, one-off event!

Listen to their amazing real life stories of how they became professional rugby players, what inspires them to be the best at every match and find out about their favourite stories. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions, autographs and pictures! Visit bathfestivals. org.uk for updates on the line-up.

Steve Cole: Secret Agent Mummy 1.15 — 2pm Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / C8 Age 7+ Steve Cole is the slightly crazy, million-selling, nonstop author of Astrosaurs, Cows In Action, Z. Rex and the new Secret Agent Mummy series. In a fun-filled, frantic session he will reveal the loopy origins of his many creations, give story-writing tips, show you how to dream up your own funny ideas — and make plenty of atrocious jokes...

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Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face!

1.30 — 2 .15pm Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / C11 Age 6+ Join John Dougherty, his guitar, and his ridiculous sense of humour for 45 minutes of songs, silliness, and Stinkbomb & KetchupFace! Hear about our heroes’ latest adventure, The Quest for the Magic Porcupine! Sing along to the Stinkbomb & Ketchup-Face theme song and find out what makes badgers so bad…

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1.30 — 2 .15pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / C9 Age 11+ Two of our bestselling writers of adventure novels for young adults talk about their writing and how to create plots full of excitement and intrigue.

Muchamore introduces his new novel Rock War, and looks back on ten years of his bestselling Cherub series; and McKenzie discusses Split Second, her action-packed new thriller.

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Fantasy Writing Workshop 1.30 — 3pm Paragon School Tickets £12 / C12 Age 11+ Join Justin Somper, bestselling author of the hit series Vampirates and stunning new fantasy sequence Allies and Assassins. Justin introduces us to Archenfield, a dark and dangerous court where murder and intrigue are never far below the surface, for a unique workshop on writing fantasy worlds and developing compelling characters.

Please note: for workshops only parents/guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information.

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SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER YA READERS AND ADULTS

Sally Green and Marcus Sedgwick WORKSHOP

Turning Nightmares into Stories with Ross Montgomery 2.30 — 4pm Holburne Museum Tickets £12 / C13 Age 9+ Ross Montgomery’s The Tornado Chasers is a story of adventure, daredevils, ravenous bears and raining biscuits! Join the Costa Book Award shortlisted author of Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door for a workshop on writing spellbinding stories about fears and adventure.

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Little Miss Hug 3.30 — 4.15pm Mission Theatre Tickets £5 / C16 Age 3+ This is a must for Little Miss fans! Join Liz Fost for a fun filled story time and craft activities. Plus, get to meet a very special guest: Little Miss Hug, a cheeky, pink character renowned for her hugs and iconic red bow in her hair.

Laurence Anholt’s Amazing Art Show 3 — 3.45pm Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / C14 Age 7+ The Anholt’s Artists series has sold more than a million copies worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to hear Laurence Anholt talking in his funny and informative style about artists such as van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso and Chagall. Fascinating photos, amazing stories and real insight into the lives of the masters.

3.15 — 4pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / C15 Age 12+ (YA) Two rising stars of Young Adult fiction speak to Gill McLay about their amazing new books, filled with myths and mystery. Marcus Sedgwick prepared for years to write The Ghosts of Heaven, a novel spanning the whole history of mankind. Sally Green’s globally celebrated debut Half Bad takes us into a modern world, inhabited by rival factions of covert Black and White witches.

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LEGO and Star Wars with Duncan Titmarsh 3.45 — 4.30pm Guildhall Tickets £10 / C17 Age 6+ Are you mad about Star Wars and LEGO? Then join Duncan Titmarsh for a brick-tastic event all around our favourite space saga, including building a Star Wars inspired LEGO model which you get to take home after the event.

And don't forget to meet members of the 501st UK Garrison in their amazing Star Wars costumes before and after the event.

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SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER YA READERS AND ADULTS

In Conversation with John Burningham 4.45 — 5.30pm Holburne Museum Tickets £6 / C18 Age 13+ (YA) / Adult

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John Burningham has been writing and illustrating children’s books for over 50 years, and has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal.

In this chaired event, the classic storyteller will discuss his career and work to date including There's Going to be a Baby and the Mr Gumpy books, before we open the floor for questions.

Suitable for aspiring writers and illustrators.

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Boyface and his Quantum Chromatic Disruption Machine 5 — 5.45pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / C19 Age 6+ Boyface Antelope is the son of a stripemonger.

What’s a stripemonger? Well, it’s someone who rearranges patterns of course! Come along and meet children’s comedian James Campbell as he talks about his hilarious children’s book series: Boyface.

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Vintage Fashion 5.45 — 6.30pm Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / C20 Age 11+ Join Celia Joicey and Dennis Nothdruft from London's Fashion and Textile Museum for a step-by-step guide to drawing vintageinspired fashion from key decades, such as the 1960s and 1970s. Unleash your inner fashion designer and take inspiration from original vintage clothes from the museum’s collection.

Garth Nix & Joe Abercrombie 6 — 6.45pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / C21 Age 12+ (YA) On an exclusive visit from his native Australia, Garth Nix discusses the prequel to his internationally bestselling Old Kingdom series, Clariel, with John McLay. They are joined by bestselling fantasy writer Joe Abercrombie, author of enthralling Half a King and described as ‘the brightest star’ of new British fantasy fiction.

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6 — 7pm Guildhall Free but ticketed / E1 Adult Join us for the annual announcement of the winners of the School Library Association Information Book Award 2014. This award celebrates the best information books for young readers, and supports school libraries in promoting the importance of non-fiction. Meet authors, illustrators and librarians celebrating information books at this free event.

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WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER

THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER

Bramble the Brave The Enormous Turnip

10.30 — 11.15am Bath Central Library Tickets £4 / F1 Age 2+ Bramble the mole has a nose for adventure, but is she brave enough to eat a cress sandwich? Chrissie Weltike brings life and love to Amber Stewart’s story for young ones through interactive storytelling, creative movement with live music, an obstacle course and a real picnic! How brave are you? — come along and try new things.

Please note, children under 2 will require a purchased ticket for this event.

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1 — 1.45pm Bath Central Library Tickets £4 / G1 Age 2+ Who can help the farmer pull the enormous turnip from the ground? Charming puppetry, live music, songs and interactive activities bring this favourite children’s story to life with imagination and fun for all. Led by Chrissie Weltike, experienced Early Years Practitioner.

Please note, children under 2 will require a purchased ticket for this event.

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David Almond – Professorial Lecture 7 — 8pm Guildhall Free but ticketed / G2 Adult Children’s Literature is where stories have their start, where literary culture is constantly recreated. Like children themselves, it can be hilarious and troubled, barmy and profound.

This lecture, by our Artistic Director and Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, celebrates children’s own creativity, from which we all have much to learn. It celebrates and explores their literature, which evades easy classification, and should give hope to us all.

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FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER

Fancy Dress Photo Shoot 10am — 1pm Bath Central Library Free Head to the library and dress up as your favourite book character for a free photo shoot with Spirit Photographic, who will then upload your photo to their Facebook page.

Come as your favourite character, or use our dressing up box. The best character will win a family portrait session at Spirit Photographic including a 20x16” canvas worth £450 and ten runners up will win a family portrait with a desk frame worth £75. Also on Saturday 4 October 10am — 4pm.

Now we are ten!

Celebrating 10 years of the MA Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University Singalongs for All Seasons 10.30 — 11.15am Bath Central Library Tickets £4 / H1 Age 3+ Join a lively session of music and action with author Jan Dobbins, and share singalong stories, rhymes and rhythms about the world around us.

Based on bestselling title Driving My Tractor, children will be encouraged to join in with energetic action songs and follow storylines while enjoying the vibrant illustrations.

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7 — 8pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / H2 Age Adults (young people also welcome) Join authors Clare Furniss (The Year of the Rat), Elen Caldecott (The Great IceCream Heist) and Emma Carroll (Frost Hollow Hall) for an evening of lively discussion about their novels, their writing process, the teaching of creative writing, and why children’s books matter, with course director and author Julia Green and Professor David Almond.

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Bath Spa University Partnership This year the Bath Spa University MA in Writing for Young People celebrates its tenth birthday at an event with published alumni Elen Caldecott, Emma Carroll and Clare Furniss, in conversation with Professor / Artistic Director David Almond.

Course Director and children’s author Julia Green and Senior Lecturer / author Steve Voake lead a writing workshop as part of the education strand; Julia will also be appearing with Gill Lewis at their Amazing Animals event.

Other alumni appearing at this year’s Festival include Che Golden and Rowena House; many more will be helping as volunteers.

Bath Spa University is proud of its continuing Creative Partnership with this outstanding and important festival for children.

SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER

ALL TIME FAVOURITES

ALL TIME FAVOURITES

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

10 years of Muddy Puddles with Peppa Pig

10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £6 / J1 Age 5+

Fancy Dress Photo Shoot 10am — 4pm Bath Central Library Free See Friday 3 October for details.

Bring your own bear or dress up as one to join in the fun while you ‘squelch-squerch’ and ‘stumble-trip’ through one of the nation’s favourite books. Storyteller Middleton Mann brings the beloved classic by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury to life.

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ANIMAL KINGDOM

Peter Bently & Fred Blunt

Animal War Heroes

10 — 10.45am Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / J3 Age 5+

11 — 11.45am Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / J4 Age 8+

Roll up for some medieval malarkey with author Peter Bently and illustrator Fred Blunt. After readings from the Knightmare books and some wacky drawing wizardry, you will have a chance to get making in a fun craft session. Peter and Fred might also have a bit of a surprise in store…

Mascots, messengers and even spies — David Long retells some amazing real-life stories of animals in war time in Jet the Rescue Dog. He is joined by Damian Kelleher whose novel, Dog in No Man’s Land, tells the World War 1 story of young soldier Billy and his furry friend Scruff.

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10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £4 / J2 Age 3 — 5 Celebrate 10 years of Muddy Puddles with the irresistible Peppa Pig! Giggle and snort your way through a riotous show with interactive storytelling, activities and also the chance to meet your favourite Pig in person.

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SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER

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Create Your Own Top Secret Diary 11am — 12.30pm Holburne Museum Tickets £12 / J5 Age 8+ Author of The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig, Emer Stamp, shows you how to write your own top secret diary complete with Pig’s trademark humour and hilarious illustrations. A great workshop for aspiring writers and fans of Pig. Please note: for workshops only parents/guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information Sponsored by

Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face!

11 — 11.45am Midsomer Norton Library Age 6+ Join John Dougherty, his guitar, and his ridiculous sense of humour for 45 minutes of songs, silliness, and Stinkbomb & KetchupFace! Hear about our heroes’ latest adventure, The Quest for the Magic Porcupine! Sing along to the Stinkbomb & Ketchup-Face Theme Song and find out what makes badgers so bad…

Tickets available from library.

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Natural Inspiration with Nicola Davies 11 — 11.45am Prior Park College Tickets £6 / J6 Age 10+ / Adults How do you turn nature into writing? How do you turn zoological reality into a story and how can writing help us reconnect with the natural world around us? Nicola Davies has spent a lifetime finding out. Join her for a fascinating talk and to share whales, bats, birds and stories.

Simon Mayo introduces ITCHCRAFT

Secret Kingdom Party

11.45am — 12.30pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / J7 Age 9+

11.45am — 12.30pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / J8 Age 4 — 7

Simon Mayo introduces Itchcraft, the third book in the Itch series. The audience will get the chance to see clips of the experiments that Itch conducts in the books, hear Simon read his favourite extracts and get involved in some sciencerelated activities.

You are invited to enter a magical world of friendship and fun with a new series of books, Secret Kingdom.

Polish up your tiaras, bring your best friends, and come along for some musical adventures, magical games and glittery craft activities.

With exclusive goodies for you and your friends to take home.

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SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER

Dragon Loves Penguin

Ultimate Dinosaur Top Trumps

11.45am — 12.30pm Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / J9 Age 4+

1.15 — 2pm Mission Theatre Tickets £5 / J10 Age 8+

Join bestselling author and illustrator Debi Gliori as she takes us on a journey to Antarctica. Find out where the idea for her latest book, Dragon Loves Penguin, came from, and what happens when a fiery dragon adopts a plucky little penguin.

Do you know your diplodocus from your T-Rex? If you think you know everything there is to know about dinosaurs, then think again! In this illustrated and interactive talk, The Bumper Book of Dinosaurs author Keiron Pim counts down the biggest, weirdest, most fearsome and most surprising dinosaurs that ever roamed the Earth.

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Cornelia Funke and David Almond

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ALL TIME FAVOURITES

1.30 — 2 .15pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / J11 12+ (YA)

10 years of Muddy Puddles with Peppa Pig

Cornelia Funke is the renowned, much loved author of many children’s books, including the Inkheart and MirrorWorld series. She is also a film producer, an app designer, and was named by Time Magazine as one of the ‘100 must influential people in the world today’. Come to hear her in conversation with artistic director, David Almond.

1.30 — 2 .15pm Guildhall Tickets £4 / J12 Age 3 — 5

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Celebrate 10 years of Muddy Puddles with the irresistible Peppa Pig! Giggle and snort your way through a riotous show with interactive storytelling, activities and also the chance to meet your favourite Pig in person.

SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER ANIMAL KINGDOM

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Julia Green & Gill Lewis – Amazing Animals 1.30 — 2 .15pm Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / J13 Age 7+ Join amazing authors Julia Green and Gill Lewis talking about their new books, Seal Island and Scarlet Ibis, and how animals bring people together in some special places.

Spoken Word with Polarbear 1.30 — 3pm Holburne Museum Tickets £12 / J14 Age 12+ Come and work with spoken word artist Polarbear, aka author Steven Camden, to create autobiographical spoken word pieces drawing on rhythm, rhyme and the things that make up who we are.

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Welcome to Slothville!

3.15 — 4pm Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / J16 Age 4+ Ever wanted to create your own picture book? Now you can! Help Tom Percival (author and illustrator of Bubble Trouble) put together the storyline and pictures for a new digital picture book in just under an hour.

3.15 — 4pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / J15 Age 8+ Pig’s happy world of tasty slops and smelly farts is shaken when he discovers he is to become Farmer’s dinner!

Author of The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig, Emer Stamp brings to life the story of how he receives unexpected help from the evil chickens. Join hilarious Pig in the big adventure.

ANIMAL KINGDOM

Bubble Trouble

The World of Pig with Emer Stamp

3.30 — 4.15pm Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / J17 Age 6+

Goth Girl with Chris Riddell 3.45 — 4.30pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / J18 Age 7+

Take a break and kick back with Lucy Cooke, TV presenter (Animal Planet, BBC) and author of The Power of Sloth — a celebration of the slowest, most chilled animal there is. Watch some amazing pictures and video footage taken by Lucy and become a member of the Sloth Appreciation Society.

Join the 2014 Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival cover illustrator Chris Riddell for this not-to-be-missed event! Hear what inspires Chris’s fantastic stories, get tips on drawing your own amazing pictures, and find out more about Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death, the cake-tastic second book in the award-winning Goth Girl series.

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SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER

The Shape Game with Anthony Browne 5 — 5.45pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / J19 Age 5+ It’s the 30th anniversary of Willy the Wimp and in this interactive event we can celebrate with former Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne by playing the Shape Game! The rules are simple: the first player quickly draws any abstract shape at random, the second looks at it and then transforms it into something recognisable.

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Holly Black and Cassandra Clare 6 — 6.45pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / J21 Age 9+

YA READERS AND ADULTS

David Almond — A Song for Ella Grey 5.45 — 6.30pm Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / J20 Age 12+ (YA) / Adult Ella Grey is an ordinary teenager, with ordinary joys, troubles and desires. Then strange and handsome Orpheus strolls onto the beach and sings her into an astonishing new understanding of herself. Their love draws on ancient mythic forces, and leads them to the gates of Death and beyond.

Our Guest Artistic Director speaks to Erica Wagner about his new novel.

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From the remarkable imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping, mind-blowing, pulse-pounding plunge into the magical unknown. In their first UK event together, Holly and Cassandra delve deep into their first book in their Magisterium series, The Iron Trial.

Chaired by Gill McLay YA READERS AND ADULTS

Remembering Childhood — David Almond & Nadia Budde 8 — 8.45pm Guildhall Tickets £5 / J22 12+ (YA) / Adult Our childhood provides us with memories which influence our imagination throughout our lives. Alison Waller talks to Skellig author David Almond about Half A Creature From the Sea, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England. They are joined by award-winning German author Nadia Budde, who vividly recalls growing up in the GDR in her illustrated children’s book.

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SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER ALL TIME FAVOURITES

Happy Birthday, Elmer!

10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £5 / K1 Age 3 — 6 Join Elmer the elephant in celebrating his birthday.

Come dressed in your brightest colours for a fun-filled storytelling event, join Elmer’s parade and get the chance to meet the patchwork elephant himself.

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Draw the Perfect Pooch

Happy 450th Birthday, Mr Shakespeare!

10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £5 / K2 Age 9+ Marcia Williams is famous for her retellings of classic stories in her distinctive cartoon style. In this event, where we celebrate the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, Marcia will bring a selection of the bard's most popular plays vividly to life using images, objects and plenty of drama.

11am — 12.30pm Paragon School Tickets £12 / K4 Age 7+

Nick Sharratt 10.30 — 11.15am Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / K3 Age 5+ Imagine you could go anywhere, with anyone and do anything. Where would you live? Where would you sleep? What games would you play? Go on... you choose!

Join Nick Sharratt for live drawings, readings, rhymes and sock-based crafts, and let your imagination soar in this fun-filled session where anything can happen.

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Do you want to paint a poodle like Picasso? Draw a dachshund like Degas? If the answer is ‘yes’ let Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam illustrator, Steven Lenton, show you how in his amazing dog-drawing-masterclass.

With Steven’s help and guidance you’ll be drawing your dream dog in no time.

Please note: for workshops only parents/guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information.

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SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER WORKSHOP

Buried Treasure!

11.30am — 12.45pm Roman Baths — Stall Street entrance Tickets £10 / K6 Age 8 — 12

Drawing Harry Potter – with Jonny Duddle 11.30am — 12.15pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / K5 Age 9+ Join Jonny Duddle, cover illustrator of the brand-new editions of the Harry Potter novels, as he tells you about the process of creating the new covers for these iconic children’s books. Watch him draw live on stage and come prepared with lots of questions. A must for all Harry Potter fans.

Come and join Janine Amos, author of Walking on Gold, in a workshop inspired by Bath’s Roman coin hoard.

There’ll be coins to handle, props and activities to get you started, and step-by-step advice for writing an adventure of your own. Please bring paper and pens. Places are limited so please book early.

Please note: for workshops only parents/guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information.

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The Grunts 11.45am — 12.30pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / K7 Age 7+ Are YOU ready to meet The Grunts? That’s Mr and Mrs Grunt and their son, Sunny, who has that kind of sticky-up hair which NEVER goes flat, even if you massage glue into it and then jump on it.

Join Philip Ardagh for some frankly improbable but very funny adventures.

‘Full of fun’ The Telegraph

The Big Draw – We Built This City

Moira Young and Michael Grant

12noon — 4pm Holburne Museum Free Family

12.30 — 1.15pm Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / K8 Age 12+ (YA)

Let your imagination run riot re-designing Bath as we discover who built this city! How will you draw your new cityscape and urban environment? Everything is awesome at our afternoon of daring designs, creative construction bricks, and perfect pixels.

Following on from his bestselling Gone series, American author Michael Grant launches his new series, Messenger of Fear. He is joined by award-winning author of the heart-stopping Dust Lands trilogy, Moira Young. They speak to The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan as they discuss their intense and dark tales.

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SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER

Minecraft 1.30 — 2 .15pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / K9 Age 6+

YA READERS AND ADULTS

War Girls

Love Minecraft? Want to know more about how to construct the most awesome builds? Come along to this session with Fyre UK, writers of The Minecraft Construction Handbook and hugely popular YouTube Minecraft Builders for tips and tricks on how to be a creative genius in Minecraft!

1.30 — 2 .15pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / K10 Age 12+ (YA)

WORKSHOP

Create Your Own Animal Adventure

I Love You, with Emma Dodd 1.30 — 2 .15pm Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / K11 Age 3 — 6 Join award-winning authorillustrator Emma Dodd for an interactive storytelling and craft event. Emma is the illustrator of the Booktrust Early Years Award winner I Love My Mummy. The I Love You series is a warm and joyful look at a child’s world and all the things they love.

1— 2 .30pm Paragon School Tickets £12 / K12 Age 9+ Meet Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild trilogy (‘Thrilling’ The Times), hear how meeting Roald Dahl inspired him to write, before following him into the wild on a nature walk and writing workshop, to discover the true story behind the books and create an animal adventure of your own.

Please note: for workshops only parents/guardians attend for free, should they wish to stay — please see page 61 for more information.

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When war broke out in 1914 it changed everything, and life for those involved was never the same again. Join chair Jenni Mills and authors Melvin Burgess, Sally Nicholls and Rowena House as they discuss War Girls, a new collection of short stories that explore how the First World War changed and shaped the lives of women forever.

Kings, Queens and Submarines 3 — 3.45pm Bath Central Library Tickets £5 / K13 Age 6+ Join Somerset Storyfest’s Michael Loader and illustrator Kate Sheppard (Horrible Histories) to create your own Royal personage and ridiculous rules to adorn a signed and sealed scroll and hear the story of the Emperor who had a problem with his New Clothes!

Plus funtastic facts about cruel Kings and querulous Queens.

Cathy Cassidy: Sweet Honey 3.15 — 4pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / K14 Age 9+ Join Cathy Cassidy as she shares her top tips about friendship and daydreaming and lots of chocolate! Hear all about the latest book in Cathy’s delicious series The Chocolate Box Girls: Sweet Honey. Discover which of the Tanberry sisters you are most like in a Chocolate Box Girls quiz and decide which one is your favourite!

Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful: The Concert 4 — 5.30pm Komedia Tickets £15 / K17 Age 8+ / Family Master-storyteller, and best-selling author, Michael Morpurgo, joins a cappella trio, Coope, Boyes & Simpson in this rare performance of Private Peaceful: The Concert. Based on his award-winning book about Tommo Peaceful’s path from Devon village to World War 1 trenches, the trio’s songs match and intensify Morpurgo’s inspired narration, offering a unique and timely reminder of the human cost of the war to end all wars.

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SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER ANIMAL KINGDOM

Jake’s Bones 3.15 — 4pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / K15 11+ (YA) 12-year old Jake McGowanLowe, bone collector and naturalist, has received national media attention and just published his first book, Jake’s Bones. He talks to Cbeebies presenter Jess French (Minibeast Adventures) about how he started collecting bones when he was just six, shares images of his most exciting finds, and shows you how you can discover such treasures practically on your doorstep.

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David Almond, Melvin Burgess and Mal Peet — YA or Not YA? 5 — 5.45pm Guildhall Tickets £6 / K18 Age 12+ (YA) / Adult Although the YA genre produces many publishing sensations, authors (and readers) often resent being put into this category. David Almond (A Song for Ella Grey), Melvin Burgess (Junk) and Mal Peet (Keeper), whose work is often categorised as YA, discuss with publisher David Fickling what it means to them to write for young people and whether we should put such a label on works of fiction.

A Pirate and Dinosaur Adventure 3.30 — 4.15pm Mission Theatre Tickets £6 / K16 Age 4+ Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winner Jonny Duddle takes you on a swash-buckling adventure with interactive activities, slideshows and readings of his best-selling Pirate Cruncher and his new dinosaur title Gigantosaurus.

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Unusual inventor Frank manages to bring robots Klink and Klank to life — only to have them stolen by arch nemesis T. Edison! Will Frank be able to stop his evil doomsday plan?

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Welcome to The Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival Schools Programme.

We hope that you will join us for these action packed events and look forward to seeing you at the Festival.

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11.30am — 12.15pm Young Curators' Discussion Design Your Perfect School

1.15 — 2pm World War One and Football

1.15 — 2pm Wild Boy

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10— 11am Meet Michael Rosen 11.30am — 12.15pm Marvellous Maths Workshop

10— 10.45am Writing, Comics and Charlie Merrick’s Misfits

10— 10.45am Martha and the Bunny Brothers

11.30am — 12.15pm My Big Art Show

11.30am — 12.15pm Ninja Meerkats

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1.15 — 2pm Barry Loser

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10 — 10.45am Reintroducing ‘Ratty’

10 — 10.45am Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton

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1.15 — 2pm Piranhas, Angels and Half-Created Worlds

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11.30 am— 12.15pm Young Curators' Discussion What I Want to Read

10 — 10.45am Monsters, Monsters, Monsters!

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4.30 — 6pm Freeing the Writer Within

1.15 —2pm Space! The Great Dustbin in the Sky

11.30am — 12.15pm Claude and Sir Bobblysock

11.30am —12.15pm Darcy Burdock: Sorry About Me!

1.15 — 2pm Secret Breaking with H.L. Dennis

1.15 —2pm April the Red Goldfish

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4.30 — 6pm Translation in the Classroom

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hese events are for schools and home educated children and fill the Guildhall in Bath with an array of amazing authors, illustrators and poets and the energy of hundreds of children. Join us for fact-finding missions, code cracking, drawing and more than a few laughs along the way.

You will find details of all our events in the next few pages of the brochure, highlights include the launch of our programme by Michael Rosen, the brilliant former Children’s Laureate who promises a hilarious rollercoaster of poems, jokes and stories. We follow this event with tales of Barry Loser with Jim Smith, winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, an enthralling insight into the perilous lives of water voles with Tom Moorhouse, an exploration of space junk with Cas Lester and the tale of translating the adventures of April the Red Goldfish with Sarah Ardizonne.

Don’t miss our Young Curators Debates (page 45 & 47) which have been developed by the Young Curators from Wellsway School. Join our panels as they explore what a perfect school could look like, discuss which books they'd put on the curriculum, and ask them any tricky question you like! These are great events for exploring PSHE and citizenship curriculum areas or supporting speaking and listening.

Our outreach programme takes authors into schools throughout the week, please see page 51/52 for more information.

We finish the week with a very special performance by young people involved in our Home Grown project delivered with Mentoring Plus. Hosted by Steven Camden aka Polarbear, the nationally acclaimed spoken-word poet and author of Tape, this event will also feature local spoken-word and hip-hop artists Hibbz, Rebecca Tantony and Toby Thompson.

10 — 10.45am Atticus Claw, Chickens & More!

11:30am — 12.15pm The Troll and the Oliver

11.30am — 12.15pm If You Could See Laughter

1.15 — 2pm Steven Camden

1.15 — 2pm A Natural History of the Unmentionable

Transport for Schools We are able to offer some subsidised transport for schools to bring children to these events but places are very limited. To apply please contact us on 01225 462231

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Meet Michael Rosen

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Marvellous Maths Workshop

10 — 11am Guildhall Tickets £3 / S1 Age 6+

11.30am — 12.15pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S2 Age 7+

Join the brilliant former Children’s Laureate for a hilarious rollercoaster of poems, jokes and stories.

From a farting fish to chocolate cake, from hunting bears to mustard and custard, you won’t have a dull moment with this great wordsmith.

Shortlisted at the Blue Peter Book Awards 2014, Jonathan Litton’s and Thomas Flintham’s Marvellous Maths workshop will look at everything from the invention of zero to the geometry of a donut! Who knew maths could be so much fun?

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Design Your Perfect School: Young Curators' Discussion 11.30am — 12.15pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S3 Age 9+ Join our panel of experts and young people for this interactive session where you can help design your perfect school. From the shape of the building to what you would eat for lunch; from when the school day would start to how you would learn; let’s show what exciting possibilities could happen when we listen to children.

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World War One and Football: The Scrapbook of Walter Tull with Michaela Morgan 1.15 — 2pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S4 Age 8+ Grandson of a slave, Walter Tull became the first black professional football star and then the first black British army officer. Join Michaela to hear more about this remarkable man, told through notes and pictures starting from his childhood in an orphanage to his personal battles, as well as his experience at the Somme.

Wild Boy 1.15 — 2pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S5 Age 7 — 12 Rob Lloyd Jones has written over 40 books for children, including Wild Boy and its sequel, Wild Boy and the Black Terror. Rob’s event is an interactive tour through 1,000 years of history to discover some of the amazing events that taught him everything he knows about story-telling.

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SCHOOLS

TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

Writing, Comics and Charlie Merrick’s Misfits 10— 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £3 / S6 Age 8 — 12 Join Dave Cousins on his journey to becoming a writer — from drawing his own football comics, to his years as a minor rock star and ‘sleep-typing’ in the attic.

Discover the inspiration for Charlie Merrick’s Misfits and hear some extracts from the book, plus top tips for creating your own stories.

My Big Art Show Martha and the Bunny Brothers 10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £3 / S7 Age 4+ Clara Vulliamy is here with stories and craft activities from I Heart Holidays, starring the irresistible Martha, her bunny brothers, Monty and Pip, and their puppy, Paws. Martha and her bunny brothers are going on holiday — their suitcases are packed and they’re ready for some splashy, sandy, sunny fun at the seaside!

11.30am — 12.15pm Guildhall £3 / S8 Age 8+ Play this gameshow with an arty twist and go on a whirlwind tour through art history with art historian Susie Hodge. This will be a fun introduction to the world of art and the amazing lives of artists from around the world.

Freeing the Writer within: a hands-on session for teachers Ninja Meerkats: Live & Kicking 11.30am — 12.15pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S9 Age 7+ Hold onto your nunchucks as award winning author, Gareth P Jones brings his books to life in an actionpacked, high octane event, featuring a specially written interactive story, a chance to create your own Ninja moves, an encounter with a Real Ninja Meerkat… plus the world famous, Ninja Meerkat Rap!

Barry Loser 1.15 — 2pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S10 Age 7+ Join Jim Smith, creator of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning Barry Loser series for an extra-keel hour of stories, belly laughs and burps. Jim will teach you how to draw Barry and his mates… and you might even learn how to draw a poo!

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4.30 — 6pm Guildhall Tickets £25 / S11 Adult Join children’s authors and Bath Spa University creative writing lecturers Julia Green and Steve Voake for a practical, playful session to inspire your own writing and ideas for writing sessions with your pupils (KS2, 3 & 4). Free up your own creativity and find ways into character, stories and poetry.

Bring paper and pens and notebooks and an open mind and heart.

Reintroducing ‘Ratty’

WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER

10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £3 / S12 Age 7 — 12 Tom Moorhouse offers an enthralling insight into the lives of water voles. He studied these amazing animals for eight years and writes about their perilous world, filled with predators. Discover how he transformed their lives into fictional adventure tales, first in The River Singers and now in The Rising.

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Piranhas, Angels and Half-Created Worlds 1.15 — 2pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S15 Age 9+

SCHOOLS

Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton

What I Want to Read: Young Curators' Discussion

10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £3 / S13 Age 4 — 7

11.30am — 12.15pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S14 Age 9+

Meet Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam — two hapless robber dogs who will steal your heart... even if they aren’t very good at pinching anything else!

Tracey Corderoy brings these bungling burglars and their story of crime and cakes to life, with the help of illustrator Steven Lenton’s live drawing — a must for dog-lovers everywhere.

Our panel of young people will discuss the books they love to read, from classics through to the current bestsellers. What do young people think about the reading lists drawn up by government experts, gender specific marketing tactics and age-range guidance on books? With plenty of opportunities for your questions too.

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Our Guest Artistic Director and best-selling author David Almond, talks about his work, explores the nature of creativity and shows that the power of the imagination is in us all. David’s books include Skellig, My Name is Mina, Half a Creature from the Sea and A Song for Ella Grey. He writes for all ages, and in many forms: novels, short stories, picture books, plays and an opera libretto.

His work is published in over thirty languages and he has won a string of major awards.

In 2010 he gained The Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world’s most prestigious prize for children’s authors.

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1.15 — 2pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S16 Age 7+ Did you know there are tonnes of rubbish in space?

Loads of the stuff just floating around — but what do we do about all those bits of broken satellites, shuttles, craft and other discarded paraphernalia? Join Cas Lester to find out. Get ready for quizzes, fun facts, extracts, and lots and lots of rubbish!

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THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER

Monsters, Monsters, Monsters!

10 — 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £3 / S17 Age 8+ How long is the largest squid in the world? How wide were the jaws of the biggest shark ever to live? Which dinosaur had the largest teeth? The answers, plus lots more monster facts, can be found with creature crazy Jon Mayhew, author of the Monster Odyssey series. At this fun and interactive event he will talk about his favourite beasts, the monsters that inspired his stories and, with audience help, maybe create some weird and wonderful new monsters to inspire young writers.

Claude and Sir Bobblysock with Alex T. Smith 11.30am — 12.15pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S18 Age 5 — 8 Join 2014 World Book Day illustrator Alex T. Smith as he introduces you to Claude — a small, plump dog who wears a beret and a lovely jumper, and his irrepressible sidekick, Sir Bobblysock. Learn top secret illustrator tips, including how to draw Claude himself.

April the Red Goldfish Secret Breaking with H.L. Dennis 1.15 — 2pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S20 Age 8+ On the publication date of the final book in the Secret Breakers series join H.L Dennis to learn all about cracking codes so you can become a Secret Breaker yourself.

1.15 — 2pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S21 Age 7 — 11 Award-winning translator Sarah Ardizzone invites children to help April the Red Goldfish swim the Channel in this hands-on translation workshop. Find out how words and pictures travel while translating part of this book. There’ll be professional tips on producing your own original version too.

Imaginations required, but no French necessary.

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Darcy Burdock: Sorry About Me! 11.30am — 12.15pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S19 Age 8+ Meet the wild and colourful Laura Dockrill, Booktrust’s 2013 writer in residence, as she introduces Darcy Burdock.

Darcy is curious, smart-as-awhip, funny and fiercely loyal; she sees the extraordinary in the everyday and the wonder in the world around her. Learn how Darcy uses story-writing to illuminate the truth with her imagination.

Translation in the Classroom with Sarah Ardizzone 4.30 — 6pm Guildhall Tickets £25 / S22 Adult Translation is an imaginative, creative process. In this workshop, Sarah Ardizzone will cover how stories travel across cultures; valuing mother tongues, and multilingual creative writing. She’ll also discuss developing student skills in adapting, re-drafting and editing their own writing in English. Sarah Ardizzone is an award-winning children’s translator. She is currently co-curator of Translators in Schools.

FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER

Atticus Claw, Chickens and More!

10— 10.45am Guildhall Tickets £3 / S23 Age 7+ Jennifer Gray, The Red House Book Award-winner, shares stories of the famous Atticus Claw, the world’s greatest cat burglar, and introduces the hen-sational Amy Cluckbucket, heroine of Jennifer’s brand new series, Chicken Mission.

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The Troll and the Oliver

If You Could See Laughter

11.30 — 12.15pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S24 Age 4 — 7

11.30 — 12.15pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S25 Age 8+

Join us for this brilliant live drawing event and discover why Troll finds Oliver too hard to catch (until he eventually does) with an excellent twist!

Adam Stower’s brilliant tale Troll and the Oliver will have all ages engaged — and might even inspire some little bakers.

Join the tremendously talented poet Mandy Coe for a captivating session of poems and words that celebrate life and will make you feel happy to be alive. Mandy has been commissioned to write poetry for CBeebies, Book Trust, the Barbican and National Poetry Day.

Steven Camden 1.15 — 2pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S26 Age 11+

A Natural History of the Unmentionable

Poet and novelist Steven Camden is better known as spoken word artist PolarBear.

His highly acclaimed Young Adult debut, TAPE, is a story of relationships, voices, distance and time which he will bring alive in his own inimitable style. Steven will be joined by young performers from our Home Grown project and local spoken-word and hip-hop artists Hibbz, Rebecca Tantony and Toby Thompson.

1.15 – 2pm Guildhall Tickets £3 / S27 Age 7 — 10 Hippos navigate by it, sloths keep in touch through it, rabbits eat it... and most grown-ups prefer not to mention it at all! But poo is probably the most useful stuff on Earth. Find out all you need to know in this insightful talk from zoologist and writer Nicola Davies.

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For details of our Schools Programme in the Guildhall please see pages 44 — 49

LEARNING & PARTICIPATION

Outreach Programme Key Stage 3 and 4 We have a number of exciting authors available to visit your school during the festival to spark and inspire young imaginations and offer fascinating insights into the world of writing books.

This year’s programme starts with Benjamin Zephaniah, speaking about his first novel in 7 years which tells of how one boy’s idealism and passion to speak out is distorted and manipulated by those who want to commit acts of terror. He is followed by Matt Dickinson, author of the Everest Files, inspired by his own climb to the ultimate summit and Holly Bourne, who will lead a series of workshops where students will have the chance to pose those burning questions about writing, young adult fiction and careers in journalism to someone with first-hand experience of their aspirations.

Lucy Inglis will take us back to eighteenthcentury London in her novel, City of Halves and Philip Womack talks about his new book, The Broken King, in an interactive session to get the audience thinking creatively about how to get characters in and out of dangerous situations.

We end the week with a focus on literature in translation. Nadia Budde, a German writer, will be speaking about her work and life as a writer and illustrator in Germany and Sarah Ardizzone, translator of an illustrated book by French artist Barroux, which was inspired by a First World War diary he found in a Paris skip, will be leading a very special translation workshop where students can produce their own version of words written a hundred years ago.

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LEARNING & PARTICIPATION

Teachers Programme

Kids Big Bath Read

Nurturing creativity is a core part of our learning programmes and this includes teachers. At this year’s Festival we have two sessions created for teachers to explore their own creativity and interests.

Our annual Kids Big Bath Read aims to encourage reading and writing for pleasure in primary schools across our region.

Join us to enjoy this year’s instalment, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse, the first book in the Goth Girl series written and illustrated by Chris Riddell.

This is a book full of quirky characters, literary and historical references and beautiful illustrations which has taken the book world by storm.

Find out more about how to get involved on our website bathfestivals.org.uk/reading-and-writing

Freeing the Writer Within: A hands-on session for teachers Tuesday 30 September 4.30 — 6pm / Guildhall / Adult / £25 Join children’s authors and Bath Spa University creative writing lecturers Julia Green and Steve Voake for a practical, playful session to inspire your own writing and ideas for writing sessions with your pupils (KS2, 3 & 4). Free up your own creativity and find ways into character, stories and poetry. Bring paper and pens and notebooks and an open mind and heart.

Translation in the Classroom with Sarah Ardizzone

Young Curators Supporting young people to develop and showcase their ideas and creativity is at the heart of our learning and participation programme. This year we have worked with a brilliant team of 10 young people from Wellsway School, Keynsham, who have been busy reviewing the programme, look out for the events they recommend throughout the Festival on our website.

If you are interested in running a Young Curators Scheme at your school please get in touch with us.

Arts Award Bath Festivals is proud to be an Arts Award Supporter. If you are completing an Arts Award we can offer tickets to events and volunteering opportunities. If you would like to find out more about how we can support you to deliver Arts Award then please contact us.

Thursday 2 October 4.30 — 6pm / Guildhall / Adult / £25 Translation is an imaginative, creative process.

This workshop will cover: how stories travel across cultures; valuing mother tongues; multilingual creative writing; literacy (developing student skills in adapting, re-drafting and editing their own writing in English). Sarah Ardizzone is an awardwinning children’s translator. She is currently co-curator of Translators in Schools.

How to Book Please request our Schools Programme Brochure by e-mailing education@bathfestivals.org.uk or telephone 01225 462231. This includes full details of the events, information about the author and curriculum links. Once you have decided which event(s) you would like to book then please complete the booking form and return to us or call Bath Box Office to make your booking via telephone.

Book Tots Our Book Tots project, created in partnership with Bath and North East Somerset Library Service, will be working with pre-school children to explore their magical worlds and investigate how storytelling, song and play can enhance early literacy. Please see our website for more information about the project.

For more information on our learning programmes, arranging an author visit or if you have any questions please e-mail louise.betts@bathfestivals.org.uk Our Learning and Participation programme is supported by: Children in Need, the Clore Literature Award, the Equitable Charitable Trust, the Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust, the Medlock Charitable Trust and Sound Splash.

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HOW TO BOOK

Booking Child Protection Policy Children under 12 must be accompanied by a ticket buying adult at all Festival events unless otherwise stated. Children under 2 who do not require a seat do not require a ticket, unless otherwise stated. Bath Festivals maintains a Child Protection Policy but we cannot act in loco parentis or take responsibility for wandering children.

Bath Box Office Bath Visitor Information Centre Abbey Chambers Abbey Churchyard Bath BA1 1LY 01225 463362 boxoffice@bathfestivals.org.uk bathfestivals.org.uk Box Office opening hours Monday to Saturday 10.30am — 5pm Open Sunday & Bank Holidays during Festivals only 10am — 4pm

How to book In person at Bath Box Office By telephone on 01225 463362 Online at bathfestivals.org.uk By post to Bath Box Office at the above address — cheques made payable to Bath Box Office

When to Book Friends booking Thursday 3 July

General booking Monday 14 July

Booking details Your tickets will be posted to you for a charge of £1 or free of charge if you include a stamped addressed envelope with your booking. Otherwise your tickets will be held for collection at Bath Box Office, or at the venue from one hour before the event. Booking by credit card either in person or by telephone incurs a £2 transaction charge. Booking by debit card either in person or by telephone incurs no charge. All online bookings incur a transaction charge of £1.

Become a Friend See page 58 for more information or visit bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-literature/ membership

Workshops You need only buy a ticket for each young person attending. Adults attend for free, should they wish to stay. If not, we ask parents/guardians to drop children off at the venue, sign them in, and leave a mobile contact number in case of emergencies. Please ensure that you are able to collect your young person(s) at the specified event end time!

Bath Festivals welcomes visitors with disabilities Please advise the Box Office of your requirements when making a booking. Access details can be found on page 64 (map page) or by visiting the Access Statement on our website bathfestivals.org.uk/accessibility.

Visitors with a disability who need to bring a personal assistant are offered one free ticket.

If you require a BSL interpreter, please enquire at the Box Office and we will do our best to accommodate this.

Other booking information Please quote the event code when booking.

Event times are approximate and doors open 15 minutes before each event. Tickets are non-refundable, but if an event sells out we are happy to offer returned tickets for resale.

A £2 per ticket handling charge will apply on all resold tickets. Please note we cannot refund card transaction or online booking fees.

Programmes and performers may be subject to change. All information in this programme was correct at the time of going to press.

Filming Some events or shows may be filmed or photographed. Buying a ticket affirms your consent to the filming, sound recording or photographing of yourself as a member of the audience.

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WHERE TO STAY

OFFICIAL HOTEL PARTNER

The Abbey Hotel Our Official Hotel Partner is located in the heart of the city, meaning this 60-bedroomed hotel is brilliantly located for the Roman Baths, Thermae Spa, Abbey, main shopping areas and our Festival venues.

The much-acclaimed Allium Brasserie serves a varied and seasonal menu from 12 until 9pm including light dishes and salads, and the contemporary lounge, with its exhibition of modern art, is perfect for coffee, cocktails and afternoon teas. Terrace dining when the weather is warm.

1–3 North Parade Bath BA1 1LF 01225 461603 abbeyhotelbath.co.uk

Brooks Guesthouse Brooks Guesthouse is a stylish boutique townhouse, 350 meters below the Royal Crescent and a mere seven minute walk to the city centre. All bedrooms have designer wallpapers, comfy beds and goose down bedding. All bathrooms have Hansgrohe power showers.

We offer a delicious breakfast, an honesty bar and free, superfast WiFi.

about accommodation in Bath, visit visitbath.co.uk or call Bath Tourist Information Centre on 0906 711 2000 (50p/min).

11 Henrietta Street Bath BA2 6LL 01225 310472 kennard.co.uk

Premier Inn Bath City Centre The 108 bedroom Premier Inn Bath City Centre Hotel is right near the heart of Bath. It is close to both the shops and local attractions and just a few minutes’ walk away from the train station, making it the ideal choice for your Great Night’s Sleep away from home.

James Street West Bath, BA1 2BX 0871 527 9454 premierinn.com

1 Upper Bristol Road Bath BA1 2NA 01225 425543 brooksguesthouse.com Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel The five star Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel is the perfect accommodation venue for Bath’s five star Festivals.

The Halcyon The Halcyon is a contemporary boutique townhouse hotel, centrally located within two minutes’ walk of major attractions, train station and parking.

From £99.

2–3 South Parade Bath BA2 4AA 01225 461189 thehalcyon.com

For more information

Kennard Hotel A Georgian townhouse with its own special charm and character quietly situated within minutes of the city centre.

Hilton Bath City Hilton Bath City is centrally located in the historic city of Bath, close to shops, local attractions and train station. The hotel has been fully refurbished offering 173 air conditioned bedrooms, lobby bar serving Costa Coffee and a brand new French style restaurant, Atelier.

Walcot Street Bath BA1 5BJ 01225 463 411 hilton.co.uk/bathcity

Sydney Road Bath BA2 6NS 0844 8799106 macdonaldhotels.co.uk/ our-hotels/macdonaldbath-spa-hotel/

Pratt’s Hotel Built in 1743 by John Wood, Pratt’s Hotel is in a great location to explore the city’s many historic attractions.

Full of character rooms, a classic Georgian restaurant and lounges with open fireplaces.

South Parade Bath BA2 4AB 01225 460441 forestdale.com

Royal Crescent Hotel This stunning hotel overlooks the city of Bath and offers elegant Georgian grandeur, luxurious accommodation and unrivalled customer care. This five star Relais & Chateaux property also boasts an award winning restaurant, secluded gardens as well as the relaxing & intimate spa. Come to The Royal Crescent Hotel and let us take care of you.

16 Royal Crescent Bath BA1 2LS 01225 823333 royalcrescent.co.uk

Tasburgh House Set in seven acres of beautiful gardens Tasburgh House is a three minute taxi ride or 20 minute canal walk from the city centre.

Twelve stylish rooms with extraordinarily comfy beds and breathtaking views all set in a relaxing atmosphere.

Helpful, knowledgeable staff will happily recommend and reserve restaurants, tours, taxis etc. Licensed, great breakfasts and free parking.

Warminster Road Bath BA2 6SH 01225 425096 tasburghhouse.co.uk

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Komedia 22 — 2 3 Westgate Street Bath BA1 1EP

Outside Bath Mission Theatre 32 Corn Street Bath BA1 1UF

Midsomer Norton Library 119 High Street Midsomer Norton BA3 2DA

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Guest Artistic Director David Almond Literature Producer Judith Robinson Festival Advisers John & Gill McLay Bath Festivals would like to thank the following for their invaluable support: The Festival volunteers, event managers, freelance production team and the managers and staff of all the Festival venues.

Photo and Illustration Credits Cover Illustration © Chris Riddell P4 Chris Riddell © Jo Riddell P9 Festival Photography © Julian Foxon P12 Festival Photography © Julian Foxon P21 Festival Photography © Julian Foxon P22 Kjartan Poskitt © Sarah McIntyre P32 Festival Photography © Julian Foxon P36 Keiron Pim © Keiron Tovell P45 © Laurence Cendrowitcz P51 Festival Photography © Julian Foxon P64 + 65 Map Illustration © Ricardo Bessa

Bath Festivals Board of Trustees John Cullum Chair Carol Baines, David Bates, Councillor Cherry Beath, Margaret Heffernan, Celia Mead, Ian Stockley, Stephen Taylor, Richard Turner CMG OBE, Anna Williams.

Chief Executive Belinda Kidd Finance Director Lynne Gregory Development & Marketing Director Owen McNeir Development Clare Diacono, Rosie Fearon, Becky Whitmore Finance Rebecca Wheeler Festival Officers Kate Hall, Hazel Plowman Learning & Participation Louise Betts, Hazel Plowman Marketing & Communications Liz Eyles, Beth Cutter Press & PR Tamsin Treverton Jones (07980 585664) Festival Interns Beth Coyle, Emma Quixley

Bath Festivals Third Floor, Abbey Chambers Kingston Buildings Bath BA1 1NT Registered Charity No. 801617

Box Office Alison Sully, Zoe Bailey, Chloe Merritt, June Price, Isabel Snowden, Jean Saint, Pam Twohig Brand & Festival Design Smith and Milton, Bristol

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