Dapo Adeola

Monday 21st October

10:30 – 11:30am

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Join illustrator Dapo Adeola, the illustrator of Look Up!, for an out-of-this-world event! Find out all about Rocket, a science-mad chatterbox who is going to be the greatest astronaut, star-catcher, space-traveller that has ever lived… she just needs to get everyone around her to look up from their phones and up at the stars! So, get ready to look up from your screens and enjoy a lively event full of storytelling, fun facts and top drawing tips.

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Ages 4+

Jason Ford

Tuesday 22nd October

10:30 – 11:30am

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Join us for some spooktacular crafts this half-term. Author of the best-selling The Super Book for Superheroes, Jason Ford will be at hand to introduce you to a whole host of zombie friends and monsters.

Learn how to draw a vampire, design a zombie diner menu, cause chaos with scary characters and a lot more as you enter the world of his ghoulish new book: The Monster Book of Zombies, Spooks and Ghouls, just in time for Halloween.

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Ages 7+

Jane Porter

Wednesday 23rd October

10:30 – 11:30am

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King Otter wants cakes, a parade and a golden coach pulled by unicorns - but is he asking too much of his loyal hedgehogs, frogs and squirrels? Find out what happens next in this fun storytime with author/illustrator Jane Porter, where you will also have a chance to make your own collage royal treasure chest to take home.

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Ages 4+

Jen Campbell and Katie Harnett

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Thursday 24th October

10:30am – 11:30am

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Join bestselling author Jen Campbell and award-winning illustrator Katie Harnett to hear all about dragons and the dangers of getting lost inside a good book! It's Franklin the dragon's birthday — he's turning 606! — he thinks his friends have all forgotten... they haven't sent him any gifts. However, a secret party is being planned, and when Franklin's best friend Luna takes him to a bookshop to keep him away from all the party preparations, the pair of them are pulled (quite literally!) into a book of fairy tales. Now they're trapped inside its pages. Will they make it out in time for the party? This event will have an interactive storytelling and a drawing activity.

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Ages 4+

Caryl Hart

Friday 25th October

10:30 – 11:30am

Meet Caryl Hart, the award winning author behind The Princess and the Shoe, the fifth book in the Princess series published by Nosy Crow. In this session we'll be looking at how Caryl has re-imagined traditional fairy tale roles and created a feisty princess who definitely does NOT need a prince to rescue her!  It’s time to think about how YOU might achieve your very own dreams…

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Ages 4+