Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen booked for Bath’s Children’s Literature Festival
The 2024 Bath Children’s Literature Festival takes place between Friday 27th September and Sunday 6th October.
Cressida Cowell
Big names including former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen and How to Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell will host a series of events across the city, with a packed programme promising something for everyone.
There will also be comedy and entertainment from personalities such as Harry Hill, Richard Ayoade and Russell Kane.
The event organisers have put together a programme of more than 80 events. Both weekends of the festival will be filled with lots of interactive sessions with the chance to hear from top authors and illustrators talking about some of the nations best-loved stories.
The Schools Programme during the week will also be hosting some top names, with children from 44 schools in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire taking part.
More than 1,000 free tickets have been given to children in State schools and every single child who attends the Schools Programme with a free ticket will be given a free book.
This autumn’s line-up has been put together by John and Gill McLay, who founded the Bath Children’s Literature Festival in 2007.
Festival Director, John McLay, said, “Gill and I are delighted to have programmed the 2024 Bath Children’s Literature Festival, after a couple of years away during which time we missed the festival we founded in 2007 very much. We have a strong line-up of established superstar authors and illustrators, who we hope will delight the region’s bookworms in an extensive public programme of events and for schools. This festival is all about having fun – a place you’ll get to meet your literary heroes and be inspired to make and create your own stories. We can’t wait until September to share it all.”
Gill McLay added, “Post-lockdown, we are hearing more and more about children’s reading abilities falling and the learning gap that Covid has left behind. As a result, it feels more important than ever to host live events with authors and illustrators to help children discover the joy in reading and creativity and offer families the opportunity to ignite their children’s imagination with books.”
Tickets go on general sale on Friday 12th July. For full programme details visit: thebathfestival.org.uk
