23 September 2 October 2022
Where books and stories come alive
bathfestivals.org.uk | 01225 463362 | @bathkidslitfest
Welcome
Principal Partner:
We are back, bigger and better than ever before! We have all your favourite children’s authors and illustrators coming to lots of venues across Bath to bring books and stories alive!
Thank you to all our supporters Official Partner:
There’s something for everyone including story time sessions, celebrating poetry, drawing, and writing and making workshops, as well as fun and interactive book events diving into superheroes, climate change, dinosaurs, detectives, gods and goddesses, mental health, manga, spies and plenty of history and mystery.
Festival Partners:
There is also the return of our popular FREE character trail and FREE activities across the city, including The Happiness Hub at The Egg - find out more on p4.
Supported by:
Official Media Partners:
We hope you are as excited as we are… Turn the page to see our events diary before heading to the website for all the details and to book tickets.
Official Print Partner
See you at the festival! Fritha Lindqvist, Janet Smyth and the Bath Festivals team Official Book Seller:
Official Ticket Agent:
Schools Transport Partner
Trusts: The Roper Family Charitable Trust Festival Programmers Fritha Lindqvist and Janet Smyth
The Coles-Medlock Foundation
Many thanks to our patrons, members, supporters, volunteers and to the team at Bath Festivals for making this happen. For full acknowledgements please visit bathfestivals.org.uk
Cressida Cowell
Bath Festivals is a registered charity: 801617 Dermot O’Leary
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Liz Pichon
Rob Biddulph
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Patrice Lawrence
Events Diary
Festival Experience
Code Event
Time
Venue
Age
Price*
13.00–14.00
Forum
KS1 + £5 KS2
Friday 23 September
FREE family activities in the city to explore and enjoy in between events.
A1
The Happiness Hub
B1
The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous with David Baddiel
10.00–10.45
Guildhall
8+
£8.50
B2
The Boys and The Girls Story time With Lauren Ace and Jenny Løvlie
10.00–10.45
Guildhall
3+
£8.50
B3
A Morning with Michael Rosen
10.00–11.00
Forum
All
£9
B4
Make Your Own Gromit with Aardman Animations
10.00–11.00
Forum Ballroom
8+
£15
B5
A Wonderful Wonderbly Party
10.00–10.45
Library
3+
£6
B6
Dare to play the Escape Room? with Christopher Edge
11.00–11.45
BRLSI
9+
£8.50
B7
Painting Workshop with Artist Tom de Freston
11.00–12.30
Holburne Museum
9+
£15
B8
A Better Day With Dr Alex George in conversation with Katie Thistleton
11.00–11.45
The Egg
10+
£8.50
B9
Magic and Mystery with Kiran Millwood Hargrave & Lucy Strange
12.00–12.45
Guildhall
9+
£8.50
B10
I Am Not A Label with Cerrie Burnell
12.00–12.45
Guildhall
6+
£8.50
B11
Make Your Own Gromit with Aardman Animations
12.00–13.00
Forum Ballroom
8+
£15
B12
A Wonderful Wonderbly Party
12.00–12.45
Library
3+
£6
B13
Seeking Adventurers! Journey to the Last River with Teddy Keen
13.00–13.45
BRLSI
7+
£8.50
B14
Set Sail for a Bunny Boat Adventure with Philip Ardagh
14.00–14.45
Guildhall
3+
£8.50
B15
Elle McNicoll: Like a Charm
14.00–14.45
Guildhall
8+
£8.50
B16
Jacqueline Wilson: Project Fairy
14.00–15.00
Forum
8+
£9
B17
Make Your Own Gromit with Aardman Animations
Workshop
14.00–15.00
Forum Ballroom
8+
£15
B18
Wonderbly Story Factory Workshop
Workshop
14.00–15.30
Holburne
8+
£15
B19
Ready to Play Rosy and Fizz? with Storyteller Lucy Walters
14.00–14.45
Library
2+
£6
B20
What Makes You Happy? BIG Draw Off with Steven Lenton and Rikin Parekh
14.00–14.45
The Egg
All
£8.50
B21
Creative Writing Workshop with Christopher Edge
15.00–16.00
BRLSI
9+
£12
B22
Be Climate Clever with Teenage Activists Amy and Ella Meek
16.00–16.45
Guildhall
7+
£8.50
B23
Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston: Julia and the Shark
16.00–16.45
Guildhall
9+
£8.50
B24
Which Way to Anywhere with Cressida Cowell
17.00–18.00
Forum
7+
£9
An Afternoon with Michael Rosen
Schools
Saturday 24 September
Let’s find out what makes you happy and what makes you smile! Come down to The Egg Theatre from 10am - 4pm on Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 September where we have teamed up with our theatre friends to bring you The Happiness Hub! A weekend of free, fun and creative activities that will help your family find its happy place. As well as guaranteed smiles, discover tips and tricks about how to keep your head healthy and on the sunny side! And don’t miss out on the following: • Pick up our popular FREE Character Trail in partnership with Bath BID, that takes you on a hunt round around the city-centre. A festival badge for all who take part and the chance to win a bundle of festival books too! • FREE admission to the fantastic Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution’s Beyond Beastly: Creatures Natural and Imagined exhibition which is running until 1 October. • On Sunday 2 October The American Museum and Gardens at Claverton will be throwing its gates open for FREE entry for all, to enjoy its exhibition Hatching the Past: American Dinosaur Explorers. Activities on the day to include dinosaur storytelling sessions, craft activities, a reading corner and lots of fun for the whole family. Open to All Ages.
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Events Diary Code Event
Time
Venue
Age
Price*
Code Event
Journey to The Weatherlands with Laura Ellen Anderson
10.00–10.45
C2
Five Minutes' Peace with Liz Fost
10.00–10.45
Guildhall
4+
£8.50
C3
The Beast and Bethany with Jack Meggitt-Phillips
11.00–11.45
BRLSI
7+
£8.50
C4
Zim, Zam, Zoom with James Carter
11.00–11.45
Holburne Museum
3+
£7
C5
The Art of Happiness with Tessa Yates
11.00–11.45
The Egg
6+
C1
Venue
Age
Price*
Guildhall
6+
F1
Fergal Fun with Rob Starling
10.00–10.45
Library
3+
£5
F2
Magicborn with Peter Bunzl
Schools
10.30–11.15
Guildhall
KS2
£4
F3
Incredible Untold Stories That Shaped Britain with The Black Curriculum
Schools
13.15–14.00
Guildhall
KS2
£4
£8.50
G1
Story time with Emma Perry
10.00–10.45
Library
3+
£5
G2
Deadly Detentions and Terrifying Trips with Jennifer Killick
Schools
10.30–11.15
Guildhall
KS2
£4
G3
The Marvellous Doctors for Magical Creatures with Jodie Lancet-Grant
Schools
11.00–11.45
Guildhall
KS1
£4
Schools
£4
£8.50
Thursday 29 September
C6
Dermot O'Leary & Nick East: Toto the Ninja Cat 12.00–12.45
Guildhall
6+
£8.50
C7
The Secret Sunshine Project with Benjamin Dean 12.00–12.45
Guildhall
9+
£8.50
C8
The Stuff that REALLY Matters with Jenny Pearson 13.00–13.45
BRLSI
8+
£8.50
C9
If You Go Down to the Woods Today: Autumn Nature Poetry with Rachel Piercey
13.30–14.15
Holburne Museum
4+
£7
G4
Meet The Worst Class in the World! With Joanna Nadin and Rikin Parekh
13.15–14.00
Guildhall
KS2
C10
Dr Janina Ramirez: 50 Goddesses, Spirits, Saints and Other Female Figures Who Have Shaped Belief
14.00–14.45
Guildhall
7+
£8.50
G5
Finding the Heart of your Story with Tanya Byrne 14.30–16.30
Guildhall
adults £8.50
G6
19.00–20.00
Guildhall
A Pirate Adventure with Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam! with Steven Lenton and Tracey Corderoy
14.00–14.45
Writing for Young People with Yarrow Townsend, Nizrana Farook, Hana Tooke, chaired by Lucy Cuthew
13+ / £8.50 adults
C12
The Big Beyond with James Carter
15.00–15.45
BRLSI
5+
£8.50
H1
Bloom with Julia Seal
10.00–10.45
Library
3+
£5
C13
Solve Your Own Mystery with Gareth P. Jones
15.00–15.45
The Egg
7+
£8.50
H2
Fairy Tales Gone Bad with Joseph Coelho
10.30–11.15
Guildhall
£4
C14
Gods Vs. Spies with Maz Evans
16.00–16.45
Guildhall
9+
£8.50
KS1, KS2
C15
Patrice Lawrence: The Elemental Detectives
16.00–16.45
Guildhall
9+
£8.50
H3
Story time and Live Drawing with Duncan Beedie
Schools
11.00–11.45
Guildhall
KS1
£4
H4
13.15–14.00
Guildhall
KS2
£4
Library
0+
£5
Masters of Mystery: Robin Stevens and Serena Patel
Schools
10.00–10.45 10.30–11.15
Guildhall
KS1
£4
J1
10.00–10.45
Guildhall
8+
£8.50
11.00–11.45
Guildhall
KS1
£4
Twitch and the Magnificent World of Birds with M. G. Leonard
J2
Elmer Storytime with Mama G
10.00–10.45
Guildhall
3+
£8.50
J3
Draw with Rob! Monsters and Magic with Rob Biddulph
10.00–11.00
Forum
5+
£9
J4
How To Draw Diverse Manga with Saturday AM Comics
10.30–11.30
Forum Ballroom
8+
£12
C11
Guildhall
3+
£8.50
Friday 30 September
Monday 26 September D1
Music with Maya
D2
Kung Fu Bunnies, Funky Gorillas & Fairy Tales with Gareth P. Jones
Schools
D3
Sharing Stories of Black History with Patrice Lawrence
Schools
The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife with Maz Evans
Schools
D4
13.15–14.00
Guildhall
KS2
£4
Tuesday 27 September
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Time
Wednesday 28 September
Sunday 25 September
E1
Collecting Moments with Maud, The Slow Superhero with Sarah Surgey
E2
History and Mystery with Lindsay Galvin and A.M. Howell
E3
My Must-Have Mum with Maudie Smith
E4
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good with Louie Stowell
E5
Simon James Green: Gay Club!
Schools
Saturday 1 October
Workshop
10.00–10.45
Library
3+
£5
J5
11.00–11.45
St Swithin’s Church
7+
£8.50
Schools
10.30–11.15
Guildhall
KS2
£4
Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is Wrong! with Dr Nick Crumpton
J6
11.00–11.45
Library
3+
£6
Schools
11.00–11.45
Guildhall
KS1
£4
Small’s Big Dream with Manjeet Mann and Amanda Quartey
J7
The Zebra's Great Escape with Katherine Rundell 11.30–12.15
Cricket Club
3+
£8.50
Schools
13.15–14.00
Guildhall
KS2
£4
J8
Julian Clary and David Roberts: The Bolds Go Green 12.00–12.45
Guildhall
7+
£8.50
J9
12.00–12.45
Guildhall
9+
£8.50
18.30–19.30
Mr B’s
14+
£8.50
Journey to the Dragon Realm with Katie and Kevin Tsang
J10
How To Draw Diverse Manga with Saturday AM Comics
13.00–14.00
Forum Ballroom
8+
£12
J11
Luna Loves Dance with Joseph Coelho and Fiona Lumbers
13.00–13.45
Library
3+
£6
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Saturday 1 October continued
Schools Programme
Code Event
We want as many children as possible to access the wealth of brilliant authors coming to the festival and celebrate reading with us. So, we have programmed events for schools and home-schooled children in our festival venues, outreach events for secondary schools, and we’re bringing back our fabulous digital programme, our Reading is Magic Festival. There’s something for everyone!
Time
Venue
Age
Price*
J12
The Bear, the Piano and Little Bear’s Concert with David Litchfield
13.30–14.15
Cricket Club
3+
£8.50
J13
The Amazing Edie Eckhart with Rosie Jones
14.00–14.45
Guildhall
9+
£8.50
J14
Pages & Co. with Anna James
14.00–14.45
Guildhall
8+
£8.50
J15
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity with Robin Stevens
14.30–15.30
Forum
9+
£9
J16
The Good Thieves with Katherine Rundell
15.00–15.45
St Swithin’s Church
9+
£8.50
J17
Story time and Live Drawing with Duncan Beedie 15.00–15.45
Library
3+
£6
J18
How To Draw Diverse Manga with Saturday AM Comics
15.30–16.30
Forum Ballroom
12+
£12
J19
Joseph Coelho's Perfect Poems with Matt Goodfellow and Alex Wharton
16.00–16.45
Guildhall
8+
£8.50
J20
Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You with Camilla Pang 16.00–16.45
Guildhall
8+
£8.50
J21
You Can Draw Tom Gates with Liz Pichon
Forum
8+
£9
J22
Dogs of the Deadlands with Anthony McGowan 17.00–17.45
St Swithin’s Church
10+
£8.50
J23
Heartstopper: Alice Oseman in conversation with Lauren James
18.00–18.45
Guildhall
12+
£8.50
J24
Talent to Triumph with Amy Williams
18.00–18.45
Guildhall
12+
£8.50
K1
Reimagining the Classics with Emma Carroll
10.00–10.45
Guildhall
7+
£8.50
K2
India, Incredible India with Jasbinder Bilan and Nina Chakrabarti
10.00–10.45
Guildhall
6+
£8.50
K3
What the Ladybird Heard with Lydia Monks
10.30–11.15
Cricket Club
5+
£8.50
K4
The Drama Llama: A Story about Soothing Anxiety with Rachel Morrisroe
11.00–11.45
Holburne Museum
4+
£7
K5
Extinct! with Professor Ben Garrod
12.00–13.15
Guildhall
7+
£8.50
K6
Scene to Screen: Adapting Stories with Alice Oseman and friends in conversation with Lauren James
12.00–12.45
Guildhall
12+
£8.50
K7
The Life of One Tree, Adoette: Story time and Craft with Lydia Monks
13.00–13.45
Holburne Museum
5+
£7
K8
The Perfect Present and the Other Stories with Petr Horáček
13.00–13.45
Cricket Club
3+
£8.50
For Everyone
K9
Tyger with SF Said and Dave McKean
14.00–14.45
Guildhall
9+
£8.50
K10
The Secret School Invasion with Pamela Butchart 14.30–15.15
Guildhall
6+
£8.50
K11
Creative Writing with Jasbinder Bilan
15.00–16.00
Holburne Museum
9+
£12
K12
Create Your Own Comic Guide to Life with Sue Cheung
15.00–15.45
Cricket Club
8+
£8.50
Reading is Magic Festival is returning from 26–30 September 2022! Our free five-day festival will be beamed straight into schools and homes across the globe and will include amazing authors and illustrators such as Benjamin Zephaniah, Dapo Adeola, Emily Gravett, Joseph Coelho & Sophie Anderson.
K13
Spellbinding Eco Adventures with Emma Carroll and Hannah Gold
16.00–16.45
Guildhall
8+
£8.50
K14
Richard Ayoade and Tor Freeman: The Book That No One Wanted to Read
16.30–17.15
Guildhall
8+
£8.50
Workshop
17.00–18.00
For Primary Schools
For Secondary Schools
We’re kicking off the festival in style with the legend Michael Rosen, and have a week of book filled fun with Maz Evans, Patrice Lawrence, Peter Bunzl, Robin Stevens, Serena Patel and many more.
We have 5 fantastic authors touring local schools and inspiring secondary school pupils on the next stage of their reading journeys:
Sunday 2 October
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Check out
Schools
in the Events Diary
Fri 23 Sept Elle McNicoll
Mon 26 Sept Tue 27 Sept
Benjamin Dean Simon James Green
For more information email education@bathfestivals.org.uk Wed 28 Sept Thu 29 Sept
Angharad Walker Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
Inspired by Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2019-2022 Cressida Cowell’s key message that ‘reading is magic, and magic is for everyone’, the 2022 festival will continue to explore the themes from her Waterstones Children’s Laureate Charter and connect schools with festivals from around the world.
Find out more and tune in readingismagicfestival.com
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Event locations
Useful information How to book
Workshops
By telephone on 01225 463362 Online at bathfestivals.org.uk
You can drop children who are 8 or older at these events, so only need to buy a ticket for each child attending. We ask parents/carers In Person at Bath Box Office Counter, to drop children off at the venue, sign them 1A Forum Buildings, St James Parade, in, and leave a mobile contact number in case BA1 1UG. Bath Box Office telephone and of emergencies. If adults need to stay with counter is open 10am - 4pm. their child, they can attend for free. Fees Our Aardman workshops are open to adults *A ll tickets are subject to a 10% service charge as well as children so you can make together and all bookings incur a transaction charge of £1. as a family, please buy a ticket for each person who wants to make a model. Booking enquiries If you have any enquiries regarding booking please contact Bath Box Office: info@bathboxoffice.org.uk | 01225 463362
Child Protection Policy Children under 12 must be accompanied by a ticket buying adult at all festival events unless otherwise stated. Bath Festivals maintains a Safeguarding Policy but cannot act in loco parentis or take responsibility for wandering children.
Look for
Workshop
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The Forum, St James Parade, BA1 1UG
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Guildhall, High Street, BA1 5AW
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Bath Central Library, The Podium, BA1 5AN
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The Egg Theatre, 36 Monmouth St, BA1 2AN
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BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square , BA1 2HN
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Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Road, BA2 4EX
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Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney St, BA2 4DB
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American Museum, Claverton Down, BA2 7BD
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St Swithin’s Church, The Paragon, BA1 5LY
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Filming and photography Some events or shows may be filmed or photographed, please let a member of staff know at the event if you do not wish to be filmed or photographed.
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Accessibility
Bath Festivals is keen to promote equality of opportunities for people with disabilities and to take the necessary steps to meet their Cover illustration credits requirements. For more information, please Bloom © Julia Seal | Bolds Go Green © David Roberts visit our accessibility page: | The Elemental Detectives © Paul Kellam | Manga illustrations © Saturday AM 2022 |Rainbow Grey © bathfestivals.org.uk/accessibility. Laura Ellen Anderson| Shifty McGifty & Slippery Sam © Steven Lenton | Ladybird © Lydia Monks | Maddy If you have any access enquiries please Yip © Sue Cheung | Geoffrey the Giraffe © Tessa Yates | The Bear and the Piano © David Litchfield contact us at access@bathfestivals.org.uk |The Worst Class in the World illustration copyright © Rikin Parekh, 2020 | Doodle and Peanut © Rob Biddulph |The Secret Sunshine Project © Sandyah Prabhat | Tom Gates © Liz Pichon |Gromit © Aardman Studios | Toto the Ninja Cat © Nick East | Luna © Joesph Coelho | The Large Family © 1986-2022 Jill Murphy
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HIGHLIGHTS
A MORNING WITH MICHAEL ROSEN 24 Sep | 10.00–11.00 | Forum
WHICH WAY TO ANYWHERE WITH CRESSIDA COWELL 24 Sep | 17.00–18.00 | Forum
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY? BIG DRAW OFF WITH STEVEN LENTON AND RIKIN PAREKH
JACQUELINE WILSON: PROJECT FAIRY 24 Sep | 14.00–15.00 | Forum
24 Sep | 14.00–14.45 | The Egg
DR JANINA RAMIREZ: 50 GODDESSES, SPIRITS, SAINTS AND OTHER FEMALE FIGURES WHO HAVE SHAPED BELIEF 25 Sep | 14.00–14.45 | Guildhall
DRAW WITH ROB! MONSTERS AND MAGIC WITH ROB BIDDULPH 1 Oct | 10.00–11.00 | Forum
THE AMAZING EDIE ECKHART WITH ROSIE JONES
THE MINISTRY OF UNLADYLIKE ACTIVITY WITH ROBIN STEVENS
1 Oct | 14.00–14.45 | Guildhall
1 Oct | 14.30–15.30 | Forum
JOSEPH COELHO’S PERFECT POEMS WITH MATT GOODFELLOW AND ALEX WHARTON
YOU CAN DRAW TOM GATES WITH LIZ PICHON
HEARTSTOPPER: ALICE OSEMAN IN CONVERSATION WITH LAUREN JAMES
RICHARD AYOADE AND TOR FREEMAN: THE BOOK THAT NO ONE WANTED TO READ
1 Oct | 18.00–18.45 | Guildhall
2 Oct | 16.30–17.15 | Guildhall
1 Oct | 17.00–18.00 | Forum
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1 Oct | 16.00–16.45 | Guildhall
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