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Voices from the Past with Patrice Lawrence and Bali Rai

Posted on 16 August 202017 September 2020
Discover unsung stories through history with Diver’s Daughter: A Tudor Story and Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • History
  • Key stage 2

Awesome Science Questions Answered with Dr. Emily Grossman

Posted on 15 August 202017 September 2020
Explore your inquisitive side with Brain-fizzing Facts
  • 2nd level
  • Festival
  • Key stage 2
  • Science

Get Adventurous with Lily Dyu and Helen Skelton

Posted on 14 August 202017 September 2020
Explore the world and dream BIG with Fantastic Female Adventurers and Wild Girl
  • 2nd level
  • Feminism
  • Festival
  • Freedom
  • Key stage 2

Find out Your Superpower with Samantha Baines

Posted on 13 August 202017 September 2020
Explore difference as something to be celebrated in Harriet Versus the Galaxy
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 2

Changing the World with Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon

Posted on 13 August 202017 February 2021
Explore how you can make the world a better place with Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon, the illustrator and author of Look Up! and Clean Up!
  • 1st level
  • Environment
  • Festival
  • Key stage 1
  • Picture books

The Teeny Weeny Genie: A Sensory Story

Posted on 6 August 20202 September 2020
Creating a sensory story to accompany Julia Donaldson’s magical new picture book.
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Early level
  • Festival
  • LD Friendly
  • Picture books
  • Storytelling

A Squash and a Squeeze: A Sensory Story

Posted on 6 August 20202 September 2020
Creating a Sensory Story to accompany a Julia Donaldson classic!
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Early level
  • Festival
  • LD Friendly
  • Picture books
  • Sensory Stories
  • Storytelling

Felix After the Rain: A Sensory Story from PAMIS

Posted on 6 August 202024 September 2020
Creating Multi-sensory Stories to accompany Picture Books.
  • Festival
  • LD Friendly
  • Picture books
  • PMLD
  • Sensory Stories
  • Storytelling

Guest Review: Helen Pankhurst & Fern Riddell at the Book Festival

Posted on 19 September 201819 September 2018
Competition winner Katrina Lambert shares her thoughts on one of the events in the 2018 Book Festival's 'Revolting Women' strand
  • All Levels
  • Authors
  • Feminism
  • Festival

Children’s Authors Share their Writing Top Tips

Posted on 17 September 201816 November 2018
Get top tips from fantastic authors and be inspired to pick up a pen and get writing
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Authors
  • Creative writing
  • Festival

Win! Ed Vere Competition

Posted on 19 August 201819 August 2018
Your school could win a giant lion collage, created by author-illustrator Ed Vere at the 2018 Book Festival
  • All Levels
  • Festival
  • Win!

Year of Young People – Meet our Young Programmers

Posted on 3 August 20183 August 2018
Hear from our Young Programmers ahead of their Codename F events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
  • All Levels
  • Festival

Colouring the Book Festival with Eilidh Muldoon

Posted on 30 July 201816 November 2018
Get excited about your visit to the Book Festival with beautiful colouring sheets created by illustrator Eilidh Muldoon
  • 1st level
  • Early level
  • Festival
  • Illustration
  • Key stage 1

Codename F needs YOU!

Posted on 13 June 201827 July 2018
Share your thoughts on what freedom means to you and be featured in a special Book Festival event
  • Edinburgh
  • Festival
  • Freedom

Codename F event reveal – Helena Duggan & Christopher Edge: Quirky Adventures

Posted on 7 June 20181 June 2018
Our Year of Young People co-programmers explain why they designed this event for 10 to 14 year olds
  • Authors
  • Edinburgh
  • Festival

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