Hold onto your popcorn and plunge into a movie marathon. Can you save the day before the credits roll? Encounter prehistoric monsters, lost cities, and super spies with author and director Christopher Edge. Write your own thrilling adventures and find out if you have what it takes to be the hero of your own film.
Cheltenham Literature Festival
Y3: Maddie Moate: A Very Curious Christmas
Curious about why crackers pop, fairy lights glow, or how reindeer communicate? Join CBBC and YouTube presenter Maddie Moate for an interactive talk filled with demos and quirky Christmas facts. Maddie also explores how different people around the world celebrate the Christmas period, and the curious history behind festive traditions.
Y4: Tọlá Okogwu: Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn
Hidden agendas. Lost powers.
Heart-pounding twists. Meet author of the Onyeka superhero adventure series, Tọlá Okogwu. Join us for a captivating journey celebrating individuality with Onyeka and her friends at the mysterious Academy of the Sun. Who knows?
You might even uncover your own hidden superpowers and unleash the hero within.
Y5: Sam Sedgman: The Clockwork Conspiracy
Follow aspiring inventor Isaac Turner on a trail of clues around London’s most famous landmarks. Uncover a sinister plot in a race against time itself with author and confirmed nerd
Sam Sedgman. Discover the incredible science behind time and how it inspired his thrilling new mystery adventure, The Clockwork Conspiracy.
Y6 Literature Festival: Varsha Shah: Ajay and the Jaipur Moon
Varsha Shah: Ajay and the Jaipur Moon
Hot off the press! Meet author Varsha Shah as she introduces Ajay, a young news reporter living on the Mumbai railways, fighting for justice in modern day India with the help of his friends. Uncover the inspiration behind her crew of determined characters, learn about newspapers and how to design your own
and get tips and tools to create your own adventure stories.
Y6 Literature Festival: Phil Earle and Lesley Parr: History and Mystery
Phil Earle and Lesley Parr: History and Mystery
Phil Earle and Lesley Parr share the creative inspirations behind their fictional historical novels with author Candy Gourlay. While Phil’s third WW2 novel is told through the eyes of a stray dog, Lesley’s new mystery is set in 1974 during the miners’ strikes. Together they discuss their research processes and talk about their personal paths into writing.
Y3 Literature Festival: Dom Conlon and A.F. Harrold: Welcome to Wild Town
Dom Conlon and A.F. Harrold: Welcome to Wild Town
Do you dare to explore Wild Town? Embark on an exciting poetry adventure with celebrated poets Dom Conlon and A.F. Harrold. In Wild Town nothing’s locked inside a cage, danger leaps off from the page and wild is a fact of life. Create animal poems of your own and let your imagination run wild.
Y5 Literature Festival: Thomas Taylor: Eerie-on-Sea Mysteries
Thomas Taylor: Eerie-on-Sea Mysteries
Join master of monsters, magic and mystery Thomas Taylor on a tour of the marvellous world of Eerie-on-Sea. With the help of his travelling trunk of trinkets, this author and illustrator shares the inspiration behind his book series and how his imagination grew the fictional town. You’ll also learn why he set the story in a hotel and how to create a sense of intrigue and suspense in your writing.
Y6 Literature Festival: Natasha Farrant: Protest Writing
Natasha Farrant: Protest Writing
How far would you go to protect the world you love? Costa Award-winning author Natasha Farrant’s new book The Rescue of Ravenwood is a beautiful, soulful and exciting story about conservation and guarding the extraordinary nature that surrounds us. Natasha will introduce pupils to the themes in the book and lead them through a fun, persuasive creative writing activity inspired by the characters’ climactic eco-protest.
Y4 Literature Festival: The Brothers McLeod: Creating Comics
The Brothers McLeod: Creating Comics
Join The Brothers McLeod – author, poet, screenwriter Myles and animator, illustrator and director Greg – the creators of the hilarious Knight Sir Louis series. Join Myles and Greg to create your own knight character before writing a comedy adventure for your character in a workshop packed with comics, drawing and lots of laughs.