If you want to inspire a new generation of readers and writers it helps to encourage them while they are young and that is precisely what the first ever Cardiff Children's Literature Festival will aim to do this week. Running from 20th - 24th March the festival will offer activities to capture the imagination of both the young and the young at heart. The festival organisers are promising events which will make 'words and pictures come to life with tales of fantastical creatures, rugby zombies, amazing aliens and rainbow fairies'.
Events to look out for include:
Events to look out for include:
- Event Poems, Rhymes and Songs with Francesca Kay – Cardiff Central Library, Friday 11.30am
- Horrible Histories Illustrator Martin Brown – National Museum, Saturday 10am (Ages 7+)
- Phil Carradice Creative Writing Workshop – Cardiff Story, City Lab, Saturday 10am (Ages 8+)
- Rainbow Magic – St. David’s Hall, Saturday 11am (Ages 5 - 8)
- Thrills, Chills and Spills: Dark Tales told by Daniel Morden – Cardiff Castle, Sunday 12pm
- Dirgelwch y Castell gyda Hwyel Griffiths (The Mystery of the Castle) – Cardiff Castle, Sunday 1.30pm
- Urban Afternoon – Cardiff Story, The Gallery, Sunday 3pm (Ages 5+)
- G. J. Williams Memorial Lecture - with Dr. Mererid Hopwood, Tuesday 5.30pm at Cardiff University
- Can you write a children’s book? With David Fickling and Sita Brahmachari – City Hall, Wednesday 7.30pm
- Writing the Detectives: Charlie Higson and Andrew Lane in Conversation with Heather Worthington – City Hall, Thursday 7.30pm