Bath Children's Literature Festival

Bath Children’s Literature Festival is back for its 18th year!(26 Sept - 5 Oct) Join us for 10 days of live events featuring Children’s Laureate @frankcottrell_b, festival favourites @LizPichon, @RobBiddulph & @CressidaCowell & more! On sale next week! bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-lite…

.@bathkidslitfest has revealed its 2025 line-up, including @CressidaCowell, @frankcottrell_b and @LizPichon bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

I'm excited to be at the @bathkidslitfest on the 1st October, where I'll be talking about my brand new kids book; ‘Do you Believe in Ghosts?!' I’ll be joined by the book’s brilliant illustrator @EllenFWalker who will hopefully be doing some live illustrations! And we’ll be…

Tickets are now on sale for my very first public event for SMALL WONDER at @bathkidslitfest on Sunday 28th September! I'll be talking about I AM REBEL too so hold your horses (and dogs, wheeyyyyy) bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/bfc13…

This year's brochure features characters from the brilliant books by Rachel Bright and Jim Field. You don't have to be BIG and BRAVE to find your ROAR in the book The Lion Inside. A huge thank you to Rachel, Jim and Grahame Lyus from @HachetteUK for designing this cover for us.

⭐️ GENERAL BOOKING IS NOW OPEN ⭐️ #BathKidsLitFest25 runs from Fri 26 Sept - Sun 5 Oct with some of the biggest and best-loved names in the world of children’s books to Bath. Over the 10 day festival we will be hosting 90+ live events Book here: bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-lite… @Longleat

From today, members can now book their tickets for #BathKidsLitFest25 with Members' Priority Booking. Head to our website to find out how you can become a member and start enjoying our exclusive member benefits today. bathfestivals.org.uk/support/become…

New for 2025... Buy more, save more. This year we have introduced 3 different bundle discounts offers, so why not make a day or a weekend of the festival! Start browsing events now: bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-lite… #BathKidsLitFest25 @longleat @waterstonesbath @bathboxoffice

What's on at Bath Children's Literature Festival 2025? The events are now up on our website for you to browse ahead of tickets going on sale at the end of next week. Take a look and let us know which ones you love! Booking opens next Friday! bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-lite… @Longleat

Booking opens for #BathKidsLitFest25 next week!! 📅 Monday 14 July - Bath Festival Patrons 📅 Wednesday 16 July - Bath Festivals Friends and Members, and Longleat Members 📅 Friday 18 July - General sale 🕰️ (all from 10am) Early bird booking 👉🏼 bathfestivals.org.uk/support/

We had a fantastic turnout last night at @waterstonesbath for the launch party of #BathKidsLitFest25. Lots of our volunteers came along to show their continuing support, including the lovely Rita & Angus who have been volunteering at the festival for 5 years

THRILLED to be at 10 Downing Street yesterday giving a speech welcoming Bridget Phillipson’s announcement that 2026 will be the National Year of Reading! EVERY child deserves access to books and to transformative power of reading @educationgovuk @Literacy_Trust @booktrust #❤️📚

At just 8 yrs old Katherine Rundell wrote her first novel... Fast forward 30 years and now Katherine is a multi-million-bestselling author with Impossible Creatures winning the Children’s Fiction Book of the Year. Book to see her at The Forum, Sat 13 Sept bathfestivals.org.uk/the-bath-festi…

What books will you be packing in your suitcase for your young readers this summer? Perhaps a dragon or comic adventure or perhaps Draw With Rob activities. Heading off to Longleat? Maybe you'll be reading stories of animal antics. @Longleat @waterstonesbath

GCSEs are drawing to a close... it's time to put down those study guides and start reading for fun! We can't wait to release out #BathKidsLitFest25 festival in a few weeks! Sign up to our newsletter to be first to hear who's coming to the festival..! bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-lite…

We return to the Magic of the Archipelago with superstar Katherine Rundell. The Poisoned King is the dazzling 2nd book in the bestselling Impossible Creatures series. 13 Sept bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-lite… @BloomsburyBooks

We are thrilled to announce the events tour for Picture Imperfect🖼️📖 Grab your tickets HERE linktr.ee/pictureimperfe… to hear Jacky talking all things The Illustrated Mum and find out what Dolphin, Star and Marigold are up to now... 🐬🌟🌼 More to be announced soon!

Join Cressida Cowell to celebrate HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON SCHOOL, her first novel in the Dragon world for 10yrs & get an EXCLUSIVE pre-publication peek of the last instalment of the Which Way series, WHICH WAY TO THE FUTURE. Sat 27 Sept, 10am The Forum bathfestivals.org.uk/the-bath-festi…

It’s #VolunteersWeek so there’s no better time to give a shout out to all the volunteers who come and help at Bath Festivals. Get in touch if you’re interested in volunteering at any of our festivals [email protected]

We are delighted to announce that #BathKidsLitFest25 will be staged in association with Longleat. The festival runs from Fri 26 Sept-Sun 5 Oct in venues across Bath. Members at #Longleat & Friends of #BathFestivals will enjoy priority access to festival tickets🦁 @bathkidslitfest