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All about the Festival

When Is It?

The Book Festival will be held on the Weekend of Saturday October 20th to Sunday October 21st. Put a note in your diary and don’t forget to book some events!

What is it?

A two day festival in Wokingham where you can meet and listen to talks by authors of children’s books. Learn about the process of writing and have a lot of fun!

Meet The Authors

There will be over 20 Authors at the event giving 25 talks on subjects such as the writing process and their characters. There will be quizzes, lots of participation and a mega doodle fest! Authors will be available to sign books after their event.

What does it cost?

There are several talks that are free, yes free! The other talks are priced at between £2 and £3 per person. Our official bookseller WHSmith will have a stall at each venue for you to purchase books (cash only).

Event Schedule

Saturday 20 October Town Hall
Saturday 20 October Library
Sunday 21 October Town Hall
Sunday 21 October Library

Wokingham Town Hall

1pm – Animal Stories with Holly Webb
2.30pm – The Princess and the Suffragette with Holly Webb

Wokingham Library

10am – The Fun Of Reading with Darron Jon Love (free event)
10.30am to 12pm – Teen Writing Group
11am – Life of a children’s author with Carol Otieno (free event)
12pm – Good Habits-start them young! With Tina Stubbs (free event)
1pm – Oodles of Doodles with Cathy MacLennan
1.15pm – Big Nige’, Big Idiot. with Nigel Groves (free event)
2pm – I am Otter with Sam Garton
3pm – A T-wit for a T-woo with Layn Marlow and Charley Farley

Wokingham Town Hall

9.45am – From Funny to Strange and Back Again with A F Harrold
10.30am – Dragon’s Have Feelings too! with Keith Sheppard
11.30am – Fabio the Flamingo Detective  with Laura James
12.45pm – Making Poems with A.F. Harrold
1pm – Just Imagine! With Geraldine McCaughrean
2.30pm – Welcome to Witch Wars with Sibéal Pounder 
2.45pm – Historical Fact and Fiction with Katrina Charman

Wokingham Library

9.45am – Designing a story with Laurel Remington
10am – Once upon a Star! with James Carter
11.30am – Tales of Snow and Storms with Chitra Soundar
11.45am – Operation Buried Treasure with Ally Sherrick
1pm – Bee Boy with Tony De Saulles
1.15pm – Our House – Funny families in children’s fiction with Tom Easton
2.30pm – Storytime and Drawing Fun with Steve Antony
2.45pm – The World of Planet Stan with Elaine Wickson

Book Tickets

Please click above on the shopping cart for the full list of events and booking links. There are many exciting and entertaining events that are happening over the two days of the festival. Spaces are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Bookseller

Each workshop is followed by a book signing and we are pleased to announce that WHSmith of Wokingham will be our official bookseller with stalls at each venue. Please note it is only possible to make cash purchases at the stalls. There are many cash points available in the Town. Nearest to the Town Hall are HSBC, Halifax or Barclays. Nearest to the Library is Lloyds TSB.   

Getting Here

Getting Here

The Event is held at two locations. Wokingham Town Hall (RG40 1AS) and Wokingham Library (RG40 2BB). There is a short 3 minute walk between the locations
The nearest car parks are Cockpit Path which is located off Denton Road RG40 2HD and Denmark Street which is located off Denmark Street (RG40 2BB). Wokingham railway station (RG40 2AP) is a short walk away and buses serve Broad Street. Other car parks are available.
Click on the person above to see a map.

Authors

Ally Sherrick

Author
Books include Sacred Crown

Holly Webb

Author
Many books including Magic Molly

Sam Garton

Sam is the Author of ‘I am Otter’

Charlie Farley & Layn Marlow

Authors of ‘A T-wit T-woo’

Chitra Soundar

Author of ‘You’re safe with me’

Geraldine McCaughrean

Author of ‘Where the World ends’

James Carter

James Carter is an award winning children’s Poet

Laura James

Author of Adventure of Pug books

Laurel Remington

Author of ‘The Polka Dot Shop’

Nigel Groves

Author of ‘Lemmy and the cave’

Steve Antony

Author of ‘Please Mr Panda’

Tina Stubbs

Author of ‘Life’s Little Bugs’

Tom Eastman

Author of fiction for Children of all ages

Keith Sheppard

Author of Children’s fiction

Cathy MacLennan

Cathy is a Children’s Author

A.F. Harrold

A.F. Harrold – Author & Poet

Carol Otieno

Carol Otieno – Children’s Author

Darron Jon Love

Darron Jon Love – Author

Elaine Wickson

Elaine Wickson – Author

Sibéal Pounder

Sibéal Pounder – Author

Tony De Saulles

Tony De Saulles – Author

Katrina Charman

Author of ‘The last Firehawk’

Contact Us

Contact Information

Feel free to contact us with any of the below medium:

  • Business Hours

    Call us on 0118 9783185

    Monday-Friday : 8.30am to 5pm, – Saturday : 10am to 2pm

  •  Address

    Wokingham Town Hall

  • E-mail

    artsandculture@wokingham-tc.gov.uk

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