Ticket 1 – Morning session, St Michael & All Angels Church, £12
11am Welcome and Introduction – Torin Douglas (Director, Chiswick Book Festival)
Panel 1: 11am-11.30am. A Golden Age of Children’s Books
Panellists: Jane Nissen (children’s publisher at Puffin Books with Kaye Webb + Penguin, Methuen, Hamish Hamilton, Jane Nissen Books), Sally Floyer (former MD, Frederick Warne, Ladybird Books), Janet Ellis (Blue Peter presenter and broadcaster, Radio 4 ‘Great Lives’ on Kaye Webb of Puffin). Chaired by Torin Douglas.
Panel 2: 11.45am-12.15pm. The Golden Age of Children’s Television (and its promotion of books and reading)
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children’s Television (not currently available on BBC iPlayer).
The Reunion: Play School on BBC Sounds.
Panellists: Vicky Ireland (Words & Pictures), Alison Cole (daughter of Michael & Joanne Cole – PlaySchool, BOD etc), Jonathan Cohen (PlaySchool, Jackanory etc), Lucy Briers (daughter of Richard Briers – Roobarb & Custard, Noddy, Watership Down, Wind In The Willows). Chaired by Janet Ellis.
Panel 3: 12.30pm-1pm. Taking action for Children’s Arts in the National Year of Reading
Panellists: Vicky Ireland (Action for Children’s Arts), Alison Cole (Cultural Policy Unit), Greg Childs (The Children’s Media Foundation), Jenny Griffiths (Chiswick Book Festival, Primary School Librarian of the Year). Chaired by Torin Douglas.
What more can be done to promote books and reading among the young in the digital age? Are libraries the answer?
Closing remarks: David Wood, president, Action for Children’s Arts
BREAK FOR LUNCH – in local cafes, pubs, restaurants – 1pm-2.15pm
Ticket 2 – Afternoon session in St Michael & All Angels Church, £6.
For families, parents and children: Ticket price includes craft takeaway. Please note that children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult and that accompanying adults all need a ticket.
2.15pm-5pm. Celebrate today’s children’s books – Meet the authors, Buy the books, Pop-up a puffin!
Talks by children’s authors and illustrators followed by craft sessions in two age groups.
2.15pm Doors open
2.30pm Lo Cole reads Scooter Dog and Doris with interactive draw-along
3pm Dean Atta reads Auntie’s Bangles
3.30 to 5pm. Readings in Story Corner
3.30pm Kim Ansell & Lisa Read (Frederick the Fox), 4pm Angela Wallace (Ludo and Lulu Go To Town)
3.30 to 5pm. Creative activities in Crafts Corridor:
Craft sessions in two age groups: Creating Puffin bookmarks, pencil-holders and Puffin or Mothering Sunday pop-up cards.
Children’s books on sale in the Parish Hall through Waterstones Chiswick.
Ticket 3 – Afternoon session in Tabard Theatre, £12.
Panel 4: 2.30pm-3.30pm. The Golden Age of Children’s Theatre
Panellists: Vicky Ireland (formerly Polka Theatre), David Wood (writer, director and producer, “The National Children’s Dramatist” – The Times). Chaired by Janet Ellis. Panel 4: 2.30pm-3.30pm
In the National Year of Reading, join two titans of the children’s theatre world: writer/director David Wood, who will be recognised at the Olivier Awards for his contribution to children’s theatre, adapting works by Roald Dahl, Floella Benjamin and more; and Vicky Ireland, former artistic director of the Polka Theatre, who has adapted works by Jacqueline Wilson Allan Ahlberg and more. Hosted by broadcaster Janet Ellis (Blue Peter, Twice Upon A Time podcast).
And, from 6pm, join us for Chiswick Artists Night at the Tabard pub to celebrate the launch of our Timeline of Chiswick Artists & Illustrators. See details and a sneak preview of the Timeline.
Any profits from the day’s event will be donated to Action for Children’s Arts and the Heritage Conservation Fund of St Michael & All Angels Church. This event is kindly supported by Action for Children’s Arts, Chiswick Book Festival, The Children’s Media Foundation, The Cultural Policy Unit, St Michael & All Angels Church, Tabard Theatre, The Arts Society Chiswick, Waterstones Chiswick, Savills Chiswick, Everybody Reads, Foster Books, Oxfam Books Chiswick, Bookcase London, The Chiswick Calendar, Green Guide Chiswick, ChiswickW4.com, Young Veterinary Partnership, Chiswick Community Hub & Library, Orchard House School and other local schools. Thanks to them all – and particularly to our Gold Sponsors below.
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