FESTIVAL EXTRA – Maximus the Mouse at Chiswick Library – 2pm & 3.30pm November 11th
Postponed from the Festival weekend in September.
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Fans of Frederick the Fox won’t want to miss the adventures of a new character called Maximus the Mouse. The rhyming story about friendship is beautifully illustrated with hand painted watercolours. Meet local illustrator Lisa Read and her sister, author Kim Ansell who will be reading their new children’s picture book at Chiswick Library as part of Chiswick Book Festival. After the book reading there will be book signings and a chance to get creative with colouring sheets.
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Event is free, but tickets must be booked online. Ages 2-7 years. Children under 14 years of age must be accompanied by a responsible adult, each with their own ticket. Book your free tickets here.
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Catch up with photographs of our Poetry Prizegiving and other Children’s Festival events in 2023.
Once again, we put on a stimulating programme for children and young people at this year’s Festival. This year’s speakers and performers included Jacqueline Wilson, The Really Big Pants Theatre Company, performance poet Debra Bertulis, author and illustrator Krina Patel-Sage and CLiPPA Prize poet Kate Wakeling . We also celebrated the 13th year of our Young People’s Poetry Competition. Read all about it here. See this year’s winners with Daisy Goodwin who presented the prizes.
Save the 2024 dates in your diary now – Friday September 13th 2024 for our Poetry Prizegiving and Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th for our children’s speakers. Sign up for our Newsletters here.