Event: Rochdale Children's Literature Festival

Saturday 13 July 2019
10am - 4pm

Number One Riverside
Smith Street
Rochdale
OL16 1XU

DETAILS:

Rochdale’s first Children’s Literature Festival.  Not only will there be a plethora of special guests, reading activities and performances, we will also be welcoming acclaimed authors, Michael Rosen and Frank Cotrell Boyce.

Storytellers and Poets

• Richard O’Neill - Yan Tan Tethera That Poetry Bloke
• Kathy Oakley - Calvert and Ned the Dog

Puppetry

• Lempen Puppet Theatre Company
• Busy Lizzy (Walkabout puppet theatre)

Information stalls

Reading for pleasure in schools (run by Lowerplace, St Mary’s Holy Family, St Patrick’s and Broadfield primary schools)

Workshops

• Star Tree Studio art workshops
• Rapping workshops
• Origami workshops

Other fun activities

• Book tombola
• Name the Bear Hunt teddy
• Hook-a-book
• Willy Wonka’s sweet stall
• Photo frame competition

These events on the day are free - get your tickets on the day - first come first served.

 

Performance and book signings - These events are sold out

• Michael Rosen (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt) 
• Frank Cotterell Boyce (Runaway Robot)
• Morag Hood (Sophie Johnson: Unicorn Expert) Book seller Madeline Lindley

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