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Storytelling Yoga with T-Yoga

5+ and Families

Sunday 18 August 13:30 - 14:00

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Burds are Meant tae Fly with Emma Grae 7-11 Mon 12 Aug 14:45 - 15:45

The Big Draw Off! with Louie Stowell & RAMZEE

Age 8-11

Sunday 18 August 13:30 - 14:30

The Big Draw Off! with Louie Stowell & RAMZEE

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On your marks, get set, draw! Brace yourself for a big Draw-Off event with brilliant author-illustrators, Louie Stowell and RAMZEE, as they go head-to-head in this interactive event. Join your host, Pamela Butchart, and hear about RAMZEE’s comic…

Out of This World with Michael Rosen

Age 6+

Sunday 18 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Michael Rosen is one of the nation’s best loved voices in children’s literature. The former Children’s Laureate has written more than 150 books for all ages including the classic We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Come along for a fun-filled event of stories…

Tony Birch & Fred D’Aguiar: The Secrets We Tell

Sunday 18 August 14:00 - 15:00

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Silence breaks. Truths materialise. And those coaxed into invisibility emerge from the shadows. Deirdre Osborne leads award-winning Aboriginal Australian author Tony Birch and British-Guyanese poet and novelist Fred D’Aguiar in a conversation about their…

Julia Armfield & Caoilinn Hughes: Never Were There Such Devoted Sisters

Sunday 18 August 14:15 - 15:15

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Julia Armfield & Caoilinn Hughes: Never Were There Such Devoted Sisters

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Both The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes and Private Rites by Julia Armfield centre around the relationships between sisters meeting after their parents’ death. But more than that, they are novels of ideas: about climate change, about the choices we make…