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COMING SOON! NEWS OF THE 2013 FESTIVAL! PLEASE IGNORE ANY INFO HERE AS IT ALL RELATES TO PREVIOUS FESTIVALS! THANKS. Spread over two venues, we have some very special guests taking part. Workshops taking place at the Upper Norwood Library are listed here.

Events taking place at the Bookseller Crow Bookshop are listed here. All these events at the book shop are free and unticketed, so come along and experience the best that Children’s books has to offer.

To find out more about the authors and illustrators taking part, follow these links: Steve Feasey, Alexander Gordon Smith, Sam Enthoven, Alex Bell, Laura Dockrill, Tom Percival, Alex Milway, Ilya, Sarwat Chadda, Garen Ewing, The Etherington Brothers, Gary Northfield, Viviane Schwarz, Lerryn Korda, Karen Wall and Jim Helmore, Guy Bass, CT Furlong, Sarah McIntyre and Jon Mayhew.

Featured authors and illustrators

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Lauren O’Farrell, the writer, traveller and giant squid wrestler who runs the gigantic Stitch London organisation, puts down her knitting needles for a moment and talks children’s books!

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A real highlight of our festival is a turn by the incredibly talented Etherington Brothers. We caught up with them and asked them a few questions!

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In the first of the festival school visits at Paxton School, Gary Northfield showed everyone how to draw Derek the Sheep. It’s not as difficult as you might think, it turns out, although Gary is an official whiz at drawing so he makes everything look easy. He also proved adept at drawing monsters, and was a great help in inspiring the kids to great heights in their own monster drawings for our festival book.

I can tell you now that we’re already overwhelmed with brilliant monsters, and I really don’t know how I’m going to whittle down the 400 entries to a mere 100. Yikes!

Contact

To contact the festival, email alex at palacefestival.org

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