Reading is Magic

📢 NEWS: Today we're launching #ReadingTogether, our campaign highlighting the importance of early years reading. All 12 Waterstones Children's Laureates have joined us in our call to make sure no child misses out on reading's life-changing benefits. 👉 booktrust.org.uk/news-and-featu…

Catch up with all of our events in one place on the @Bathfestivals YouTube Channel: youtube.com/playlist?list=… (You have until the end of the month to catch up for free!)

We're proud to offer our amazing events for free for schools and families. Our work is dependant of funding. If you have the means, please support our festival with your donations. readingismagicfestival.com/donate Anything you can donate will make a difference!

We need your survey responses! If you watched any of our events, please fill out a survey and your opinions will help fund and shape future festivals: For Schools: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RiMFSchools23 For Families/Home viewers: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RiMFfamily20…

Join @Lillustrator a journey to The Weatherlands. Meet an extraordinary cast of characters & create an exciting book cover, featuring your very own climate-controlling Weatherling character and learn how to draw Ray’s adorable cloud-cat Nim. Catch up: youtu.be/sEqDIMv2ExE

Authors @jasinbath & @Kiran_MH chat about why reading and storytelling is magical, how they weave this magic into their own books, and the magic they found in the stories they read as children. Listen to the podcast: youtu.be/3vbK228TunU

Alex (@brixtonbard) talks about his research for Cane Warriors & the link to his own childhood experiences. Now an acclaimed novelist with an MBE for services to literature, he tells us how words &actions are a powerful force for change. Catch up youtu.be/l_7TjEM5xRA

Join @KimberlyWhittam for discussion with Selina Brown, Founder of the @BBBookFestival as they discuss the power of sport for girlsand the importance of representation in children’s books. Catch up for free: youtu.be/DR5F1Gfcelc

Join @TraceyCorderoy and @StevenLenton for a fantastic event all about these robber dogs turned crime-solving baking duo! Expect interactive storytelling and live illustration, as they bring the series to life. Drawing, games – it’s PAW-some! youtu.be/LEAYgAncmeY

Jessica joins us to celebrate Julián at the Wedding – a charming story of friendship, acceptance, celebration, & expressing yourself. There’s more fun and laughter, & fabulous costumes for Julián. Perhaps you’ll be inspired to create your own... Catch up: readingismagicfestival.com/events/express…

Join @Waterstones Children’s Laureate @JosephACoelho and J.T. Williams for this Bookmaker Like You event. They’ll chat about being an author, what it takes to bring a story to life & sharing tips for writing your stories & being a Bookmaker too! youtu.be/NCvfdqnqAnQ

Join JonArno as he introduces Wordless Picture Books. Go on a journey, led by the images, and discover the characters and scenes, spotting the many details that will pull you into the wonderful world of the wordless book. Catch up: youtu.be/NC1XkWCUNmA

Join @SitaBrahmachari & @EveFalling_ as they explore that artistic collaboration that led to the creation of When Shadows Fall. Students will have the opportunity to create their own art in response in the form of poetry, song or sketches. Catch Up: youtu.be/gCe4Zc2GlqE

Hey! Don't forget if you buy anything from our Bookshop page, you'll support the festival! uk.bookshop.org/shop/readingis…

Author B.B. Alston @bbalston invites you to the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs to meet the amazing Amari Peters in this storytelling event. Catch up for free: youtu.be/LnpwLGaAUtg

Join @woollensocks for a journey to The Magic Hour! Discover all about the challenges of writing The Magic Hour, his highly-anticipated middle-grade debut novel which poses the question: what would you do with an extra hour in the day? Catch up for free: youtu.be/reHzw3wa9lA

Join multi-award-winning author David Almond and illustrator Tom de Freston as they celebrate 25 years of Skellig and chat to Janet Smyth about the power of imagination and creating the special illustrated edition of this classic book. Catch up for free: youtu.be/av5bHbRV7ZM

Pleased to see a number of our authors featured in @Waterstones list of best books of 2023 for Children's Fiction waterstones.com/blog/the-best-… You can still catch up with all of our events for free here: readingismagicfestival.com/events/

Amazing news! J.T. Williams won Best Children's Book at the @The_DBAwards ! You can watch her in conversation with Children's Laureate @JosephACoelho on the @Bathfestivals youtube channel: youtu.be/NCvfdqnqAnQ?si…

Earlier this month, JonArno Lawson joined us for the @ReadMagicFest to introduce the worlds of Over the Shop & A Day for Sandcastles. Interested in taking a journey & discovering the wonderful world of wordless books? Watch the event for free: bit.ly/477AezI #TIFAkids