Reading is Magic Festival 2023
Back for 2023, the Reading is Magic Festival was announced today!
We are thrilled to share exciting details about this brilliant festival, set to take place 2nd-6th of October 2023.
The Reading is Magic Festival, inspired by Cressida Cowell’s Waterstones Children’s Laureate Charter and programmed by Bath Children’s Literature Festival, returns for a 4th year this Autumn with an online programme which promises inclusive, accessible author events broadcast directly into homes and schools across the globe.
International festivals will once more collaborate with Bath Children’s Literature Festival to ensure a programme of events in which every child can see themselves represented. The Reading is Magic Festival will feature a world class line up of best-selling authors, illustrators and poets as well as a number of exclusive events and high-profile anniversaries.
Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho will host his first live Bookmaker Like You event designed to inspire every child to see themselves as a bookmaker; Cressida Cowell will open the Festival with a 20 years of How to Train Your Dragon celebration, and Elle McNicoll Founder of the Adrien Prize for fiction which explores the disability experience will be joined by inaugural prize winner Aisha Bushby and fellow shortlistees Lisette Auton and Cerrie Burnell.
Schools and families can access the programme for free at readingismagicfestival.com. Events will last between 15 and 30 minutes and will be broadcast on a schools-friendly platform. Schools can view events live in UK time or on demand afterwards. Online materials and resources will support each event and book buying opportunities will be sign posted.
The Festival remains completely free and entirely online so children and schools across the UK and globally can benefit from a world-class line-up of best-selling writers, poets and illustrators.
What a brilliant way to get children introduced to authors, illustrators and new favourite books!