Northern Children's Book Festival

welcome to NCBF 2008

25th Anniversary Year
The Gala Day on 22nd November at Newcastle Civic Centre is the culmination of a fortnight of activities held in the name of the festival, between 10th and 21st November. 34 authors and illustrators will attend events in schools and libraries across the North East, reaching up to 20, 000 of the region’s children.

This free event is the largest annual reading celebration for young people in Europe and will give children the opportunity to meet 10 of their favourite authors and illustrators, bringing the world of books to life via interactive sessions held throughout the day. The fabulous line up includes: Steve Barlow & Steve Skidmore, Steve Weatherill, Korky Paul, Debi Gliori, Julia Donaldson, Steve Cole, Julia Golding, Liz Million, Jeremy Strong, David Almond and Nick Butterworth.

This year is the National Year of Reading and to coincide with November’s theme of Screen Reads there will be an amazing selection of craft activities. There will be a fantastic bookshop selling titles by these authors as well as many other popular titles.

The Tyneside Cinema will be joining in on the fun by putting on workshops and showing a film. Seven Stories, the Centre for Children’s Books and the Literary & Philosophical Society will also be hosting activities. It is proposed that a shuttle bus is provided to transport visitors to and from these venues.

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Library Services

The Northern Children's Book Festival is organised, sponsored and run by the following library services in the region. Please visit their websites and explore the services on offer - simply click the relevant icon below.

Durham

Gateshead

Hartlepool

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

North Tyneside

Northumberland

Redcar Cleveland

South Tyneside

Stockton

Sunderland

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Recent News

Festival 2008 - Dates Confirmed

March 19, 2008

This year's NCBF will run from November 10-21st.
Gala Day (Newcastle) will take place on Saturday November 22nd.

Author details to follow. It's a bumper year with 34 authors and illustrators attending events in schools and libraries across the North East, reaching up to 20,000 of the region’s children.

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NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts – Geraldine McCaughran

December 14, 2007

The Newcastle boys talk to Geraldine McCaughran about the books she used to read as a child and her advice on writing your own book.

Listen to the interview here

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NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - Cathy Cassidy

November 17, 2007

Lydia, Jessica and Niamh talk to best-selling author Cathy Cassidy. Find out what books of her her own are her favourite and who gets to see them first!

Download the podcast here (Length: 2min 46sec, File size: 2.5MB)

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NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - The Mayor of Sunderland

Listen to the boys Chris, Jordan and David chat with the Mayor of Sunderland, Leslie Scott, about what it is like to be a mayor and his thoughts on the Gala Day.

Listen to the Mayor of Sunderland here (Length: 3min 7sec, File size: 2.9MB)

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NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - Main Hall activities - Libraries

Join David, Chris and Jordan in the main hall where all the libraries from across the region have stalls with crafts for all the children attending the Gala Day.

The boys spoke to Lesley from Newcastle City Libraries who was helping children to make crowns and Pauline from South Tyneside Libraries who was making monk peg dolls and bookmarks with anglo-saxon writing.

Listen to the boys in the main hall (Length: 1min 15sec, File size: 1.1MB)

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NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - Robert Crowther

Listen to Robert Crowther, author of the book The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Alphabet Book being interviewed by Jordan from the Newcastle Library radio club.

Download podcast (Length: 1min 23sec, File size: 1.3MB)

You can find out more about the author and his books here

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NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - Andy Stanton

Hear our roving NCBFM reporters Lydia, Jessica and Niamh interview author of Andy Stanton just before his session at the Gala Day at the Crowtree Centre.

Listen to the podcast here (Length: 2min 44sec, File size: 2.5MB)

You can find out more information about Andy Stanton here

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NCB FM Gala Day 2007 pre-podcast!

November 16, 2007

You can now download and listen to the first pre-Gala Day 2007 podcast. Find out what your librarian's favourite children's book is and learn how you can join Sunderland Libraries.

Listen to the podcast here

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NCBF Kicks Off.....

November 6, 2007

NCBF07 finally gets under way after months of plannning....We're sure that it's going to be a fabulous fortnight in those schools hosting authors, poets and illustrators.....And then there's Gala Day....now, that's going to be special.

If you've had an author visit your school, why don't you tell us all about it?
Just use the comments link below.

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Gala Day 2007 Author Tickets - available from October 22nd

October 13, 2007

To attend an author session at Gala Day you will need to book a ticket in advance and these are limited to two sessions per visitor. Only a small number of tickets will be available on the day.

A responsible adult must accompany children under eight years.

Please note, adults need to book tickets too.
Tickets are available by post, on a first come first served basis from Monday 22 October 2007.

Complete the tear off slip, enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope and apply for your free tickets to:

NCBF Gala Day Tickets,
Schools Library Service,
Sandhill Centre,
Grindon Lane,
Sunderland SR3 4EN

Enquiries: 0191 553 8868
E: schools.library@
sunderland.gov.uk

Download Gala Day Leaflet (PDF:387KB)

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Contact

Peter Bolger
Gateshead CLC
Unit 6
Keel Row
The Watermark
Gateshead
NE11 9sz


T/F: 0191 460 2900
peter.bolger@gateshead.org