Happy 25th Birthday NCBF!
2008 is the 25th anniversary of The Northern Children's Book Festival. Each year seems to bring a bigger, better Festival and this year promises to be even more spectacular. Joining us this year will be over thirty of the UK's leading authors, poets, illustrators and storytellers. They will lead sessions in libraries and schools across the North East, reaching up to 20,000 of the region's children. These sessions have been assigned to local schools and are therefore CLOSED to the general public
The Festival concludes with our celebrated Gala Day event. This year Gala Day will be at Newcastle Civic Centre on Saturday November 22nd. This free event is OPEN to all and is the largest annual reading celebration for young people in Europe. It 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.
NCBF Gala Day in Newcastle
Saturday November 22nd
The Gala Day on 22nd November at Newcastle Civic Centre is the culmination of a fortnight of NCBF activities.
Gala Day is a free event and is open to the public. Those attending will have 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.
More details including booking information will be published in September/October 2008
LibraryThing
On our Virtual Bookshelf
LibraryThing is a site for book lovers. LibraryThing helps you create a library-quality catalog of your books. You can do all of them or just what you're reading now. And because everyone catalogues online, they also catalogue together. LibraryThing connects people based on the books they share.
Check out our NCBF LibraryThing below. You may feel encouraged to join up and share your reading.
NCBF Author Websites
Festival Authors 2008
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| Bernard Ashley | Paul Bajoria | 2 Steves |
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| Ian Beck | Paul Cookson | Michael Cox |
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| Robert Crowther | Josh Doder | John Dougherty |
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| Alan Durant | Vivian French | Alan Gibbons |
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| David Harmer | Sue Heap | Stewart Henderson |
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| Julia Jarman | Rob Lewis | Joan Lennon |
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| Sam Llewellyn | Eric Maddern | Graham Marks |
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| Matt and Dave | Livi Michael | Liz Million |
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| Barbara Mitchelhill | Korky Paul | Sally Prue |
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| Coral Rumble | Nick Toczek | Nick Ward |
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| Cat Weatherill | Steve Weatherill | Ceri Worman |
NCBF Libraries
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.
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| Durham | Gateshead | Hartlepool |
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| Middlesbrough | Newcastle | North Tyneside |
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| Northumberland | Redcar-Cleveland | South Tyneside |
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| Stockton | Sunderland |
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