2009 is the 26th 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 Stockton Riverside College on Saturday November 21st. The Gala Day is open to all and is the largest and best value 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.
