Northern Children’s Book Festival!!

Just a quickie to flag up the fact that it’s not TOO long till the fantastic Northern Children’s Book Festival Gala Day 2013 (gasp… long title… bit breathless…). So if you live in the North-East – within pootling distance of Woodhorn Museum in Ashington, Northumberland – then get yourself along on Saturday 23 November. You … Continue reading →

2,586 Things to do with Books

Okay, well, technically it’s 1 thing to do with 2,586 books, but when my writer friend Dianne Hofmeyr shared this video from her visit to the Cape Town Open Book Festival in South Africa, I was mesmerized.  And if you’re able to watch the whole thing without your toes curling from the tension of it … Continue reading →