Have a Hoot with Holly!

On Saturday 8th May, new author, Holly Clifton Brown will read the story of Annie Hoot, an owl who loves knitting and explores the world looking for appreciative animals.

And, we are delighted to say that it has just been confirmed that Annie herself will make a guest appearance, thanks to her keepers at Linton Zoo.

A gloriously bright funny and unusual book for the youngsters.  Knitting parents and grandparents especially welcome!

Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar

…..Your Dad drives a rusty car, Press the starter, Pull the choke, Off he goes in a cloud of smoke……

With themes ranging from pets, magic, and weather to favouite foods, John has composed poems for every occasion.  Come along and enjoy a session of fizzing wordplay and zany laughs suitable for all the family.

We loved having John at our Festival in 2006 and we are delighted he is returning due to popular demand.  Take the opportunity to come and meet John, who will also be presenting our poetry competition prizes on Saturday 8th May.

Pete Johnson Short Story Competition

HELP, HELP!’ CRIED A VOICE RUSHING TOWARDS ME……..

Pete says…..“Above is the first line of a story and it is up to you what happens next. Maybe this is the start of an exciting adventure story. Or could it be the beginning of a ghostly tale? Maybe someone is trying to escape from … well who? You decide. Or perhaps it is the opening of a funny story or maybe this is the breathless beginning of a tense thriller”.

 Enter this short story competition and you could win a £20 voucher from Amazon, presented to you by Pete Johnson himself.  Further details can be downloaded from our website.

Pete will be with us on Sunday 9th May in a interactive  and funny session on “How to Train your Parents” and will also present prizes to the winners.

Pigs CAN fly

We couldn’t believe it when we heard that the Linton Infant School has done an entire term around the subject Pigs in Planes!  Fate must have brought Paul Cooper to us as his oinkredibly funny new series is about the very same thing.

Think Pigs in Space meets Scooby-Doo with a whole load of Top Gun!  Each book contains games, puzzles and collectible joke cards, with extra cards to download online and share. Pigs in Planes is perfect for fans of Astrosaurs and Cows in Action, appealing to boys and girls alike.

Come and meet Paul on Sunday 9th May.  He will be doing some interactive reading, a quiz, and  telling some toe-curling jokes!  Children will get the chance to consider how stories are put together with a special Cliffhanger Challenge, and can also make their own planes out of paper.  (We are not planning on providing the pigs though!)

This talk could save your life…

Calling all budding Indiana Jones’s and Lara Crofts!

Simon Chapman - real life explorer and author- is coming to Linton to show you how to survive some of the toughest environments on the planet.

Author of the hugely successful Explorers Wanted series and winner of the 2006 Blue Peter Children’s Books Award for Best Book with Facts, Simon has recently branched into fiction with three titles for Barrington Stoke.

A huge hit at the 2006 Festival, Simon has many more hair-raising stories to relate to us, including his 2008 expedition down the Amazon in the footsteps of the legendary 16th century Spanish explorer Juan Alvarez Maldonado…

Pop in and Pop up

We are proud to announce that Maggie Bateson and Louise Comfort will be coming to Linton on Saturday May 8th 2010.  We tried to book them for the last book festival but they were unable to come!  Now, at last, in May 2010 these talented  people will talk about how they create their delightful fairy pop-up books in a session that will interest the adults as well as the children.

Then they will run fairy making workshops which will conclude with the children naming their fairy and waving a wand over them to help them to pop-up.

Pop in to the Cathodeon Centre and pop up for for some magic with Maggie and Louise at Linton Infant School on Saturday 8th May.

Bend It Like Book Festival

We are thrilled to announce that Narinder Dhami, author of the book “Bend it Like Beckham” is coming to Linton on Sunday 9th May especially for all of you football fans!

Narinder also writes the “Bindi Babes” books which have taken the teenage girl market by storm.  To celebrate her being with us we are planning some Indian themed supporting activites – but more on that later.  If you want to know more click on Narinder’s webpage and get reading her books!