Until Sunday, September 28, Bath.
THE last few days of The Bath Festival of Children’s Literature this weekend promise to bring the event to a compelling conclusion. Now in its second year the festival, sponsored by The Daily Telegraph, caters for babies and the youngest book fans as well as special events for older readers.
One writer who has much to offer to both children and parents alike is Michelle Paver, the City-lawyer-turned-novelist whose Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series has captivated the collective imaginations of kids and adult readers too.
The neolithic adventures of the young hunter gatherers Torak, Renn and the heroic Wolf create a world so explicitly realistic that it is always a surprise to find yourself in the 21st century when you put the book down. The clarity of the writing owes much to the extensive and exhaustive research Paver conducted for the series, including time spent at a wolf sanctuary.
Paver appears at the Guildhall in Bath for the denouement of the popular festival.
In featuring Paver the festival organisers have really pulled together the elite of people involved in children’s literature and the list includes Charlie Higson, Cornelia Funke, Allan Ahlberg, Harry Hill, David Roberts, Shirley Hughes, Michael Rosen and the superlative Michael Morpurgo.
Source: wiltshiretimes.co.uk
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