Bath Children's Literature Festival

Bath Children’s Literature Festival returns to the city from 27 September - 6 October 2024. 

This year's festival features a programme of over 80 events, with special guests including Michael Rosen, Cressida Cowell, Rob Biddulph, Harry Hill, Andy Day, Jacqueline Wilson, Ben Miller, Robin Stevens and Liz Pichon.

Tickets are on general sale from Friday 12 July 2024. Friends, sponsors and Waterstones card holders can buy tickets from Wednesday 10 July 2024.

Both weekends of the festival will be filled with lots of interactive events, with the chance to hear your favourite authors and illustrators talking about the stories you love. The Schools Programme during the week will also be hosting some top names, with children from 44 schools in Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire taking part. Every single child who attends the Schools Programme with a free ticket will be given a free book.

The festival hub will be at The Assembly Rooms this year, where official booksellers Waterstones will be setting up a special festival bookshop. The Waterstones bookshop and café in Milsom Street will also be running events for families during the festival, including The Illustrators Cafe during both festival weekends, featuring free how-to-draw events and activities with four illustrators in residence, Alice Tait, Luke Scriven, Conor Busuttil and Rhian Wright.