Children are being invited to enter and enjoy the Youth Zone at this year’s Red Funnel Isle of Wight Literary Festival, which takes place between 12th-15th October.
Located amongst the mature trees and spacious lawns of Northwood Park, the Youth Zone will see a variety of Yurts erected plus pop-up book shops, a double decker bus and vintage vehicles where children can meet with authors and the opportunity for book signings.
This specially designed space will feature award winning authors from across the UK, and showcase many of the Isle of Wight’s children’s writers and illustrators.
The bumper bundle of fun events aimed at young readers aged 4-11 years has storytelling, comedy, performance, illustration, puppets, magic and craft.
For those aged 10-100 yrs, the celebrated author of Tales of Terror, Chris Priestley, will be telling his spine-tingling tales in the cellars and reading extracts from his new Gothic novel, Curse of the Werewolf Boy, in the Big Daddy Dome.
Over 20 authors , actors and storytellers will also be running sessions in schools across the Island in the weeks running up to the Festival.
The Youth Zone will open on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th October. Many of the sessions are free but due to limit capacity you will still need to book your tickets online at www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com. Children under 12 also need to be accompanied by an adult.
