Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Geraldine McCaughrean and Julia Green Chaired by Damian Kelleher

Three star authors, three different but equally wonderful stories, all set on islands. Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Geraldine McCaughrean and Julia Green have all set their new books on islands – what is it about islands that makes them such special settings for stories, how did these islands at the edge of the world set free their authors’ imaginations? Find out in this session chaired by Damian Kelleher, journalist, writer and former editorial director of Young Telegraph.

Hargrave’s The Island at the End of Everything was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award. It follows Ami’s quest to return to her island home after being taken from her mother and banished overseas. McCaughrean’s Where the World Ends finds a group of men and boys put ashore a remote sea stack to harvest birds for food but no-one returns to pick them up. Green’s To the Edge of the World is a gripping and beautifully written sea adventure starring two children sailing to St Kilda, an island at the edge of the world.

Age 10+

Children and Young People