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Events for Children & Young Adults

  • Abie Longstaff

    Abie Longstaff

    The Fairytale Hairdresser

    9:00am | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • JAKe

    JAKe and Tom Huddleston

    Star Wars: The Force is With Us

    9:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Polly Faber

    Polly Faber and Clara Vulliamy

    Mango & Bambang

    9:00am | Thursday 30 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Simon Mayo

    Simon Mayo and Philip Reeve Chaired by S F Said

    Future Visions

    1:00pm | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Justin Miles

    Justin Miles

    How to Become an Ultimate Explorer SOLD OUT

    9:00am | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Julian Clary

    Julian Clary and David Roberts

    Meet The Bolds

    12:00pm | Thursday 30 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Liz Fost

    Liz Fost

    Aliens Love Underpants

    11:00am | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Jewell Parker Rhodes

    Jewell Parker Rhodes Interviewed by Catherine Johnson

    Towers Falling: 15 Years After 9/11

    9:00am | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Christian O'Connell

    Christian O'Connell

    Radio Boy CANCELLED

    1:00pm | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • David Melling

    David Melling

    Hugless Douglas

    1:00pm | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Gemma Cairney

    Gemma Cairney Interviewed by Laura Dockrill

    Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be

    5:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Joshua Khan

    Joshua Khan

    Shadow Magic: Creative Writing Workshop

    3:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Giles Andreae

    Giles Andreae

    Winnie the Pooh: The Great Heffalump Hunt

    3:00pm | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Sarah Crossan

    Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan Chaired by Anna James

    We Come Apart

    5:00pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • LEGO

    LEGO

    LEGO Star Wars Build SOLD OUT

    11:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Martin Brown

    Martin Brown

    Lesser Spotted Animals

    9:00am | Friday 31 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Jonathan Meres

    Jonathan Meres

    The World of Norm

    9:00am | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Elys Dolan

    Elys Dolan, Matty Long and Neill Cameron Chaired by Peter Marley

    I Paint, I Paint, I Paint. Being Funny in Pictures

    5:00pm | Thursday 30 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Robin Stevens

    Robin Stevens, Katherine Rundell and Tony De Saulles Chaired by Jonathan Stroud

    Return of the Great British Creative Challenge SOLD OUT

    11:00am | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Paul Stickland

    Paul Stickland

    Dinosaur Roar

    9:00am | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Robin Stevens

    Robin Stevens

    Murder Most Unladylike SOLD OUT

    2:59pm | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Nick Sharratt

    Nick Sharratt Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    The Cat and the King

    11:00am | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Rob Biddulph

    Rob Biddulph

    Penguin Pirate Adventures

    1:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Elizabeth Laird

    Elizabeth Laird, Gill Lewis and Anna Bassi Chaired by Nikki Gamble

    Seeing the World Through Children’s Books

    3:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Harry Potter

    Harry Potter

    The Magical World of Harry Potter

    1:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Jessica Ennis-Hill

    Jessica Ennis-Hill Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    Evie’s Magic Bracelet

    11:00am | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Garth Nix

    Garth Nix

    Frogkisser

    9:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Karl Byrne

    Karl Byrne

    The Science of Star Wars SOLD OUT

    1:00pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Patrice Lawrence

    Patrice Lawrence, Clare Furniss and Juno Dawson Interviewed by Anna James

    Young Adult Special Event: Welcome to the Real World

    5:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Steve Antony

    Steve Antony

    Pandas, Doughnuts and the Queen’s Handbag

    9:00am | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Korky Paul

    Korky Paul

    Winnie the Witch

    11:00am | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Gary Northfield

    Gary Northfield and Alex Milway

    Cartoons and Characters

    1:00pm | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Rosalind Jana

    Rosalind Jana and Polly Peters Chaired by Claire Armitstead

    Notes on Being Teenage: Does Writing Run in the Family?

    1:00pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Language & Literature

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  • Robin Jarvis

    Robin Jarvis and Kieran Larwood Chaired by Damian Kelleher

    Magic and heroes

    3:00pm | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Wendy Meddour

    Wendy Meddour and Mina May Chaired by Nicolette Jones

    The Wendy Quill Books

    11:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Publishing

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  • Piers Torday

    Piers Torday and Moira Young Chaired by Imogen Russell Williams

    Once Upon a Journey

    3:00pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Holly Smale

    Holly Smale Interviewed by

    How to be Geek and Chic

    11:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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Featured Events

  • Jeetendr Sehdev

    Jeetendr Sehdev

    The Kim Kardashian Principle and Donald Trump

    11:00am | Friday 31 March 2017 | Contemporary Society

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  • William Boyd

    William Boyd Interviewed by Richard Ovenden

    Bodley Lecture and Award of Bodley Medal

    5:00pm | Thursday 30 March 2017 | Fiction

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  • Jenni Murray

    Jenni Murray

    A History of Britain in 21 Women

    1:00pm | Sunday 2 April 2017 | History

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  • Vikram Seth

    Vikram Seth Interviewed by Nick Higham

    A Conversation with Vikram Seth

    5:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Fiction

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  • Ken Hom

    Ken Hom Interviewed by Donald Sloan

    My Stir-Fried Life: Chinese Tasting with Ken Hom

    11:00am | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Food and Drink

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  • Jessica Ennis-Hill

    Jessica Ennis-Hill Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    Evie’s Magic Bracelet

    11:00am | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Nigella Lawson

    Nigella Lawson and Anna Del Conte Interviewed by Donald Sloan

    Two Lives in Food

    5:00pm | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Food and Drink

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  • Roger Penrose

    Roger Penrose

    Fashion, Faith and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe

    9:00am | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Science

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  • Gemma Cairney

    Gemma Cairney Interviewed by Laura Dockrill

    Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be

    5:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Hilary Mantel

    Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch

    The British Academy Lecture: Thomas Cromwell

    1:00pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | History

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  • Peter Frankopan

    Peter Frankopan and Stephen King Chaired by Christopher Davies

    Changing Global Order and the Rise of the East

    3:00pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Current Affairs

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  • Toby Jones

    Toby Jones

    An Audience with Toby Jones

    3:00pm | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Film, Television and Radio

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  • Garth Nix

    Garth Nix

    Frogkisser

    9:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Harry Potter

    Harry Potter

    The Magical World of Harry Potter

    1:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Michael Heseltine

    Michael Heseltine

    Thenford: The Creation of an English Garden

    5:00pm | Thursday 30 March 2017 | Gardening and Garden History

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  • Paul Nurse

    Paul Nurse Interviewed by Steven Cowley

    Paul Nurse –  Corpus Christi President’s Lecture

    3:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Science

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  • Frank Dikötter

    Frank Dikötter

    The Chancellor’s Lecture. The People’s Trilogy :  A History of China

    9:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | History

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  • Nick Sharratt

    Nick Sharratt Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    The Cat and the King

    11:00am | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Nicholas Parsons

    Nicholas Parsons, Maureen Lipman , Tim Rice , Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Paul Blezard

    Just a Minute SOLD OUT

    11:00am | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Comedy

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  • Simon Armitage

    Simon Armitage Interviewed by Richard Ovenden

    The Unaccompanied

    5:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Poetry

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  • Steven Isserlis

    Steven Isserlis and Simon Callow

    Robert Schumann’s Advice to Young Musicans – Revisited by Steven Isserlis

    3:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Music

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  • Vincent Nichols

    Vincent Nichols and Roy Hattersley

    The Catholic Church Community of Britain and Ireland SOLD OUT

    5:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Faith and Religion

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  • Alexander McCall Smith

    Alexander McCall Smith Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    An Audience with Alexander McCall Smith

    3:00pm | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Fiction

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  • Alexandra Shulman

    Alexandra Shulman Interviewed by Sali Hughes

    Inside Vogue:  A Diary of my 100th Year

    11:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Fashion

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  • Sian Williams

    Sian Williams Interviewed by Elizabeth Healey

    RISE: A First-aid Kit for Getting Through Tough Times

    9:00am | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Contemporary Society

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  • Jeremy Paxman

    Jeremy Paxman Interviewed by Alec Russell

    The Art of the Interview in the Post-Truth Age SOLD OUT

    5:30pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Current Affairs

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  • Maria Rosa Antognazza

    Maria Rosa Antognazza

    Leibniz: A Very Short Introduction

    12:15pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Very Short Introductions

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  • Benedetta Cibrario

    Benedetta Cibrario Interviewed by Elisabetta Tarantino

    Lo Scurnuso

    1:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Fiction

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  • Rob Biddulph

    Rob Biddulph

    Penguin Pirate Adventures

    1:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People

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  • Christopher Taylor

    Christopher Taylor

    Socrates: A Very Short Introduction

    4:15pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Very Short Introductions

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