We were wowed by the wonderfully witty wordplay of Jude Simpson, with interactive poems and songs about noises, from the annoying to the joyful to the decidedly unusual! Jude kindly donated a copy of her poetry book, 'A Noise Annoys' to Oundle Library.​

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An award winning journalist and reporter on Channel 5 news, a previous environment correspondent at Sky and now a successful children's author penning exciting rhymes with an eco-theme for early readers.

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A copywriter and social media consultant from London with a penchant for sausage dogs and eggs benedict. Her book, Michael -The Amazing Mind Reading Sausage Dog was selected for the Blue Peter Book Club.

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Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Costa Book Awards, the UK Literacy Award and the Branford Boase Award. The Bookseller made 'Wished its Editor's Choice, saying: ‘A superbly funny misadventure about unexpected friendships and living life to the full.’

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Tidemagic was named Blackwell's Children's Book of the Month in May '24. Once upon a time, Clare was an actor, touring theatres all over the UK and Ireland, until she turned her love of storytelling from stage to page and became a writer, too. She lives in London, where she spends a lot of time walking by the river in the hope that a little Tidemagic might rub off on her.

An author, scriptwriter and playwright whose work has been performed at The Roundhouse and featured on Radio 4. Jack’s first Beast book, The Beast and the Bethany, has won over seven awards, been translated into 32 languages and a film version is in production with Warner Brothers and Harry Potter producer David Heyman.

LD, author of titles 'Artisans: The Forgotten Magic', 'Jamie' and popular series 'The Strangeworlds Travel Agency', had us using all of our senses to create magical worlds of our own, and persuaded us that being an author is one of the best jobs in the world, because you can stay in your pyjamas all day while you write!

Quizzes, record attempts, adventure stories, and fun galore - Jenny Pearson's second visit to Oundle was another triumph! What a treat on World Book Day - thank you, Jenny!

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​Timothy wowed us with his fantastic storytelling - rebel princesses, cool owls, a famous picture gone missing, and a digestively-challenged numbat! Adults and children alike had great fun!​​

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David Barrow inspired our next generation of illustrators at KidLit 2024.

We became expert elephant and dinosaur spotters, and also created our own animal characters, thinking about their emotions and back story. Very interactive and great fun!​​

Weird and wonderful facts, experiments - Sam educated and entertained us at the same time! If you love stories with a great spoonful of adventure, a big dollop of mystery, and all sorts of fascinating gems of information mixed in, get a Sam Sedgman book!

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Iona Rangeley introduced us to Einstein The Penguin. An excited audience listened to Iona read extracts from books she wrote as a 5-year-old, as well as exclusive readings from her debut series. We all enjoyed testing our penguin knowledge with a fun penguin quiz​

Local schools joined internationally renowned performance poet Joshua for a fantastic session of uproarious, interactive poetry.

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Historian and author of the award-winning Histronauts book series, invited her young audience to engage with the history of ancient Greece through storytelling, fun facts and activities. A great time was had by all.​​​

Hannah Gold told her audience all about her best-selling book, The Last Bear. This highly interactive, inspiring session was perfect for animal lovers and shows no-one is too young or insignificant to make a difference. An amazing book with an environmental message.

Abi Elphinstone wows in Oundle, Kid Lit 2016.
 

Abi gives a dramatic talk about her debut children's book, The Dream Snatcher. Abi has gone on to become a bestselling children's author.

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