Canterbury Children's Literature Festival
Free Schools Programme
What's the Story? Writing Competition
Make a Musical with Gareth P Jones
Shirley Hall, 10am, Friday 11th July
Suitable for Years 4 - 7, one year group per school
Rabunzel, Snowy White and CinderGorilla are all picture books written by Gareth P Jones, illustrated by Loretta Schauer & published by Farshore. These are reimagined fairytales, with animal protagonists and empowering messages. In Fairytale Musical Mash Up, author/performer Gareth P Jones invites the audience to help him bring these stories to life and turn them into musicals. Live music, interactive story telling, howling, quacking, fast rapping, disco dancing gorillas, catwalk cats, a long eared rabbit & the chance to sing LET DOWN YOUR EARS!
Help us create an animal trail around Wildwood with your creative writing!
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We need your most imaginative, amazing stories and poems about nature, habitats, or the amazing animals found at The Wildwood Trust! Download our leaflet for some awesome background information about bears, arctic foxes, bison and wolves and get your imaginations whirring! Entries must be submitted by May 30th, and you must be aged 7-13 years old to enter. Full rules & information can be found by downloading the pdf competition leaflet below
School Visits from Lucy Strange
Friday 11th July
Join multi-award-winning children’s author Lucy Strange and explore the spooky, funny world of Lockett & Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries! We’ll follow Lucy’s writing journey and get a sneaky peek into her creative process - including her collaboration with artist Pam Smy. There'll be some top writing tips along the way too, so bring your imaginations as you’ll be coming up with ideas for your very own GHOST STORY!
What's the Story Creative Writing Competition Leaflet Download