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Poet and Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho starts 2024 in style! Joseph will be showing us how to get going with our own poems and reading from his book, Our Tower. P4-7.

Authors Tom Nicoll and Ross Collins will be here to talk about their picture books There’s Nothing Faster Than A Cheetah and There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy. Stand by for fun and get ready for some animal drawing! P1-3.

Award winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave takes us into the mysterious, magical world of her fantasy novel In The Shadow of the Wolf Queen. P7-S3.

Author M.G. Leonard will be telling us about her four exciting detective novels which make up the Twitchers series. Find out what links crime solving and bird watching and test your own bird spotting skills! P4-7.

In a special event from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, author Sarah Crossan reveals why we should all love poetry. S1-S3.

Dapo Adeola, co-creator of the award-winning Look Up! will be discussing the book - which is about the importance of seeing the wonders of the night sky. And have pencil and paper ready as Dapo shows us how to draw some of the book’s characters. P2-7.

Axel Scheffler, the legendary illustrator of The Gruffalo, Zog, Stick Man and many more will be here to mark 25 years of The Gruffalo. P1-3.

Award winning author Elle McNicoll discusses her novels A Kind of Spark and Keedie. Both books feature young narrators who are autistic and the challenges they overcome to achieve their goals. P7- S3.