Things get uncharacteristically noisy in Katoomba Library on Saturday 2 November, as we welcome a brilliant line up of children’s authors to educate, entertain and delight, offering interactive sessions, story time, craft and creativity.
Everyone is invited to join us on the Carrington Lawn for the Festival Welcome to Dharug and Gundungurra land.
Join Charmaine Ledden-Lewis and Aunty Munya Andrews with Cheryl Leavy to celebrate a deeper connection with land, waters and skies. Contribute to a collaborative mural celebrating First Nations seasons and enjoy readings with these three exceptional authors and illustrators.
Parents for Climate Action Blue Mountains and Sharon Baldwin from Loose Parts Press invite you to save money and reduce your consumption by joining in our Festival book swap. Bring three books that your kids no longer read and go home with new (to you!) pre-loved books from other local families.
Join Sami Bayly for a jam-packed session about nature, science and animals, complete with drawing demonstrations and creative activities. You’ll hear incredible animal adaptation stories, learn a bunch of fun collective nouns and maybe even discover a gross fact or two!
Join three-time Paralympian swimmer and medal-winner Sarah Rose, author of the newly released ABC Disability, a big-hearted A-Z guide to disability that’s written especially for kids. Learn the Auslan alphabet and leave feeling more equipped to understand and champion difference.
Don’t miss this incredible chance to ask burning questions about climate change and the environment, with three people who REALLY know what they’re talking about: Dr Karl, Professor David Lindenmayer and Bianca Nogrady, who between them have published 102 books about science!
Lovers of spooky tales and clever mysteries are invited to join author Antony Mann and Creative Director of Word Travels Miles Merrill to discover their inner ghostbuster. Go on a ghost hunt through Katoomba Library to see what – or whooooo – you can find, then write your own ghost story set in the Blue Mountains.
A Blue Mountains local, the legendary Emily Rodda is one of Australia's best-known children's authors, having written more than 100 books. Don’t miss your chance to meet the author of one of the most successful children's fantasy series ever published, Deltora Quest, and fall in love with her latest series, Landovel, an epic 'three parts in one' fantasy quest, an adventure unlike any you've read before.
