What's On 2021

WE’RE ON! London’s largest kids’ books party is returning in real life from Thursday 17 – Sunday 27 June.

We’re working on our programme right now and here’s what we’ve come up with for starters:

Julia Donaldson & Friends

Sir Michael Morpurgo

Dame Jacqueline Wilson • Lauren Child

Axel Scheffler • Helen Oxenbury

Julian Clary & David Roberts

Lydia Monks • Frank Cottrell-Boyce

David Almond • Hilary McKay

Kate Silverton • Ross Welford

Maz Evans • Rob Biddulph

Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet

Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre

Petr Horacek • Emily Gravett

Natasha Farrant • Anna James

Steven Lenton • Michelle Harrison

Karl Newson • Ross Montgomery

Steve Antony • Thomas Taylor

Phil Earle • Kristina Stephenson

Sophy Henn • Harry Heape

Elle McNicoll • Hannah Shaw

Rose Robbins

WITH

Elmer the Patchwork Elephant

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre family workshops

Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Medicine science show

ABC of Opera with Mark Llewelyn Evans

Paddington Bear’s First Concert

DNA Detectives with Dr Amanda Hartley

The Wonderful World of Judith Kerr with Pippa Pixley

Moomins storytelling show

That’s Not My…

Really Big Pants Theatre Company

Family yoga with Gemma Bolger

& LOADS MORE

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