Here at CBI HQ we are over-spilling with excitement! The nationwide Children’s Book Festival is only a matter of days away, with events taking place at bookshops, schools, public libraries and arts venues everywhere! This brand spanking new CBI blog is the place to come to for festival-on-the-hoof: a backstage …

Although the Children’s Books Festival truly belongs between the 1st and 31st October, some authors are just too big to be contained! Our September events kicked off on September 16th with Skulduggery Pleasant author Derek Landy at Liberty Hall. Bursting onto the stage to the strains of ‘Eye of the …