WHEW... WHAT A BOOKFEST!
Thank you to all our wonderful authors and illustrators...
... and to all of you who came along to our 11th May Bookfest
- our biggest and most exciting Festival yet!
Click here to see some of the highlights...
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The winner of the first ever
Shrewsbury Children's Bookfest Book Award is ...
The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams!
Nearly 500 children in 20 schools across Shropshire have voted for their favourite book published in the last year. They had a shortlist of six fantastic books to choose from.
The final result was very close!
We had a wonderful Book Awards Ceremony in Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn on Friday 30th April. We'll be posting photos from the Ceremony here very soon.
Authors visit Shropshire Schools
Bookfest welcomed 9 authors, illustrators and storytellers to Shrewsbury during
Authors in Schools Week, 15th - 19th March. They visited more than 2,000 children in
17 Shropshire Junior Schools.
Click here to read all about it
and to find out how you can book an author visit for your school next year.
We are very grateful to Annabel Moeller Photography for the majority of the photographs on this website.
August Fun Day Mondays
Running out of books to read this summer...?
....Come and choose some new ones at the Bookfest Book Swap!
You'll find us in the Market Square in Shrewsbury from 10am till 3pm on Monday 2nd and 9th August.
Bookfest honoured by the Queen!
We are extremely proud to have been given a Queen's Award for Voluntary Service - the highest award that can be given to a voluntary organisation.
"Along with dozens of other authors and tens of thousands of children, I have witnessed the commitment and flair that has made Shrewsbury Bookfest what it is. Staffed entirely by a wonderful team of enthusiasts, Shrewsbury Bookfest is a beacon of excellence amongst literary festivals. It has been a joy and a privilege to have been associated with it."
Michael Morpurgo OBE
Patron of Shrewsbury Bookfest and Children’s Laureate 2003-04
"I am absolutely thrilled that Bookfest has received this well deserved award and I am very very proud of the whole committee; they have always acted with such enthusiasm and commitment and I am always delighted to take part in the festival which has gone from strength to strength over the last ten years."
Dame Jacqueline Wilson
President of Shrewsbury Bookfest and Children’s Laureate 2005-06
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