Brighton Children's Book Festival - Leaping from the page
Saturday and Sunday April 19th-20th 2008, Sallis Benney Theatre, University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton, BN2 0JY
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Hello and welcome! Highlights of the event:
Brighton Children's Book Festival, 19th-20th April 2008, is Britain's brightest new children's book festival for readers and writers.

This year's festival was all about Leaping from the Page - the way children's books are recreated in film, theatre, radio, TV and video games, as well as in pop-up books, comics and illustrations.

» See our latest press release here

See the Press coverage More about the speakers
There was a great feature on ITV Local about the festival. And thanks to the Ultimate Book Guides for the in-depth blog entry.
We had a fantastic line-up of speakers during the weekend. Read more about them.
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A question and answer session with actress Dakota Blue Richards, star of The Golden Compass film adaptation of Philip Pullman's book.
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An talk by award-winning author David Almond on the adaptation of Clay for the BBC, to be followed by a special screening.
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Michelle Magorian A talk by author and actress Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight Mr Tom.
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