National Children's Book Week takes place every year in the first full week of October. Designed to highlight the fun of reading and to gently encourage children to get excited about literature, the event is now in its 77th year. This year the theme is Words and Pictures which has sparked a full programme of games, readings and book related events nationwide and in schools and libraries in London throughout the week. New this year is StarLit a week-long festival of children's literature, organised by the Shoreditch Trust, when more than 70 authors, illustrators and poets will meet at Hoxton Square to celebrate the very best of writing for 5-15 year olds. Authors including Darren Shan, David Melling, Jamila Gavin and Booktrust's new writer in residence, Nii Parkes, who will be appearing in a poetry evening on 5th October alongside Michael Rosen and Lemn Sissay. On Thursday 8th October National Poetry Day Live! takes over the Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall with readings from Carol Ann Duffy and John Hegley as well as a beach-ball haiku and a giant knitted poem.
Recommended for children aged 4+.
For all Children's Book Week events see www.childrensbookweek.org.uk
What's on at
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National Children's Book Week takes place every year in the first full week of October. Designed to highlight the fun of reading and to gently encourage children to get excited about literature, the event is now in its 77th year. This year the theme is Words and Pictures which has sparked a full programme of games, readings and book related events nationwide and in schools and libraries in London throughout the week. New this year is StarLit a week-long festival of children's literature, organised by the Shoreditch Trust, when more than 70 authors, illustrators and poets will meet at Hoxton Square to celebrate the very best of writing for 5-15 year olds. Authors including Darren Shan, David Melling, Jamila Gavin and Booktrust's new writer in residence, Nii Parkes, who will be appearing in a poetry evening on 5th October alongside Michael Rosen and Lemn Sissay. On Thursday 8th October National Poetry Day Live! takes over the 
