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Our Outreach

The Festival is a registered charity with a commitment to improving literacy, life skills and well-being through books, writing and reading. We do this through school visits, a community book group and bedtime story writing workshops in prisons.

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Outreach in Schools

We work with authors and illustrators to encourage a love of books and writing, to educate and to improve wellbeing

Workshops in Prisons

We’re teaching prisoners to write bedtime stories for their children

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Books with Friends

Our monthly free and informal book group open to anyone who loves reading

Impact Report 2025

Find out how we did in a bumper year for the Festival and its outreach work