Word Up - A Burst of Books and Imagination

An initiative of Ways With Words founders, Chloe and Videl Bar-Kar, Word up is a welcome new festival with a spotlight on children's literature within a family friendly setting. Heavyweights The Telegraph and Google, amongst others were on the 2011 sponsorship team.

To catch up on the latest official festival coverage and author interviews on The Telegraph website please click HERE

When? October - A ONCLER IN 2012 IT SEEMS (ED). Demonstrates that even with the Tele & Google on board success is not guarenteed.

Who?

Where? Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, Dulwich, London SE22 8SU.

Tickets? £4 - £10

Festival Website? Word-Up

2011 Programme

• Author Michael Morpurgo talks to BBC presenter Clare Balding about War Horse
• Former children’s laureate Jacqueline Wilson
• Actor Mackenzie Crook (The Office, Pirates of the Carribean) on his debut children’s novel
• Bestseller Francesca Simon on her latest venture after Horrid Henry
• Stars of young adult fiction Meg Rosoff and Tim Bowler
• Veteran writers Judith Kerr (The Tiger who came to Tea) and Penelope Lively
• Scientist Lucy Hawking on the Big Bang for kids co-authored with her father Professor Stephen Hawking
• Rib-tickling storytellers Andy Stanton (Mr Gum - Kate Winslet’s favourite!) and Philip Ardagh
• People’s poet laureate John Hegley
• Stand up comedian James Campbell with his Comedy 4 Kids show
  
• Plus family workshops with London Philharmonic Orchestra and British carnival groupKinetika Bloco, interactive storytellings of Peepo!, Moomins, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (now sold out) and Under 5s poetry and hip hop disco with Dr Octopus and The Wheels of Steel