Booktastic

Roll up, roll up for fun-filled fiction as Booktastic Family Festival returns this Sunday

This weekend, the annual BookTastic Family Festival will return to Bedford, welcoming some of the biggest names in children’s literature to Bedford Academy's theatre to entertain and inspire young...

BookTastic’s Family Festival aims to ignite life-long passion for reading

BookTastic, Bedford's children's book festival, has announced the date of its autumn Family Festival which will take place at Bedford Academy. The family event, designed to inspire even the most reluctant readers...

What’s on Bedford: 7 – 17 July 2022

It’s here… the only one-stop what’s on guide with the best of everything that’s happening over the next 10 days. From live music to walking tours, markets to comedy, dance music...

BookTastic Children’s Book Festival begins and there’s still time to take part

The 2022 BookTastic children’s book festival begins today, with a week of exciting events designed to inspire young readers in Bedford and beyond. Festival organiser, Rachael Rogan...

Competition: Win EVERY book featured at this year’s BookTastic Festival

With less than two weeks to go until the launch of the 2022 BookTastic children’s book festival, we've got an exciting competition to win all the books that will be featured at this...

Exciting new authors and festival favourites return for 2022 BookTastic children’s book festival

BookTastic, Bedford’s annual children’s book festival, returns for its ninth year this July, and after two years 'online' the organisers are thrilled to be back in person, bringing a...

Organisers make last-minute changes so isolating children can still take part in BookTastic

Children isolating from school due to Covid-19 (coronavirus) restrictions will still be able to take part in Friday's BookTastic events, thanks to the quick-thinking festival organisers. The annual children's book festival, BookTastic...

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