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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...

Local companies partner with BookTastic to champion literacy

Thanks to generous local businesses, children attending this year's BookTastic book festival in Bedford will each take a copy of their favourite book home for free. As the 2023...

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...

BookTastic children’s book festival launches its star-studded weekend lineup

Calling all bookworms from Bedford and beyond, BookTastic children’s book festival has announced the line-up for its big book weekend at the Place Theatre on 9 and 10 July. The two-day...

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...

Everyday Heroes Awards: Look at these brilliant Bedfordians

This is them, the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Award winners 2021. They all do something special, something amazing that makes Bedford Borough brilliant and we're so proud...

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...

Booktastic children’s book festival goes virtual

Bedford's Booktastic children's book festival will be live-streamed after organisers decided they wouldn't let the ongoing coronavirus pandemic force them to cancel. With the literary festival due to...

Letters: A fond farewell from Rogan’s Books

What a difference a month makes... Four weeks ago, we sadly announced our plans to close the doors on our physical bookshop for the last time...

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