Do your kids love books? Bring them along to Bookfest!

[RachelMumsnet]

On Saturday June 25th, we're holding Bookfest, a one-day literary extravaganza for the whole family at Kings Place in London - right by Kings Cross train station.

As well as lots of great literary events for adults, we've just launched a fabulous programme of events for kids and tickets for most of these are just £7 each.

Bring the kids along to meet their favourite authors including Liz Pichon, Holly Webb and Andy Stanton and book tickets for two great shows - The official Wimpy Kid show and for Harry Potter fans, a fabulous interactive event which both promise to bring the books alive. Authors will be on-hand for book signings at our onsite bookshop and more events will be announced soon.

Events kick off at 10am, and will carry on through the day - you can pop in for a single session or stay until the halls empty out and bar starts buzzing. Prices start at £7 for an individual session, going up to £55 for an open ticket for the duration. Do come along - it's going to be a fantastic day, and we hope to see you there!

Find out more about Bookfest here and book your tickets here.

Is there a family ticket?

Sounds great. Penguin used to do book days when I was a child. They were amazing - loads of activities and crafts and authors. However, at £220 for a family of 4 for the day, think it is a little bit pricey for us.

They do, but its a little far to come

Too pricey for us I'm afraid

Is it £7 per child?

Would love to come to this, my daughters are book-obsessed. But £55 for an open ticket is far too expensive for us - £220 for 4 of us to attend is just too pricey.

It is a great idea though.

Too expensive...

Hopefully you can do this in other parts of the country as well, my two would love this, but with transport, tickets, food and unforeseen extras the day would end up over £500 for the 4 of us! I could get a lot of books with that.

I almost wish I hadn't clicked on this as I really want to go and I can't

Looks like a great day.

Planning a Scottish Bookfest later in the year?

Like others have said. Sounds like a great day. Shame your only doing it in London though 😢

Looks great but too far away and too expensive.

Far too expensive.

My daughter would love this, but travel to London on top of the ticket price would be too expensive. Will it be anywhere further north of the country?

Too far and too ££ for us but can you tell Maggie O'Farrell I love her please?

The Rob giving her the knife and telling her to hurt herself thing. I wonder if he's done that in a previous relationship and that is how he came upon the mysterious scar on his arm?

I'll just go to Cheltenham Literature Festival instead...

It looks fantastic but seriously expensive.

My phone's playing up and I can't go to the page. Could someone from HQ please come back and answer my question?

Could there be a family open ticket? For 150 or something?

I would absolutely love to do this, especially with DS1, but travel to and from London alone would be crippling without the price of the tickets. It seems very London-centric, which is a real shame given the reach of the site.

Hoping to go to Baths Childrens Literature festival if I can find any information