Join author of The Book of Mysteries, Magic and the Unexplained, Tamara Macfarlane, and Hayley of My Real Fairy Kits to explore mysteries, magic, and the art of potion creation.

Join author and illustrator Rachel Tilda Wolf for an interactive story time reading her debut picture book Wolf and the City. This is followed by a fun crafting workshop where you’ll create your own Wolf and Pigeon to take home with you. 

Join author and illustrator team Lucy Strange and Pam Smy as they share the secrets behind their ghostly new series Lockett & Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries. Get ready for some sneaky peeks into Lucy and Pam’s creative journeys and their sources of inspiration.

Come and enjoy your favourite nursery rhymes and songs with storytellers bringing them to life. There is something for everyone with classic nursery rhymes - Humpty Dumpty and Old King Cole and some not so familiar, plus draw-along with illustrator and designer Ben Coppin who has re-imagined the wonderful illustrations of Claud Lovatt-Fraser in the new edition of Nursery Rhymes with Pictures.  

Get ready for a hilarious and creative comic book event as audiences join time-travelling penguins Pablo and Splash on their adventures; an unexpected visit to the age of the dinosaurs, a race back to the frozen ice age, and, in their next adventure, a trip to Ancient Rome!

Join illustrator Garry Parsons for a dinosaur draw-a-long. Learn how to draw the start of the Dinosaur That Pooped series, written by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter.  

Write your own funny poems with AF Harrold, author of The Pocket Book of Pocket Poems. Known for his quirky, funny and surreal poetry, he inspires audiences to play with language, find their voice and never be afraid of the absurd.

Where do bums come from? Why are they important? Do all animals have a bum? Why are bums so funny? Join Margate's own Crab Museum as they attempt to answer most of these questions in their new book A Natural History of Bums.