Children’s Book Festivals, Events and Competitions

Below is a calendared list of competitions, festivals and events ideal for schools to promote to primary and secondary aged pupils. Enlivening a curriculum throughout the year with gifted and talented opportunities and exit pathways is essential to promoting literacy across a school. If you would like your event or competition added to this list, do let us know with the comment form below. This page was last updated on Jun 19, 2018 @ 10:51 pm

January

• Rotary Young Writers
• Rotary Youth Speaks
• Cornwall Young Author Competition

February

• BBC 500 words competition
• National storytelling week

March

• Blue Peter book awards
• World Book Day
• World Storytelling day

April

• International Children’s book day

May

• National share a story month
• Learning at work day

June

• National family week
• National bookstart week

July

• Kid’s Lit Quiz world finals
• Summer reading challenge

August

• Book your school team a place in the Kid’s Lit Quiz UK

September

• Early Years book awards
• International literacy day
• Roald Dahl day
• European day of languages

October

• Children’s book week
• National poetry day
• CSV makes a difference day
• International school library month

November

• National non fiction day
• Dyslexia awareness week

December

• Banangrams Challenge sign up (for following January-March)

All year round

• The Children’s Book Festival (Ireland)
• Bath Kids Literature Festival
• Kid’s Lit Quiz
• Times Spelling Bee
• Bananagrams Challenge
• Young Readers, Birmingham
• Imagine Festival of Children’s Literature, South Bank
• Discover children’s literature festival, Stratford, London
• World Book Day
• National Storytelling Week | Resources
• Manchester Children’s Book Festival
• Exeter Children’s Literature Festival
• Barnes Kid’s Lit Festival (London)
• Brentwood Children’s Literary Festival
• Cardiff Kid’s Lit Festival
• Bookfest Shrewsbury
• Hoo Kid’s Book Festival
• Ryedale Book Festival
• Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival
• Northern Children’s Book Festival
• Roald Dahl Day | Resources
• Children’s Book Week
• National Non Fiction Day
• Hay Festival
• Read for my School by the Book Trust – for Primary Schools
• Local events promoted by the Boot Trust (UK)
• National Literacy Trust competitions page

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