Children’s Authors Live
From Just Imagine
Resource type: Online author events
Price band: Free
Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3
Region(s): All of UK
Children’s Authors Live is a programme of free online author events for primary-aged children.
Designed to help schools promote reading for pleasure, the events provide the opportunity for pupils to hear some of the UK’s top children’s authors and illustrators introduce their latest books and talk about their creative process.
Links to a discussion guide and supporting activities are provided with registration and schools can also submit pupils’ questions in advance of the event.
Children’s Authors Live events are streamed via Vimeo and typically last 25 minutes for KS1 events and 35 minutes for KS2 events.
Cost: Free
About Just Imagine: Just Imagine was established in 2010 by Nikki Gamble, a former teacher and university lecturer and author of Exploring Children’s Literature: Reading for Knowledge, Understanding and Pleasure. The literacy consultancy provides training and resources for schools in the UK and abroad to help them develop outstanding reading and writing practice, where stories and literature are placed firmly at the heart of learning.
Literacy Hive Likes:
- Copies of the author’s books can be purchased at a discounted price from Just Imagine’s online bookshop Best Books for Schools.
- Find recordings of previous events here.
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