Children's Literature Festival 2025

This year spans five libraries. Blackburn Central, the beautiful  Darwen Carnegie Library. Cherry Tree Library, Mill Hill and Roman Road. 

Children’s Literature Festivals was the idea of Blackburn born author Christina Gabbitas. There are over 350 literature festivals in the UK, with less than 10% solely centred on children. With falling literacy levels and England being ranked bottom of the table in the developed world for literacy amongst 16-19 year olds in a 2016 report , Christina thinks we should be concentrating on children in early years and primary to instil interest and a love of books.

View full programme on the Children's Literature Festival website and follow their Facebook page for more info. Or you can visit the main Children's Literature Festival website to find out more about these festivals.