Monday 9 November 2015

Earth, Fire and Ink, Saturday 14 November 11-4pm at the Royal Armouries Leeds

As part of the Leeds Big Bookend Children's Festival, there is to be a FREE family day at the Royal Armouries in Leeds:

Join us at our 2015 children's festival!

Join us on Saturday 14th November for a jam-packed, free family day at the Royal Armouries, Leeds

We explore the themes of conflict and the environment in this free family day.

Suitable for the whole family, the day will explore stories to make us think about how we treat our world, including inspiring tales of wartime survivors.

Here are some of the activities that you can take part in between 11.00am -2.30pm:

Come and meet the Big Bookend team! We will be on the 4th floor in the picnic area along with Susan Burnett, author of On That Day I Left My Boyhood Behind and one of our WW1 competition judges. You can chat to her about her WW1 hero grandfather, Norman Woodcock. Meet children’s author Daniel Ingram-Brown, writer of The Firebird Chronicles: Rise of the Shadow Stealers and who is also one of our WW1 competition judges. Come and get some top writing tips for free!! The lovely folk from the My Learning team at Leeds Museums will be on hand with some fun activities. You can make your own war medal and find out what it was like to fly in WW1. Get interactive with crafts inspired by Charlie and Lola: Look after your Planet and Wonderful Earth. You can write a story or create a character from the Forests of Leeds. Ever wondered what it was like to be a soldier in WW1? You can talk to a WW1 Tommy. What was it like to work in a factory making ammunition? Meet a Barnbow Lass.

If that wasn’t enough, then there’s all of this too – readings, stories and performance:

Hunting Gallery Cinema (4th Floor)

11.30 am Readings from Lauren Child’s Charlie and Lola: Look after your Planet

12.00 pm Readings from Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen’s Wonderful Earth

12.30 pm Tell Me Another Storytellers

1.00 pm Readings from Lauren Child’s Charlie and Lola: Look after your Planet

1.30 pm Readings from Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen’s Wonderful Earth

2.00 pm Tell Me Another Storytellers

Gun Room in the Hunting Gallery (4th floor)

12.00 pm Barnbow Lass re-enactor

12.30 pm Susan Burnett – Readings and stories from On That Day I Left my Boyhood Behind

1.00 pm Barnbow Lass re-enactor

1.30 pm Susan Burnett – Readings and stories from On That Day I Left my Boyhood Behind

2.00 pm Barnbow Lass re-enactor

First World War Short Story Competition

• The First World War short story writing competition awards will be presented to the winners by authors Susan Burnett and Daniel Ingram-Brown. This will take place from 3pm-4pm in the Dojo on the 4th floor at the Royal Armouries and will be for invited guests.

For more information, head over to our Children's Festival page on the BigBookend website. This day is hosted in partnership with LCI, Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Beauty, Leeds Museums and the Royal Armouries Museum