BookTastic BookFest (BookTastic)
BookTastic, Bedford’s Children’s Book Festival, brings the UK’s leading writers and illustrators to Bedford, inspiring children and encouraging them to engage with books and reading in an exciting and accessible way. We give families an opportunity to discover and develop a love of books and reading, and the life success and satisfaction this is proven to develop.
We work closely with schools and community groups to ensure we engage with all children, regardless of background. Our mission is to deliver diverse, inclusive events to a diverse, inclusive audience: we engage families from all communities, and to ensure all voices and viewpoints are represented.
BookTastic Bedford – we’re passionate about helping children develop their love of reading. In Bedford and beyond!
BookTastic Bedford’s annual children’s book festival is designed with one thought – to generate a love of reading in all children, regardless of background.
WATCH Sophy Henn at BookTastic Bedford July 2022 - Pizazz Vs the Demons
WATCH Axel Scheffler at BookTastic book Festival 2021
WATCH Vashti Hardy at BookTastic Bedford July 2022 - Harley Hitch and the Missing Moon
WATCH A. F. Steadman at BookTastic Bedford July 2022 - Skandar & The Unicorn Thief
WATCH Tọlá Okogwu at BookTastic Bedford July 2022 - Onyeka & The Academy of the Sun
WATCH Simon Farnaby The Wizard in My Shed - online schools event for BookTastic Bedford 2021
WATCH Laura Ellen Anderson at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
WATCH Katie and Kevin Tsang at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
WATCH MG Leonard at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
WATCH Gareth P. Jones at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
WATCH Raymond Antrobus & Polly Dunbar at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
WATCH Steve Cole at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
WATCH Zanib Mian and Planet Omar at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
WATCH Vashti Hardy at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
WATCH David Litchfield & Alex Latimer at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
WATCH Patrice Lawrence at BookTastic Book Festival 2021
Watch David Litchfield - The Bear and The Piano at BookTastic Book Festival 2020
Watch Vashti Hardy - Dark Whispers at BookTastic Book Festival Bedford 2020
Watch author Steve Cole at BookTastic BookFest 2020
Adventure Duck Vs Power Pug by Steve Cole - prologue read by Rachael Rogan
David Litchfield comes to BookFest!
BookTastic at Made in Bedford Virtual Fair!
WATCH Interstellar Cinderella read by Rachael Rogan from BookTastic BookFest
David Litchfield - The Bear and the Piano
ANNOUNCEMENT! First Virtual BookTastic 2020
Unwrapping The Phoenix Code - Secrets of the Tombs by Helen Moss
Space Tortoise - Ross Montgomery and David Litchfield