Step into Stories with Bewdley Festival

Full of great characters and laugh out loud adventures! There are lots of free activities to download on Chrissie’s website too!

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Photo of Chrissie Sains with images of her Alien in the Jam Factory series.

Who knew there was a world UFO day?!

Well if you’re able to pull your eyes away from the skies for a few minutes, we highly recommend these fab fun filled books by @chrissiesains.bsky.social

Thanks to all the kids who drew Tricksy Troll a friend! Congratulations to Poppy, age 8 for designing Buddley the Bewdley Bridge Troll who has ice cream cone horns and a big friendly smile! We hope you enjoy your prize.

@bewdleycarnival brought the joy to our town again today and @bewdleyfestival were on hand to spread the word about our fabulous line up coming in October!

You can check out the October festival line up at boxoffice.bewdleyfestival.org.uk

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This was so much fun!

Thank you to you all! We’re so glad you enjoyed your day with us!

Roll on next year!

Go to boxoffice.bewdleyfestival.org.uk and take advantage of our group discount!

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Book your tickets in advance to guarantee your place at this exciting event!

New age guide 7+

Have you been wondering what the Ian Douglas Workshop will entail?

We are very lucky that Ian has agreed to give a smaller audience a really interactive storytelling performance in our quiet room at Bewdley museum on Saturday.

We’d like to say a big thank you to our Sponsors Edshed without whose generosity this festival wouldn’t be happening!

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Remember to head to boxoffice.bewdleyfestival.org.uk by 9pm Friday 11th April to book your tickets in advance and take advantage of our online group discount or head to Bewdley Museum to buy tickets from our information point on the day.

Only 3 more sleeps to our fantastic line up for this year’s Step into Stories with Bewdley Festival!

We are absolutely thrilled to be welcoming such an amazing array of children’s story makers, whether they tell their tales, write, sing or draw them, these are all an incredibly talented bunch!

Don’t have a book to swap? We’ve had lots of generous donations, so please come and take a free book home with you. We’d love everyone to find a book just for them on Saturday!

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The Big Bewdley Book Swap is back for 2025!

Bring a children’s book to our Book Swap Shop at St George’s Hall and you can exchange it for another one.

Please note all children MUST be accompanied by an adult with a ticket at all times at all of our events.

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A little reminder to those children who found a book fairy code back in October!! Don’t forget to email us to claim your free child ticket to one of our amazing events this Saturday! (SVR event not included)

So hurry, hurry, hurry and head to boxoffice.bewdleyfestival.org.uk

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If you’re thinking of buying tickets for Step into Stories then please remember the online box office will close at 9pm on Friday 11th April.

Tickets will be available from our information point on the day but you will only be able to get our group booking discount if you book online in advance.

Thanks to our sponsors @edshed_uk this event is completely free to attend, but we recommend booking in advance to secure a place at boxoffice.bewdleyfestival.org.uk

Come and have a magical time with @finlayson_palmer as she chats all things Autumn Moonbeam and gets crafty with an Easter theme at our library venue.

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What are you waiting for?! Book now at boxoffice.bewdleyfestival.org.uk

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Sam will be taking you on an adventure on trains with Severn Valley Railway and then introducing you to a Parisian mystery with the latest book in the Isaac Turner Investigates series.

We’re seeing double! Two chances to see the superb Sam Sedgman at Step into Stories this year!

Sam will be taking you on an adventure on trains with Severn Valley Railway and then introducing you to a Parisian mystery with the latest book in the Isaac Turner Investigates series.

Tickets available at boxoffice.bewdleyfestival.org.uk

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Only one week to go!!!! Eek!

Come and hear a tale or two told by the magical @jessiewildstory.bsky.social at our festival on April 12th!

There’s even more to come! Make sure you get your tickets to our fantastic festival on April 12th!

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We are so pleased to be able to provide this amazing opportunity for our young people thanks to the support of The Elmley Foundation and your donations to our crowdfunder.

Steven is a Birmingham based author and poet and he led some workshops with year 9 and 11 pupils at the high school where they were inspired to create their own weird and wonderful stories including silverback gorillas, sleep shops and secret underground chocolate labs! Yum!

Images of author Steven Camden leading a writing workshop at a high school. Children are writing and smiling.

Day 2 of our Stories into Schools programme! Today The Bewdley School had a visit from the fantastic author and poet Steven Camden aka Polar Bear!

Book your tickets in advance to guarantee your place at these popular events!

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