Miramus at the Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival

Palace Festival

Palace Festival

Here at Miramus we’ll turn our hand to anything, which is why we’ve put together a Children’s Book Festival in our home town of Crystal Palace. Heading up the proceedings is children’s author and illustrator (and seasoned blogger), Alex Milway — co-founder of Miramus — who’s hoping to become the Michael Eavis of children’s literary festivals (but without the baldness).

The event is spread out across three venues in the Crystal Palace Triangle and includes art workshops run by renowned illustrators, readings from published authors and an art exhibition by comic book artists and children’s book illustrators.  The event is supported by numerous children’s publishers, including Faber and Faber, Puffin and Walker.

And best of all? It’s completely free!

You can find out more on our Palace Festival website. Come join us!

Blogging for the Telegraph

I started writing for the Telegraph blog today, and you can read my words of undoubted wisdom here

Here’s a little taster:

I’ve known for a while, of course, but I’ve just been suppressing the truth. Now it’s time to come clean and admit it: the internet is stealing my life. It’s not just that I’m an addict (Hi, my name is Katie and I’m a weboholic) it’s also that the more time I spend reading about all the wonderful things the internet can do, the more time I spend on the internet trying to get those wonderful things to work.

I’ll be writing for them regularly, so if you’ve got any ideas for things you’d like to see me turn my keyboard to, do let me know. – Katie at miramus dot com (or just leave a comment)