Competition: Win 2 tickets to the fun and empowering ‘I am festival’
We have two tickets to give away to the I Am Festival on Saturday 21st September in London! You can enter the competition via our Instagram, Twitter and Facebook channels. All you need to do is let us know what you are most proud of to be in with a chance to win. Good luck and hopefully we’ll see you there! See more information below.
The festival, by ‘Casey Elisha Books’ is an event where children from all backgrounds can come to be celebrated and empowered, and to discover new literature with images that reflect their reality.
There will be a marketplace full of vendors, as well as workshops and activities for children and parents to take part in throughout the day.
Taking place on Saturday 21st July, I Am Festival is aimed at children aged 4-11 as well as their parents and guardians. The day will consist of free workshops and activities related to diverse literature and empowerment that children can get involved with.
We have a number of workshops to on the day including workshops from Hair the Beat, Nahdz Adventures, children’s book illustrator Aliecee Cummings and the I Can Project.
We will also have a book reading from Davina Hamilton, author of Riley Can Be Anything and Riley Knows He Can.
There will be a selection of vendors on the day selling diverse children’s books, as well as other products, from Casey Elisha Books, No Ordinary Bookshop and Little Literatures.
Sign up here to be the first to get your tickets when they go on sale on 31st May! Be sure to get yours in advance as there’ll be LIMITED tickets available on the door.
10% of the festival’s proceeds will be used to buy diverse books which we will donate to a local primary school.