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Cambridge Literary Festival director Cathy Moore. - Credit: Martin Bond A special book festival designed for children will be entertaining youngsters online this Easter. Cambridge Literary Festival has got the Easter holidays covered, with a range of entertaining and educational events for all the family. Festival director Cathy Moore said: “For the first time we are running our children’s events as a stand-alone Children’s Festival over the whole of the Easter holidays. "The response we have from children is always fantastic and a great addition to our main festival. "I hope that by ...

Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels Imogen Russell Williams The last children’s book roundup of the year boasts some tinglingly good titles and last-minute gifts, many with voyage themes to carry us onwards into 2021. For Whovians of nine-plus, Dave Rudden’s The Wintertime Paradox (BBC Children’s) is a gorgeous anthology of Christmas-themed stories with the unpredictable flair of the Tardis itself. Encompassing terrors from Plasmavores to Autons, and with appearances from River Song and Davros, it’s full of delicious fear and complex e...