We are delighted to begin Children's Day at the Festival with one of the most talented contemporary children's authors to take us on a feast for the imagination in a brilliant retelling of Alice in Wonderland. Join Anna and her new 'Alice' to escape the difficult days after the First World War and personal tragedy for an enchanting, playful, tender and topsy turvey journey through Wonderland. A delight for existing Alice fans and inspirer of new ones, Alice With a Why is both a celebration of Lewis Carroll's muched love original, and a masterpiece in its own right. Winner of the Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year, Shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book of the Year and for Foyles Children's Book of the Year, and an instant New York Times bestseller.

West Library's Children's Reading Room is one of the first purpose-build children's libraries in Britain. Having been a librarian herself and written her first children's series, Pages & Co, about a girl inspired by books, Anna is the perfect writer in the perfect venue for the first Barnsbury book festival.

Anna would be delighted to do book signings after. Ages 9-12 as a guideline