Chitra Soundar is an internationally published, award-winning author of children’s books and an oral storyteller. Chitra regularly visits schools, libraries and presents at national and international literary festivals. From picture books to chapter books, poetry to mystery, Chitra loves writing stories for all ages and in all genres.

Chris White is versatile children’s writer and performer. He has participated in the BBC’s Digital Curriculum Project aimed at providing online literacy assistance for children, as well as appearing in BBC 2’s performance poetry programme Off By Heart. His poems have also been featured on CBBC and BBC radio. His books include, Don’t Put Dave in the Microwave, One Big Adventure, Never Give a Duck a Pen, The Beast from the East and Shell.

Ross Welford worked for several years as a journalist and television producer – with stints in between as a professional magician before becoming a children’s author. In 2015 his first book, Time Travelling With a Hamster was an instant hit with children and his books have sold all over the world and translated into fourteen languages. Ross will be giving a lively, interactive talk about how he came up with his latest book, the Juniper Award nominated The Monkey Who Fell from the Future, along with performing some magic tricks and some story creating improvisation.