Derbyshire: Authors and illustrators attend Big Book Bash

Youngsters developed their love of reading at a special literature event put on by the council.
By The Newsroom
Published 15th Jul 2014, 14:40 BST
LITERARY LINE-UP: Councillor Anne Western, Leader of DCC (front right) with authors, officials, visitors and volunteers: (left to right) Ross Baugh, participation and rights worker for DCC, volunteer Shannon Baugh (12), author Alan Gibbons, volunteer Katy Welch (10), author Andy Seed, Steve Lowe, author Emma Pass, author Robert Crowther, Ian Thomas, DCC's strategic director of children's services, event organiser Annie Everall, Billy Scothern, and Chris Cartledge.LITERARY LINE-UP: Councillor Anne Western, Leader of DCC (front right) with authors, officials, visitors and volunteers: (left to right) Ross Baugh, participation and rights worker for DCC, volunteer Shannon Baugh (12), author Alan Gibbons, volunteer Katy Welch (10), author Andy Seed, Steve Lowe, author Emma Pass, author Robert Crowther, Ian Thomas, DCC's strategic director of children's services, event organiser Annie Everall, Billy Scothern, and Chris Cartledge.
LITERARY LINE-UP: Councillor Anne Western, Leader of DCC (front right) with authors, officials, visitors and volunteers: (left to right) Ross Baugh, participation and rights worker for DCC, volunteer Shannon Baugh (12), author Alan Gibbons, volunteer Katy Welch (10), author Andy Seed, Steve Lowe, author Emma Pass, author Robert Crowther, Ian Thomas, DCC's strategic director of children's services, event organiser Annie Everall, Billy Scothern, and Chris Cartledge.

Derbyshire County Council’s annual Big Book Bash, which is for children in care and the families who look after them, offered a top line–up of children’s authors and illustrators, including Cathy Cassidy, John Byrne and Robert Crowther, as well as activities and workshops.

The event has seen more than £150,000 of books and goodies donated since 2004.

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