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Every March, we host Oundle KidLit, a special week of author events for primary school children. Timed to coincide with World Book Day, we collaborate with local primary schools to offer children a range of fun events to foster an early love of literacy and books. Alongside this we also run the Oundle KidLit Writing Competition - see full details below.
Oundle KidLit Writing Competition 2025
Some primary schools in and around Oundle are participating in this competition as a school, if yours isn't you can still enter. Email us at the address above (click on the address) and request an entry form, then email the completed entry form along with your piece of writing back to the same address by the closing deadline of Fri 25th April at 5pm. Oundle Library also has entry forms available. All rules and guidelines are on the form below.
We are holding a free creative writing workshop for children working on their competition entries on Saturday 5th April, 10.30-12pm at Oundle Library. This is suitable for children in years 3-6. Places are limited, so to book yours, please go into the library or email them on: oundle.libraryplus@northnorthants.gov. uk
Oundle KidLit 2025 was amazing!!!
It took place Mon 3rd - Fri 7th March 2025
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Lissa Evans
Year 6 students
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Costa Book Awards, the UK Literacy Award and the Branford Boase Award. The Bookseller made 'Wished' its Editor's Choice, saying: ‘A superbly funny misadventure about unexpected friendships and living life to the full.’
Jack Meggitt-Phillips
Year 4 & 5 students​
An author, scriptwriter and playwright whose work has been
performed at The Roundhouse and featured on Radio 4. Jack’s first Beast book, The Beast and the Bethany, has won over seven awards, been translated into 32 languages and a film version is in production with Warner Brothers and Harry Potter producer David Heyman.
Catherine Jacob
Reception & Year 1 students
An award winning journalist and reporter on Channel 5 news, a previous environment correspondent at Sky and now a successful children's author penning exciting rhymes with an eco-theme for early readers.
Terrie Chilvers
Year 2 students
A copywriter and social media consultant from London with a penchant for sausage dogs and eggs benedict. Her book, 'Michael -The Amazing Mind Reading Sausage Dog' was selected for the Blue Peter Book Club.
Clare Harlow
Year 3 students
'Tidemagic' was named Blackwell's Children's Book of the Month in May '24. Once upon a time, Clare was an actor, touring theatres all over the UK and Ireland, until she turned her love of storytelling from stage to page and became a writer, too. She lives in London, where she spends a lot of time walking by the river in the hope that a little Tidemagic might rub off on her.
Check out some of the amazing past authors who have appeared at Oundle KidLit
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