Cover illustration for The Geat - the story of Beowulf and Grendel

‘Fearsome monsters, powerful heroes and gruesome murders should be enough to keep the most bloodthirtsy young reader satisfied.... The illustrations manage to be both frightening and comic.’
‘Daily Telegraph’

Children's Event with John Harris the Storyteller

All sorts of stories from a master storyteller

John Harris
Saturday 2.00pm
The Library
Entry: Free ticket (available from the Library)
Book early for this popular children's event kindly organised by Wiltshire County Council Libraries and Heritage

‘A Tour de Force’ - Michael Morpurgo. The Prince of Wales' Education Summer School
John Harris is one of only a handful of full-time professional Storytellers in Britain, and the only one who works exclusively with younger audiences. A former drama teacher, actor, scriptwriter and director he's been telling stories in one form or another for the last thirty years.
As The Storyteller, he's been a regular visitor at book festivals,appeared at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre and on Radio 4, and has published three very popular children's books.