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The Zone

Newark Market Place Newark Royal Market, Market Place, Newark

Chill, create, be you at The Zone – Zest Theatre’s award-winning pop-up community space for 11–18 years coming to Newark this summer.

Do Lions Hate Haircuts: Storytime and Craft session

Newark Library Children's Area Beaumond Gardens, Balderton Gate, Newark

A morning storytime and craft session with author Bethany Walker! Hear Do Lions Hate Haircuts? and design a wild new look for Leonard the Lion.

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Deadly Secrets and Dystopian Fears

Tudor Hall, National Civil War Centre National Civil War Centre, 14 Appleton Gate, Newark

A thought-provoking, edge-of-your-seat conversation that blurs the lines between crime, psychological thriller, and dystopian fiction.

Bookbench Storytime: Shimmer & Shine Bench

Newark Art Gallery 42A Kirk Gate, Newark

Emma Oldham reads The Whale Who Disappeared at the Shimmer and Shine Bookbench inside Newark Art Gallery for a storytelling session.

Island Spirit

Newark Library Meeting Room Beaumond Gardens, Balderton Gate, Newark

Join Derby-based songwriting duo –vocalist Nina Blaszczyk and guitarist Phil Baggaley—for a spellbinding musical performance of their latest project, Island Spirit.

CAT Dungeons and Dragons Workshop

Newark Library Meeting Room Beaumond Gardens, Balderton Gate, Newark

Join Creatively Autistic Together for a fun, neuro-inclusive, and imaginative Dungeons and Dragons workshop with Lawrence Mahon and Via Macnab.

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The Best of Everything: Kit De Waal

Newark Town Hall Newark Town Hall, Market Place, Newark

An engaging and heartfelt interview with acclaimed author Kit De Waal, as she discusses her moving new novel, The Best of Everything.

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Creating Characters

Newark Town Hall Newark Town Hall, Market Place, Newark

Bestselling authors Caroline James and Rowan Coleman discuss creating characters in their books with BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Fee Mak, at Newark Book Festival.

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An evening with Sophie Hannah

Palace Theatre Palace Theatre, Appleton Gate, Newark

Internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah is back with a brand-new, unputdownable novel—No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done—and she’s returning to Newark Book Festival to tell all!