Events

Bovey Paradiso is a multi-arts venue and community driven gallery, houused in a restored Elizabethan builing. There will be 5 local artists displaying a wide ranger of creative inspiration work: Susan Bradshaw, Natalie Naumann, Sally Wilson, Harriet Brittaine and Sarah McIntyre. Their work ranges from interactive soundscapes and gestural mark making to children's story telling and illustration, textiles, sketches and mixed media paintings.

Visit Devon Open Studios to see artists in their work spaces; pop up to Sarah's studio to see where she makes the Adventuremice book. She will probably be working on one at that very moment, and you can have a quick peek! (Be aware the staircase to the upstairs studio is quite steep and not wheelchair accessible.)

Open 10-4 daily; individual artists may occasionally pop out on errands, so if they're briefly away, visit Rosie Saunder's studio a few doors up, or pop in to lovely local bookshop First Draft Books, about two minutes' walk down the street. Buy a book there and bring it back to get it signed and doodled!

Join storytelling legends Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre for a hilarious, action-packed celebration of Adventuremice: Mini Mice Mayhem — the ninth book in their bestselling series. Expect laugh-out-loud storytelling, live drawings, and an unforgettable whirlwind of mouse-sized mayhem as the Adventuremice take on a class of very mischievous mouselets!

Join storytelling legends Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre for a hilarious, action-packed celebration of Adventuremice: Of Mice and Mummies — the eighth book in their bestselling series.

Expect laugh-out-loud storytelling, live drawings, and a whirlwind journey to a secret island bursting with mouse sphinxes, ancient secrets, towering pyramids and non-stop adventure!

Ideal for 5-8 year olds.

Children must be accompanied by an adult and due to room capacity everyone must have a ticket. Please book a ticket for everyone in your party. There is a free option for children 1 year and under.

This session is £4.5 a person. As always we want this session to be accessible to all and there are free sessions for you to book on us. Talk times 14:30-15:15. There will be a book signing next door in the main Mill building from 15:15 after the show.

Go adventuring with the Adventuremice team, Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre. Discover Of Mice and Mummies as the intrepid Adventuremice journey to a secret island of mouse sphinxes, pyramids and palaces. Packed with draw alongs and creativity, this is unmissable fun for young adventurers.

Bring along your sketchbook and pencil to join in.

There will be a book signing after this event.

To find out how your school can get involved, contact Fran Baxter at education@wimbledonbookfest.org

School rates are also available for group bookings on many public events. Contact boxoffice@wimbledonbookfest.org