Headline: Bring the UK’s Most Exciting Book Festival to Your Area
Subheadline: BookTastic festivals are multi-school programmes, creating a connected community of readers and transforming attitudes to books.
We provide everything you need to make it magical.
Headline: Your Journey to Joining the BookTastic Network
Step 1: Express Your Interest Complete our simple expression of interest form. We’ll arrange an initial conversation to understand your organisation, discuss how participation works, and answer all your questions.
Step 2: Planning & Customisation Together, we’ll design your programme. We’ll discuss author preferences, identify key themes, and create a timeline that works for your academic calendar.
Step 3: Support & Resources Our central team is there to guide you every step of the way. You will have a key contact for your organisation and for the participating schools, and access to a range of planning and delivery resources, a complete festival toolkit.
Step 4: Author & Programme Booking Our pupil voting portal gives all participating schools the chance to vote for their preferred line-up.We work with you to create a programme that meets your needs – inclusive, inspiring and most of all, fun.
Step 5: Creating Your BookTastic BookTastic provides an amazing platform for communities to come together. Schools, businesses, funders, and artists collaborate to build a sustainable programme that connects local people in a meaningful way.
Step 5: School-Year-Long with a Grand Finale We provide classroom materials that can be used to supplement existing literacy and reading lessons, building excitement and creating a buzz around reading in every school. Then – Festival Week! A high-profile, high-impact celebration that unites schools.
Step 6: Impact After your festival, we’ll help you capture stories, measure impact, and celebrate success.
Headline: Everything You Need for an Unforgettable Festival
Curated Author Programme Access to our network of acclaimed children’s authors and illustrators, carefully matched to your pupils’ ages, interests, and reading levels. From beloved picture book creators to award-winning graphic novelists, poets and illustrators.
Complete Festival Toolkit Planning templates, classroom activity guides, reading challenges, promotional materials, fundraising support, and book order management.
Professional Author Coordination We handle all author bookings and contracts. Authors arrive fully briefed and prepared to deliver outstanding sessions.
Ongoing Support We provide how-to guides and access to our central support team so you’re never on your own.
Marketing & Communications Ready-made templates for posters, newsletters, social media, press releases, and website content – including a micro-site through our system that gives you an online presence for your programme.
Impact Measurement Simple evaluation tools including pupil surveys, teacher feedback forms, and impact reporting templates that demonstrate reading attitude changes and engagement outcomes.
Wholesale Book Contacts We have established relationships with all UK publishers, meaning we can negotiate a substantial discount for your book ordering.
Ongoing Community Join our network of delivery partners for shared learning, best practice exchange, and access to additional BookTastic events throughout the year.
Headline: Is BookTastic Right for Your Trust?
Ideal delivery partners have:
Multi-Academy Trust or School Partnership BookTastic works best across multiple schools (typically 10 schools per programme), creating economies of scale and shared excitement across a community of learners.
Commitment to Reading for Pleasure A strategic focus on literacy, reading culture, or closing attainment gaps. BookTastic amplifies existing reading initiatives and creates memorable moments that sustain throughout the year.
Coordinator Capacity Ability to assign festival coordinators in each participating school (typically the literacy lead or librarian) who can dedicate weekly prep time plus festival week.
Inclusive Approach Commitment to ensuring all pupils participate regardless of family income. BookTastic is free to deliver so that no child is excluded.
Celebration of Stories Enthusiasm for creating joyful, creative learning experiences. BookTastic festivals are celebrations—we want partners who’ll embrace the magic and make it unforgettable.
Not a MAT? Individual schools or smaller partnerships can join existing regional BookTastic festivals as satellite participants. Get in touch to explore options.
Headline: Festivals That Transformed Reading Communities
Case Study 1: (Primary Teacher) “BookTastic Week was transformational. Children who never chose to read were suddenly arguing over books. One Year 4 boy, a non-reader, won ‘Pupil of the Week’ for finishing his free book within days of the festival. The buzz lasted months.”
Festival Highlights:
Impact 6 Months Later: “Our library borrowing increased and stayed high. Teachers report richer book talk in classrooms and a change in pupil behaviour around reading. BookTastic created a shift—reading became cool.”
Case Study 2: (Festival Leader) “As a small team in an isolated part of the country we’d never dreamed of hosting major authors. BookTastic made it possible and affordable. Our pupils – many who don’t own books – met actual writers, experienced stories beyond their lived experiences, and understood books are made by real people.”
Festival Highlights:
Impact 6 Months Later: “Three pupils have started writing their own books. Our Year 4 class submitted stories to a national competition—unheard of before BookTastic. Teacher confidence in teaching writing improved because they’d seen storytellers at work.”
Headline: Start Your BookTastic Journey
Introduction text: We’d love to hear about your trust and your vision for a BookTastic festival. This form helps us understand your context and aspirations. There’s no commitment at this stage—just an opportunity to explore whether BookTastic is right for your schools.
We typically respond within 3 working days to arrange an initial conversation.
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