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Award winning author Elle McNicoll discusses her novels A Kind of Spark and Keedie. Both books feature young narrators who are autistic and the challenges they overcome to achieve their goals. P7- S3.

Axel Scheffler, the legendary illustrator of The Gruffalo, Zog, Stick Man and many more will be here to mark 25 years of The Gruffalo. P1-3.

Dapo Adeola, co-creator of the award-winning Look Up! will be discussing the book - which is about the importance of seeing the wonders of the night sky. And have pencil and paper ready as Dapo shows us how to draw some of the book’s characters. P2-7.

In a special event from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, author Sarah Crossan reveals why we should all love poetry. S1-S3.

Author M.G. Leonard will be telling us about her four exciting detective novels which make up the Twitchers series. Find out what links crime solving and bird watching and test your own bird spotting skills! P4-7.