{"id":1842,"date":"2020-02-29T09:32:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T09:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2020-03-01T07:30:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T07:30:17","slug":"what-a-fab-festival-it-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=1842","title":{"rendered":"What a fab festival it was!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Reading jacob Starke Loves the Dark and talking about dark skies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Can\u2019t believe a whole week has gone by since the inaugural IW Story Festival took place – and I\u2019m still feeling the buzz!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m part of the core organising committee – along with Elspeth Giddens, storyteller Sue Bailey, and fellow local author\/illustrators Jules Marriner and Debbie Webb, who all worked liked dogs but were determined and positive throughout! We had a vision: to inspire creativity and imagination though stories of all types, in children from the Isle of Wight – particularly from \u2018hard to reach\u2019 families – and beyond. We didn\u2019t know if we could pull it off. But we did. With bells on. (l should add: although we were the core team, we couldn\u2019t have done it without the help and support of many other wonderful people.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n