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Wessex Children's Book Fair

The eleventh Wessex Children's Book Fair begins on Monday 20 November and ends with a special Gala Weekend on Saturday 25 November when six of the nation's favourite children's authors will be at the Guildhall in Winchester for a fun packed line-up of talks, book-signings and other book-related entertainment.

Following are audio clips of interviews about the book fair with Children's Laureate Jacqueline Wilson and award winning author Michael Morpurgo.

There is also a general interview with Anne Marley, Head of Children's, Youth and Schools Services, and additional interviews with Anne specific to the north, south and central areas of Hampshire on what activities will be taking place during the Fair.

Audio

The audio clips are available for download and can be used as part of a news piece. You may need to download Windows Media Player or RealPlayer to be able to listen to and view these files. To download the audio files, right click on audio link, select "Save Target As" and then select "MP3 Format Sound".

Interview with Jacqueline Wilson about the Wessex Children's Book Fair (Dur 3'46)

Interview with Michael Morpurgo (Dur 3'39)

Interview with Anne Marley (overview) (Dur 3'24)

Anne Marley discusses activities taking place during the fair in north Hampshire (Dur 1'36)

Anne Marley discusses activities taking place during the fair in central Hampshire (Dur 1'58)

Anne Marley discusses activities taking place during the fair in south Hampshire (Dur 2'15)

Press release

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