Bath time for unique story-telling project at the Bath Festival

The Bath Festival of Children’s Literature starts a unique storytelling event involving 20 authors and bloggers.

Twenty top children's authors and bloggers will take part in a unique and joint storytelling project courtesy of The Bath Festival Of Children's Literature.

Marcus Sedgewick, John Boyne and Annabel Pitcher - all appearing at the Festival, which is sponsored by The Telegraph - will be part of a team launching a collaborative story (starting on Thursday 8 September) written in real time with readers following the story as it moves from blog to blog.

By By Martin Chilton Telegraph.co.uk
A new addition to the story will be posted at each of the 20 stops, concluding on the 16th October. The first installment will appear on the Bath Festival of Children’s Literature blog where readers can click through to the next installment.

Every other day a new piece of the story will be posted and as it is being written in real time it has the potential to touch on any genre imaginable. Artistic Director John McLay said “We are hoping to highlight the creativity and dedication of both book blogs and author blogs, through which potential readers are enthused and entertained. There is an amazing amount of support for the book industry via blogging and this is a great way for Bath to capture that and do something fun and unique”.