Big DoG Book Festival 2024

In photos

23 April 2024
Children's Book Festival mascot Big Dog, predominantly orange with a white stomach and large floppy ears.

Big DoG Book Festival 2024

Photo Highlights

From 22-24 March 2024, Authors, illustrators and storytellers visited venues across Dumfries for a weekend of celebrating books.

Philip Reeve and Sarah MacIntyre at the Big DoG Schools Gala Day. They are both standing in front of the audience of children with their arms raised up. Sarah is wearing a bright orange flower hat and flowery dress.

Philip Reeve and Sarah MacIntyre at the Big DoG Schools Gala Day

Philip Reeve and Sarah MacIntyre at the Big DoG Schools Gala Day. They are standing with Big Dog, holding books and smiling.

Reeve and MacIntyre meet Big DoG

Former Children's Laureate Lauren Child at the Big DoG Schools Gala Day. She is sitting on a stage talking to the chairperson. Her hands are gesturing to the audience.

Former Children's Laureate Lauren Child at the Big DoG Schools Gala Day

Lauren Child is sitting at a desk signing books at a Big Dog Children's Book Festival.

Lauren Child signing books

Steven Webb stands in front of a flip chart introducing his book, Peng and Spanners at a Children's Book Festival event. The audience are sitting in front of him.

Steven Webb introducing his book, Peng and Spanners

Gareth P Jones stands singing and playing a ukele at a Big Dog Children's Book Festival event.

Gareth P Jones with Fairytale Musical Mashup

A child is sitting drawing at a desk with black crayons for a Children's Book Festival event.

Budding young illustrators creating a collaborative picture with dutch author-illustrator duo Better Westera and Mattias De Leeuw

Big DoG meeting a young fan. The orange mascot is giving a child a hug.

Big DoG meeting a young fan