BookTrust Annual Lecture 2017 and Bookstart 25th anniversary celebrations: Relive the evening in pictures
Published on: 20 Hydref 2017 Author: Catriona Wightman
Authors, illustrators and members of the publishing industry gathered in London last night to hear Lauren Child deliver BookTrust's Annual Lecture and celebrate the 25th anniversary of Bookstart.
Lauren - the current Waterstones Children's Laureate - titled her lecture 'What do you think about when you think about nothing?' and spoke about the importance of allowing children to daydream.
She also touched on the importance of diversity in children's books and suggested that writing and illustrations for young people should be valued and taken more seriously as an art form.
Guests including authors such as Ed Vere, Andy Stanton and Nadia Shireen then celebrated the 25th anniversary of BookTrust's flagship Bookstart programme, which gifts free books to every child in the country.
During the event, Bookstart founder Wendy Cooling was presented with a special Outstanding Contribution award by BookTrust's CEO Diana Gerald and chair of trustees Karen Brown.
Relive the evening with our gallery of photos and video of some of Lauren's speech below:
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