Stepping into Stories Kids Lit Fest

📚✨ We’re delighted to be hosting Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest 2026 at Station Hall! ✨📚

We’re so excited to welcome Stepping Into Stories Literature Festival to Station Hall, Herne Hill, as the festival celebrates its seventh year 🎉

Stepping Into Stories is regularly rated among the top ten most inclusive children’s festivals, and we’re proud to be one of the venues for this much-loved celebration of children’s books, creativity and community.

Welcome to Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest 2026!

An outstanding children’s literary festival right at the heart ofSouth East London, celebrating children’s poetry, performance and storytelling in all their wonderful forms.

📍 Where: Herne Hill (Station Hall & Brockwell Hall) + online

🗓When:3 – 8 February 2026

🎉Main festival weekend:7 & 8 February 2026

Across the week and festival weekend, families can:

📖 Meet leading lights from children’s literature and publishing

✍️ Take part in creative workshops for all ages

🎭 Enjoy performances, readings and storytelling

🦸‍♀️ Join theSunday Special Comic Afternoon

🛍️ Visit the Pop-Up Bookshop withThe Paper Cat Children’s Bookshop

✍️ Enjoy book signings with festival authors

We’re thrilled that confirmed artists for 2026 include:

🌟 Gareth P Jones

🌟Emma Barnett

🌟Jane Porter

🌟Harriet Muncaster

🌟Lui Sit

🌟Dapo Adeola

🌟Erika Meza

🌟Ross Montgomery

🌟Mama G

🌟Maggie Li

🌟Amanda Wood

🌟Mariesa Dulak

🌟Sheena Dempsey

🌟Tor Freeman

🌟Neill Cameron

🌟Thiago de Moraes

…plus many more brilliant storytellers and comic creators.

We can’t wait to welcome families, readers and young imaginations into Station Hall for this joyful celebration of stories 📖💛

👉 Discover the full programme and book events:

🔗www.steppingintostories.org

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