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This year the Festival will take place from 7th to 12th October, featuring some of the best contemporary children&#8217;s authors and illustrators from Ireland, the UK and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>For 2022 the Bookville Festival will incorporate:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bookville Festival book<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>13,000 Bookville activity books, will be distributed to every primary school age child in Kilkenny county and surrounds and to every library branch within Kilkenny county.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Live workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over the 6 days of the Festival there will be a comprehensive programme of workshops for primary school groups and the general public held in library branches across county Kilkenny.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span><span>Online videos<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Six videos by contemporary children\u2019s authors and illustrators, featuring storytelling, art, creative writing and the Irish language will be available free online and accessible after the festival. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><strong><span>Bookville Exhibition<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span>An exhibition highlighting the artwork of four of the Festival illustrators and giving children an insight into book illustration. 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