Thursday July 1st 2010
| Event | Featuring | Location | Time |
| Meet the Author | Michael Rosen | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 10-11am |
| Adventures in the Alphabet | Vicki Wheeler | MMU Special Collections | 10am-12pm |
| Continuing Professional Development Day | Writers, agents, publishers and MMU creative and academic staff (includes Symposia 1 and 2) | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 10am-6pm |
| The Children’s Trilogy: recession, technology and the killer slush pile (symposium 1) | Writers Sophia Bennett and Melvin Burgess, agent Clare Conville and Barry Cunningham MD, Chicken House Publishing | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 11am-12.30pm |
| Going on a Bear Hunt | Michael Rosen | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 1.30-2.30pm |
| Drawing Stories: Exploring Comics and Graphic Novels | Vicki Wheeler | MMU Special Collections | 1.30-3.30pm |
| Meet the Poets | Gillian Clarke and Carol Ann Duffy | MMU Geoffrey Manton Building | 1.45 – 2.45pm |
| ‘When the world is puddle-wonderful’ (e.e.cummings): sustaining the links between poetry and childhood (symposium 2) | Anne Caldwell, Mandy Coe, Bea Colley, Michael Rosen and Jean Sprackland | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 4-5.30pm |
| Festival Launch | Gillian Clarke and Carol Ann Duffy | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 6-8pm |
Friday 2nd July 2010
| Event | Featuring | Location | Time |
| Talk: Reading landscapes in the picture book | Helen List | MMU Special Collections | 10-10.45am |
| Paper & Scissors = Pop-up: a practical workshop | Paul Johnson | MMU Special Collections | 10-11.30am |
| Talk: Thomas Bewick’s wood engravings and their child audience | Diana Donald | MMU Special Collections | 11-11.45am |
| The Princess’ Blankets | Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 1-2pm |
| School Visit | Jenny Valentine | Chorlton High School: Blue Box Theatre | 1.30-2.30pm |
| Library Visit | Frank Cottrell Boyce | Longsight Library | 1.30-2.30pm |
| Meet the Authors | John Agard and Grace Nichols | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 1.30-2.30pm |
| Talk: Aesop’s Fables in pictures | Ian Rogerson | MMU Special Collections | 2-2.45pm |
| Paper & Scissors = Pop-up: a practical workshop | Paul Johnson | MMU Special Collections | 2-3.30pm |
| Talk: Comics in the Twentieth Century | David Huxley | MMU Special Collections | 3-3.45pm |
| Talk: The World of Edward Gorey | Andrew Biswell | MMU Special Collections | 4-4.45pm |
| Introducing Ingenious, a Lime Pictures television drama | Jeanette Winterson | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 4.30-6pm |
| ‘Out of Schools 2010’: Telling Stories | Exhibition opening | MMU Holden Gallery | 5.30-7pm |
| Gala Dinner | Carol Ann Duffy and Jeanette Winterson | Midland Hotel | 7-10.30pm |
Saturday 3rd July 2010
| Event | Featuring | Location | Time |
| Manchester City Council Cultural Links Exhibition – Family Day | Exhibition of schools’ artwork, workshops and activities | Manchester Town Hall | 10-3.30pm |
| Family Fun Day | A programme of free events, workshops, talks, exhibitions and activities for children and families – come and join in the fun! | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 10am-5pm |
| Meet the Author | Frank Cottrell Boyce | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 10.30-11.30am |
| Meet the Author | Liz Kessler | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 11am-12pm |
| Meet the Author | Steve Cole (Astrosaurs) | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 11.30am-12.30pm |
| Talk: The practice of children’s book illustrations | John Lawrence | MMU Special Collections | 12-12.45pm |
| Meet the Author | Cathy Cassidy | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 12-1pm |
| Paper & Scissors= Pop Up! :a practical workshop | Book artist Paul Johnson | MMU Special Collections | 12.15-1.45pm |
| Meet the Author | Andrew Cope (and Lara) | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 12.30-1.30pm |
| Exploring the past: a romantic and historical ‘Stravaganza’ | Adele Geras and Mary Hoffman | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 1.30-2.30pm |
| Meet the Doctor Who authors | Daniel Blythe, Steve Cole and Paul Magrs | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 1.30-2.30pm |
| The Future of Teen Fiction: a panel discussion | Sherry Ashworth, Kevin Brooks, Keith Grey and Jenny Valentine | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 2.30-3.30pm |
| The Princess’ Blankets | Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 3-4pm |
| Picnic in the Park: come to read/tell a story, or just to listen | Performances and mini-workshops by students from MMU’s Theatre School. | MMU Geoffrey Manton | 3.15-5pm |
| City Centre Reading | Jackie Kay | St Ann’s Church | 6-8pm |
Sunday 4th July 2010
| Event | Featuring | Location | Time |
| Afternoon Tea (reading and quiz) | Sherry Ashworth and Frank Cottrell Boyce | Midland Hotel | 2-4pm |