The Bath Festival of Children's Literature (also known as Bath Kids' Lit Fest and abbreviated to BKLF) is an annual book festival held in Bath, Somerset aimed at children's books. The festival features a variety of authors, poets, illustrators and storytellers. It typically lasts ten days, spanning two weekends. Various events are organised in the city during this time, as well as events at local schools in the central week.

The Festival has been organised by John and Gill McLay since its creation in 2008. The Festival's two major sponsors are The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

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 and Waterstone's

Waterstone's

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, though various literary and local groups also sponsor it.

The Festival has attracted a wealth of popular and talented guests, including the Children's Laureate

Children's Laureate

Children's Laureate is a position awarded in the UK once every two years to a distinguished writer or illustrator of children's books. A biannual bursary of £10,000 is offered...

 Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen

Michael Wayne Rosen is a broadcaster, children's novelist and poet and the author of 140 books. He was appointed as the fifth Children's Laureate in June 2007, succeeding Jacqueline Wilson, and held this honour until 2009....

, Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo, OBE FKC AKC is an English author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature. He was the third Children's Laureate.-Early life:...

, Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson

Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, FRSL is an award-winning English author, known for her vast and diverse work in children's literature. Her novels have been adapted numerous times for television, and commonly deal with such challenging themes as adoption, divorce and mental illness...

, Harry Hill

Harry Hill

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, Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot

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 and Axel Scheffler

Axel Scheffler

Axel Scheffler is a book illustrator best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child written by Julia Donaldson.-Life and career:...

.