CHILDREN – and adults – who enjoy reading about history with the nasty bits left in can meet the illustrator of Horrible Histories at the Blandford Literary Festival.

Martin Brown is the man behind the countless hilarious illustrations that appear in the hugely successful Horrible Histories book series.

People will be able to meet Martin in a fun-filled event full of foul facts and live illustrations-with a touch of awful audience involvement thrown in at the festival which takes place from November 14 to 16.

Martin will be at the festival at 11.30am on November 15.

The festival will entertain and enthral with author talks, story’s, workshops, music and poetry in a packed programme happening in superb venues through the town, including author visits to local schools.

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The creative writing competition is up and running with the theme of peace, with three categories, short story, poetry and cartoon strip.

Watch out for the BLF trail happening in shops across the town over half term, can you follow the map to uncover hidden books and characters?

Free to enter, maps and entry forms will be available from The Blandford Library and The Forum Café.

Tickets are available now on Eventbrite. For details of all events, authors and competition visit the festival website here.

A GoFundMe page has also been set up to support the festival.