A special creative energy hung in the air at the Pop-Up Book workshop at the 12th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, as young girls and boys aged 7-13, immersed themselves in cutting, assembling and gluing colourful images to create their own 12-page story book. Snip, snip, snip – the scissors flew through the […]

This weekend, young artists in Abu Dhabi can grab a unique opportunity to watch their drawings come to life at the Augmented Reality Colouring workshop brought to Yas Mall by the 12th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF). In these 50-minute sessions, kids will discover the basics of 2D imagery in a simple, hands-on workshop designed […]

It is always fun to catch up with Dubai old-timers. Kelly has been in Dubai for some 19 years and has seen Dubai become this glittering city that it has morphed into. I remember first connecting with Kelly in 2004 when she was the very first ‘branded personal shopper’ in Dubai. The Dubai Economic Department back then […]

How can parents help children develop a relationship with books from a young age? This topic of discussion at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF)’s Cultural Forum allowed for a stimulating exchange of ideas between two prominent children’s book authors. According to Abby Cooper, who attended the event virtually from her hometown in Minnesota, the […]

Introducing children to the concept of using colours and shapes to effectively design and depict emotion in comic books, the Background Design workshop at the 11-day Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) was the perfect opportunity for young artists to understand the vital role of colours in any illustrated book’s narrative, not just comics. “We teach […]

Prioritising the safety of participants and visitors alike, Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), organisers of the 12th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), has been running a daily disinfection and sterilisation programme of the festival venue at Expo Centre Sharjah since the opening of the event on May 19. Once the doors of the festivals close every […]

Science, technology and art merge at the iconic House of Wisdom’s pavilion at the 12th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival where the futuristic social and cultural hub is fuelling the imagination of young girls and boys through highly immersive and interactive workshops in an engaging learning environment. At the series of sessions hosted yesterday(Tuesday, May 25) […]

From scribbling animal and human figures as a little child to moving on to doodling and more expressive art forms, 12-year-old Laya Nikhil’s creative journey is closely associated with the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, for it was here two years ago that she first chanced upon a unique and innovative drawing book that has since […]

Shedding light on the topic of cultural representation in books, authors speaking the ‘Writers and Readers’ session at the 12th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival hope there will be more books written in future where characters of Arab ethnicity, living in various parts of the world, can showcase their dual identity. “For me it was very […]

Introducing children to the concept of computer programming, the Coding workshop that took place yesterday (Monday, May 24) at the 12th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) empowered children to get a grip on how they can use computers to create innovative software programmes in future without being intimidated by technology. “Coding is important for children […]