:00:12. > :00:14.Good morning - I'm Jenny and a huge welcome from Birmingham Library.
:00:15. > :00:17.This weekend we're celebrating everything that's awesome
:00:18. > :00:20.about authors, brilliant about books and wicked about words.
:00:21. > :00:34.This is Europe's largest public library.
:00:35. > :00:37.And this weekend, some of the UK's best known and best loved authors
:00:38. > :00:54.Jacqueline Wilson, Alex T Smith, Lucy Hawking, just to name a few!
:00:55. > :00:56.Thousands of kids will have the chance to get
:00:57. > :01:00.excited about reading, writing and storytelling.
:01:01. > :01:07.Some of your favourite CBBC shows will be here too,
:01:08. > :01:14.So get ready for one awesome weekend!
:01:15. > :01:17.I'm on the balcony of the library - it's a pretty awesome
:01:18. > :01:22.You can see there are already hundreds of people
:01:23. > :01:26.Waiting for them - the Blue Peter stage where they're
:01:27. > :01:31.But of course it's all about the authors this weekend.
:01:32. > :01:34.I've got one of them right here - Nicola Davies, author
:01:35. > :01:37.You're one of 29 authors here this weekend.
:01:38. > :01:50.Stories are really important, stories or how we explain the world
:01:51. > :01:54.to ourselves and other people and through reading stories, we can find
:01:55. > :01:58.our own voice as writers and that is really important for my readers to
:01:59. > :02:03.find their voice as a writer. You have written 50 books now. A lot of
:02:04. > :02:07.those are about wildlife, why did you decide to write about animals? I
:02:08. > :02:11.was always fascinated with animals and children seem to have an
:02:12. > :02:16.absolutely innate fascination for animals as well. I love working with
:02:17. > :02:20.live audiences are talking to them about animals and hearing their
:02:21. > :02:25.questions about the natural world. You're doing that today, Anju? I am.
:02:26. > :02:30.If you had to pick one animal, what would it be? It is so hard but I
:02:31. > :02:37.have to pick a different animal every time I am asked so today it is
:02:38. > :02:42.a. They need friends, they are the wild. People just don't know about
:02:43. > :02:44.them. We will hear from you later on today.