Harry Hound Kids Club at Houndshill Shopping Centre celebrates National Literacy Month with Blackpool author

Families are being invited to Houndshill Shopping Centre this Saturday for a special Harry Hound Kids Club event celebrating National Literacy Month.

The event will take place on Saturday, September 5, from 1pm to 4pm, with families invited to enjoy an afternoon of books, activities and entertainment. A special guest at the event will be local author Rik Alker, who will be talking to families about his writing and signing and selling copies of his new children's book, Gormlesster Gobblegeddon! …and the feast that wasn’t theirs.

The event is aimed at book lovers and aspiring readers, giving children and families the chance to meet Rik, get a copy of his book signed and discover more about children's literature. Rik will also be judging the bookmark competition which has been running in local libraries throughout the summer holidays.

Meet the author

Rik Alker writes stories for children who enjoy fun, chaos, suspicious decisions and the feeling that something important might be hiding underneath all the laughing. As well as being an author, Rik is a storyteller, educator and school visitor. He believes books can do a remarkable amount of good while children are busy enjoying themselves.

His stories are designed to do more than entertain, with one quiet rule running underneath them all: Look up. Think first. Be kind.

Rik's new book, ‘Gormlesster Gobblegeddon! …and the feast that wasn’t theirs’, is the first book in the Gormlessters Series and is aimed at children aged seven and upwards. The story features celebrity chefs, bad manners and a family with a deep spiritual belief that the snacks already belonged to them.

The Harry Hound Kids Club's National Literacy Month event will take place at Houndshill Shopping Centre in Blackpool from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday, September 5. Families are invited to come along and join the literary adventure, meet Rik Alker and celebrate the joy of reading.