Festival explores KPop Demon Hunters mythology and welcomes Onjali Raúf

KPop Demon Hunters fans can explore Korean mythology while toddlers can take part in a bhangra dance session at this year's Wolverhampton Literature Festival.

Taking place at locations across the city from 6 to 8 February, the festival promises a wide range of events for families to choose from.

Adults attending the festival can meet local authors and poets as more than 90 events are due to take place over the weekend.

However, there are also a huge number of children's events planned for Saturday 7 February, including an appearance by author Onjali Q. Raúf at 11:00 GMT.

Her debut novel The Boy at the Back of the Class, won both the 2019 Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

Raúf has followed that up with a number of other popular titles, including The lion Above The Door and The Letter With The Golden Stamp.

Wolverhampton Central Library will be hosting Shannon Frost, the daughter of Steve Frost - who wrote the children's book My Mum's a Chameleon, which explores a family's journey through cancer.

Frost wrote the book after his daughter was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2024 and lost her hair after chemotherapy.

To help Shannon's four-year-old daughter Ophelia cope, they turned wig-wearing into a game, transforming into different characters and colours "just like a chameleon".

The library will also host an appearance by author Selina Brown, who wrote My Rice is Best. She will be carrying out a reading at 14:00 GMT.

Those interested in bhangra dancing can attend Whitmore Reans Library at 11:30 or Blakenhall Library at Bob Jones Community Hub at 14:00.

Sohan Kelley, from Wolverhampton, will be leading the dance sessions.

He has appeared on stage with CBeebies Bedtime stories Live and Channel 4's Come Dine With Me.

Fans of the Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters will be able to explore South Korea's lively pop culture and the country's stories and legends that inspired the film.

Professor Black will be available at Spring Vale Library from 11:30 or Penn Library at 14:15.

Bilston Library will be hosting a performance of Anasi the Spider at 12:30.

The play, inspired by classic West African and Caribbean folk tales is currently sold out on Saturday, but people are able to apply to join the waiting list.

For something more hands-on, visitors can join illustrator Salomey Doku for an activity-based session based on picture books at Wolverhampton Central Library.

Doku illustrated Tyrone's Cool Crown and You Can Do Anything, Tyrone! written by Lenny Henry.

Along with storytelling, there will be a chance to design your own rocket - like Tyrone - or create a new hairstyle for the character.

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