2025 Events
Drop-in Newspaper Sessions
📆 Sunday 20 July 2025, 10am - 4pm
Monday 24 November 2025, 10am - 4pm
Saturday 7 February 2026, 10am - 4pm
Saturday 23 May 2026, 10am - 4pm
📍The Forum, Bethel St, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1BH
Thanks to generous funding from Arts Council England, and a partnership with Norwich Games Festival, we're creating four new newspapers dedicated to fantasy worldbuilding, for ages 12 - 1,200.
We'll have four events over the next 12 months in the Forum Norwich, where you can pick up a free copy and try the activities with us, or take it home to enjoy.
Free copies will be limited to 150 copies per newspaper. Some will be donated to charities and community groups, and the rest will be available from the Forum drop-in events.
There will also be an opportunity to subscribe, and for every two newspapers sold we'll donate a copy to someone who is unable to afford it.
Strumpshaw Tree Fair
📆 Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July 2025
📍Strumpshaw Steam Museum & Park, Old Hall Road, Norwich, NR13 4HR
🎟️ Tickets coming soon
Fold and stitch your own zine or mini book, and fill it with your favourite fantasy creatures, worlds, stories, games, books, films or TV shows. Use the random idea generators to choose a theme, or bring your own idea, and fill your pages with stickers, images and collage papers, and/or your own drawings. You can also browse and read zines from the mini library. For adventurers of all ages. our full range of worldbuilding supplies will also be available to browse and buy.
Draw your own Fantasy Greenhouses
Free workshops for Adventurers aged 8 - 11 at libraries across Norfolk in the summer holidays. Imagine, draw and build fantasy greenhouses with rich and unusual stories. Choose an outline of a greenhouse and an idea seed for its backstory, or create your own. Fill your greenhouse with plants, creatures, items and details that tells its story.
To book please visit Norfolk Libraries Events webpage, click ‘Categories’ on the left-hand side, and choose ‘Summer Reading Challenge.’ Unfortunately we’re unable to share links to each event. Please note, the times on this webpage are correct, and some of the library’s times are incorrect.
Saturday 26 July 2025, 10:30am - 12 noon at Aylsham Library.
Monday 4 August 2025, 10:15am - 11:45pm at Dersingham Library.
Monday 11 August 2025, 10am - 11:30am at Costessey Library.
Tuesday 12 August 2025, 10:30am - 12 noon at Thetford Library.
Monday 18 August 2025, 11am - 12:30pm at Millennium Library in Norwich.
Wednesday 20 August 2025, 2pm - 3:30pm at Wymondham Library.
Tuesday 26 August 2025, 1pm - 2:30pm at Tuskwood Library.
Wednesday 27 August 2025, 2pm - 3:30pm at Poringland Library.
Thursday 28 August 2025, 10:30am - 12 noon at Hellesdon Library.
Thursday 28 August 2025, 2pm - 3:30pm at Taverham Library.
Black Shuck Festival
📆 Sunday 3 August 2025, 10am - 4pm
📍 Falcon Meadow, Bungay, NR35 1EU
🎟️ It's free and there's no need to book
Investigate the Black Shuck, and draw what you think this ghostly beast looks like. Explore the case files of reported sightings, create your own report of drawings and notes, and receive a 'Black Shuck Investigator' sticker for your hard work. We will also have their full range of fantasy drawing and worldbuilding supplies available to browse and buy.
Norwich Games Convention
📆 Saturday 23 August 2025, 10am - 5pm
📍Epic Studios, 112-114 Magdalen Street, Norwich, NR3 1JD
🎟️ Tickets coming soon
This year we’re at Norwich Games Con with the amazing Ways Unseen, and we’re bringing along our ttrpg maps, homebrew games and drawing and worldbuilding Quests for all ages. we’re so excited to support Ways Unseen at their first con!
Fantasy Festival
📆 Tuesday 19 August, 10am - 4pm
📍Gorleston Library, 1 Lowestoft Road, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6QU
🎟️ Free and no need to book
Join us for a free, drop-in character design workshop for all ages. The Fantasy Festival also includes fantasy crafts and storytime for children, and a book chat for adults.