There were nearly 600 entries from local primary schools for this year’s Marlborough LitFest Children’s Competition to ‘Create a Mini-Book’. Six children each won £25 book tokens to spend in the White Horse Bookshop, kindly donated by local Marlborough opticians, Haine and Smith. The winners were: Rosie Naughton (Year 6) from Great Bedwyn School; Harry Wakeham (Year 3), from Marlborough St Mary’s School; Emmy Green (Year 1), Ogbourne School; Mimi Bevan (Year 5), Ogbourne School; Sam Heal (Year 4), Great Bedwyn School; Isla Matthewson (Year 2), Burbage School.
Children’s author, Emma Carroll, presented some of the winners of the annual LitFest primary schools’ competition, with their £25 book tokens to be spent at The White Horse Bookshop, kindly donated by local opticians, Haine and Smith.