Meet our festival presenter Karim Zeroual!

Karim Zeroual - Reading is Magic Festival Presenter (photo copyright: CBBC)

The good news about our magical festival just keeps rolling in! We are beyond excited to tell you that the multi-talented Karim Zeroual will be your guide to Reading is Magic Festival as our festival presenter. Karim is a television presenter best known for anchoring CBBC for the last six years. You may also recognise him as a finalist in last year's series of Strictly Come Dancing. We're dancing with joy at the fact that he will be with us every step of the way throughout the festival. Scroll down for a video message from Karim himself!

What a great introduction from Karim! Follow Karim on Instagram @Karim_Zeroual and Twitter @KarimZeroual