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'I felt like Charlie Bucket after he'd found the...
Posted 27 April 2012 Author Kieran Larwood tells us about winning the Times/Chicken House fiction competition 2011 for his first book, Freaks, which is published this month Read ''I felt like Charlie Bucket after...' -
Happiness is a Watermelon on Your Head
Posted 13 April 2012 Writer, editor and translator Daniel Hahn tells us about how he came to write his first children's picture book Read 'Happiness is a Watermelon on Your...' -
CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway Shortlists Announced
Posted 27 March 2012 Lizzie Ryder, one of this year's Carnegie Greenaway judges, joins us to tell us what it's really like judging this prestigious prize - and to reveal this year's shortlisted books! Read 'CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway Shortlists Announced' -
Louie Stowell: Once upon a workshop...
Posted 25 November 2011 Author of Write Your Own Story Book Louie Stowell joins us with a guest blog about her experience of leading a Booktrust and Usborne Publishing creative writing workshop. Read 'Louie Stowell: Once upon a workshop...' -
John McLay: Diary of a Wimpy Kid event
Posted 21 November 2011 I’m really excited about Jeff Kinney’s sixth Wimpy Kid novel, Cabin Fever, publishing this month which will be one of the biggest books of the year across all of children’s... Read 'John McLay: Diary of a Wimpy...' -
Pete Johnson: To blog or not to blog
Posted 31 October 2011 'I don't do any of it,' declared Gary Oldman in a recent interview. 'I don't blog or tweet and I'm not on Facebook.' He sounded wonderfully defiant and I wonder... Read 'Pete Johnson: To blog or not...' -
Alexis Deacon: Children's Book Show Tour
Posted 5 October 2011 It's Children's Book Week - a time to celebrate children's books. One of the many great events that take place this week is the Children's Book Show Tour which kicked... Read 'Alexis Deacon: Children's Book Show Tour' -
Lyn Gardner: How book sharing with my children helped...
Posted 16 June 2011 There is a great deal of discussion and research about the benefits bestowed on children whose parents regularly read to and with them. Perhaps what is less documented are the... Read 'Lyn Gardner: How book sharing with...' -
Penny Dale: Picture books and gender
Posted 23 May 2011 For years I have developed ideas for books just with children in mind - without thinking consciously about the gender of readers. In the case of the earliest titles -... Read 'Penny Dale: Picture books and gender' -
K.A. Gerrard and Emma Dodd: How a graphic novel...
Posted 13 April 2011 Emma and I met through our sons who are in the same class at school and both reluctant readers. It was something we chatted about regularly while waiting for them... Read 'K.A. Gerrard and Emma Dodd: How...'
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