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Who will win the 2013 CILIP Carnegie Medal?
Posted 12 March 2013 The shortlist for the 2013 CILIP Carnegie Medal has now been announced! We share our thoughts on this year's shortlisted titles. Read 'Who will win the 2013 CILIP...' -
Young Adult Fiction: Coming out of the Closet
Posted 12 February 2013 For LGBT History Month, join us for a free event at the Free Word Centre in London exploring the portrayal of gay and lesbian characters and relationships in young adult... Read 'Young Adult Fiction: Coming out of...' -
'For the past to truly live for us, we...
Posted 4 February 2013 Author of The Things We Did for Love, Natasha Farrant writes about the challenges of bringing the past to life in historical fiction Read ''For the past to truly live...' -
Eating disorders - raising awareness
Posted 3 February 2013 For Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we are joined by UK eating disorders charity Beat Read 'Eating disorders - raising awareness ' -
A Writer's Resolutions
Posted 11 January 2013 In which Matt sets himself some New Year's Resolutions, some attainable, some impossible and some he has already broken... Read 'A Writer's Resolutions ' -
Poetry versus prose
Posted 7 January 2013 Author of The Weight of Water Sarah Crossan muses on why she chose to write a teenage novel in verse form Read 'Poetry versus prose ' -
Everything you wanted to know about being a writer...
Posted 10 December 2012 In which Matt lists all the things you never knew about writers, like what are they like, how do they take bad reviews and how good are they at dancing... Read 'Everything you wanted to know about...' -
The writers of the future
Posted 10 December 2012 Young writer Hope Kemp tells us what it meant to her to be shortlisted for the Wicked Young Writers Award 2012 Read 'The writers of the future ' -
Books without barriers
Posted 3 December 2012 In his first blog as online writer in residence, Matt Haig lays out his agenda for the next six months and teaches us a thing or two about genre snobbery... Read 'Books without barriers ' -
'Occasionally truth really is stranger than fiction...'
Posted 19 November 2012 As part of this month's non-fiction special, author Paul Dowswell tells us why he loves reading non-fiction, and shares some of his favourite books Read ''Occasionally truth really is stranger than...'
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