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Dystopia or Utopia? The truth about teen lives online
Posted 24 July 2012 Author Kate Harrison writes about what social media means for today's teens - and why she made it the subject of her Soul Beach trilogy Read 'Dystopia or Utopia? The truth about...' -
Burn Mark
Posted 11 July 2012 Burn Mark author Laura Powell tells us why she wanted to write about witches - and Booktrust's resident fan of 'witchy fiction', Anna Loudon, shares her thoughts on the book Read 'Burn Mark ' -
Katie Bunting on her day at Random House
Posted 19 June 2012 During Bali Rai's residency, we held a writing competition for teenagers. The prize was to spend a day with Bali at his publisher's. Katie Bunting, the competition winner, blogs for... Read 'Katie Bunting on her day at...' -
My mission to get pictures back into fiction
Posted 6 June 2012 Cathy Brett tells us why she is passionate about telling stories in pictures as well as words in her books for teenagers and young adults Read 'My mission to get pictures back...' -
Every book begins with an idea...
Posted 28 May 2012 Celia Rees tells us about the inspiration for her latest book This is Not Forgiveness - and how research helped to bring the story to life Read 'Every book begins with an idea...' -
The importance of a great book cover
Posted 18 May 2012 As Booktrust writer-in-residence I haven't yet touched on the subject of book covers so for this post, I've decided to do just that. For me, covers are vitally important and... Read 'The importance of a great book...' -
Diversity in literature
Posted 8 May 2012 One of the topics, which I've given talks and interviews about again and again, is the question of whether young adult and teen literature is diverse enough. Does it accurately... Read 'Diversity in literature ' -
Written from the heart
Posted 8 May 2012 Debut novelist Tanya Byrne tells us about how she came to write her gripping young adult novel, Heart Shaped Bruise Read 'Written from the heart ' -
London Book Fair Round Up
Posted 2 May 2012 Find out more about our programme of children's book seminars at the London Book Fair 2012 - and listen to some audio recordings of the events Read 'London Book Fair Round Up ' -
A dedication to all interns, past, present and future
Posted 1 May 2012 Dillon Khan, author of new YA novel The Intern tells us about what made him decide to write about internships - and gives us a few tips for how to... Read 'A dedication to all interns, past,...'
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