Interviews
-
Theresa Breslin: Telling stories from history
Award-winning author Theresa Breslin tells Katherine Woodfine about her latest novel which casts a new light on the teenage years of Mary Queen of Scots
-
John Lucas: Getting gritty
John Lucas chats to Iman Qureshi about his debut novel Turf - a hard-hitting chronicle of East London's Blake Street Boyz
-
Five minutes with... Meg Rosoff
We caught up with award-winning author Meg Rosoff in advance of her appearence at The Sun Comes Out on Moon Lane Festival
-
Five minutes with... John Boyne
We caught up with John Boyne, international bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, in advance of his forthcoming appearance at The Sun Comes Out on Moon Lane festival
-
Patrick Ness & Jim Kay: An historic moment
A Monster Calls, written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, has become the first book ever to win both the CILIP Carnegie and CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals.
-
Sarra Manning: We have nothing to declare but our dorkiness
Teen queen Sarra Manning started out as a journalist for Just 17 magazine and has gone on to write numerous books for teenagers, including Diary of a Crush and Nobody's Girl. She told Katherine Woodfine about her newest book, Adorkable, and why she's still passionate about writing for teenagers after all this time...
-
Five minutes with... Sita Brahmachari
We caught up with award-winning author Sita Brahmachari at the launch of her new book Jasmine Skies.
-
Michael Grant
Author of the gripping FAYZ series Michael Grant joins us to talk about the penultimate book in the series, FEAR - as well as his innovative new transmedia project BZRK , which brings together YA fiction and gaming. Beginning with... -
Gareth P Jones: The Considine Curse wins Blue Peter Book of the Year
We talk to Gareth P Jones about writing songs for his books and winning the 2012 Blue Peter Book of the Year
-
Alan Gibbons: National Libraries Day
In the run-up to National Libraries Day, Bali Rai was lucky enough to collar the incredibly busy Alan Gibbons and ask him a few questions about his work and reading for pleasure.






