Booktrust: April 2012
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Discussing deafness and disability
Posted 27 April 2012 Alex Strick writes about recent discussions about disability and deafness at the London Book Fair and the Federation of Children's Book Group Conference Read 'Discussing deafness and disability ' -
'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...' -
Mark Stanisforth on the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shadow...
Posted 19 April 2012 This year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist presented our 'Shadow' judging team with an unusually strenuous task. With three of the fifteen choices weighing in at well over six hundred... Read 'Mark Stanisforth on the Independent Foreign...' -
The Famous Five are 70!
Posted 18 April 2012 Five famous illustrators offer a new take on Enid Blyton's much-loved classics to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Famous Five Read 'The Famous Five are 70! ' -
A new translated fiction reads booklet
Posted 16 April 2012 Remember when online search engines used to ask you where you wanted to go that day? That's how we feel about translated fiction. It can take us anywhere, show us... Read 'A new translated fiction reads booklet' -
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...' -
Journey to publication: Dear Dylan
Posted 2 April 2012 Author Siobhan Curham tells us the story of her first book for teenagers, the award-winning Dear Dylan Read 'Journey to publication: Dear Dylan ' -
An interview with Kevin Barry
Posted 1 April 2012 Author and Booktrust web editor Nikesh Shukla caught up with Kevin Barry, author and winner of The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2012. They found a pub... Read 'An interview with Kevin Barry '
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