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Klaus Flugge 2019 Shortlist
Photos of the presentation will follow in a separate post The shortlist for the 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize was announced live at an event held at … Read Full Piece
Author/illustrators Jon Klassen & Barbara Reid explain how they think children’s books have changed over the past few decades…
“All of a sudden, there’s a huge appetite on the part of kids and adults reading to them to explain, ‘How did we get to where we are as a culture?'” … Read Full Piece
Jan Pienkowski honoured with BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award
Jan Pienkowski has today been presented with the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award. The presentation took place in the Barbican's Garden Room with … Read Full Piece
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Pen&inc. – New Inclusive Biannual Magazine From CILIP
CILIP have launched a new magazine, Pen&inc with the aim of promoting diversity in children's books. The first edition of Pen&inc has information about 450 titles, interviews with … More
20th Anniversary Branford Boase Award Shortlist
This is the 20th anniversary year of this prestigious first (children's) novel award, the presentation of which is always a highlight of the calendar. To mark the anniversary Henrietta Branford's … More
CLiPPA 2019 Shortlist
CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) is now in its 17th year and is the only award for published poetry for children in the UK. CLiPPA highlights an important branch … More
Bringing Diversity Into Children’s Books – BBC News
A really fine BBC News (online) piece by Rebecca Thomas, giving excellent coverage to the new independent publisher Knights Of and their latest title High Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson. The piece … More