The category winners, and outright winner, of the twentieth Waterstones Children's Book Prize were announced last night on the second floor of the … Read Full Piece
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Meet The Penguins by Mike Brownlow
Don't you just LOVE that cover?! When two penguins arrive from a faraway place and want to make friends, the other animals do not want to play with … Read Full Piece
Poppy and Sam Reinvigorated
Waterstones Poppy and Sam, characters loved by toddlers and families for over 30 years, return this month in new formats. Animal Sounds is a … Read Full Piece
Carnegie & Greenaway Shortlists
CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlist (alphabetical by author surname): The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Electric Monkey) … Read Full Piece
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Get On Board With ESCAPRIL
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Debut Deal Done With Scholastic
The Madeleine Milburn agency has sold UK & Commonwealth rights to Damaris Young’s debut middle-grade book, The Switching Hour to Lauren Fortune at Scholastic in a two-book deal. Due … More
Candy Gourlay New Writer In Residence At BookTrust
Candy Gourlay has become the next Writer in Residence for BookTrust, taking over from Nicola Davies. Candy Gourlay is well-known for her books Bone Talk, , Shine and Tall Story. She … More
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
This book began life as a web comic, supported by pledges from Patreon - see previous blog post... Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ... until one day when they're made … More