Guest Post by Caryl Hart Hate crime is on the up. You only have to scroll down a few comments on social media to witness the full force of xenophobia, intolerance and bullying that is sadly too prevalent in our society today. The Office of National Statistics reports that crime motivated by hostility or prejudice […]
Q&A with Sue Wallman Can you describe Dead Popular in five words? Queen bee rivalry is dangerous What inspired you to write Dead Popular? I’m drawn to claustrophobic settings. When Linas Alsenas, my editor, suggested boarding school, I thought, “Perfect”. I positioned my elitist, fictional boarding school, Mount Norton, on the coastline where I grew […]
The 50th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon Guest Post by Christopher Riley From the moment I first saw artist Martin Impey’s paintings of the Apollo astronauts in 2009, I dreamed of finding a way to collaborate with him on a book. I loved how his artwork brought a new dimension to […]
Guest Post by Daniel Gray-Barnett When I finished high-school, I had a big dilemma. Science vs Art. The problem was that I really enjoyed and was good at both, but which to follow as a career? I was ignorant and didn’t know that there were viable careers in the arts (other than being an art […]
The Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB) is delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Little Rebels Children’s Book Award for Radical Fiction is Catherine Johnson for her book, Freedom (Scholastic 2018). The winner of the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award 2019 was announced at an event held in the CLPE (Centre for Literacy […]
On Tuesday 9th July Cressida Cowell, the international bestselling author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once series and the author of the Emily Brown picture books was crowned the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2019–2021. Cowell was presented with the iconic silver Laureate medal by the outgoing Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child, at a ceremony […]
Written by Juliette Forrest Juliette Forrest I’ve just finished as Writer in Residence at a primary school in Glasgow. I was there to assist a P7 class with their stories and encourage a culture of reading. The very first thing I wanted the children to know was that the room was a safe space where […]
Written by Liz Flanagan When I do school visits, I often get asked, ‘How do you come up with your characters?’ I would love to say Milla was like me. In fact, I wish I was more like her! She’s cheerful, practical, loyal, has great ideas and is very resilient. However, in that first scene, […]
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