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Levi Penfold Visiting UK

January 27, 2020/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

LEVI PINFOLD VISITS UK TO TALK ABOUT HIS WORK ON HARRY POTTER Kate Greenaway Medal winning artist Levi Pinfold is coming to the UK for a very special visit. Levi will be in the UK for the first week of February as part of Harry Potter Book Night. Levi will be doing three exclusive events […]

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The Kid who came from Space

January 22, 2020/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Q&A with Ross Welford. Following the publication earlier this month of Ross Welford’s latest book by HarperCollins I was fortunate enough to put questions to Ross to get details from behind the story The Kid who came from Space and to find out more about the author himself. In his latest book Ross takes readers […]

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The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

January 19, 2020/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Guest Post by Nizrana Farook   What do you do when it’s the middle of winter and you’re writing while yearning for some sunshine and warmth? In my case, you write The Girl Who Stole an Elephant! It was December 2016/17 and I was writing a piece for my MA. I immediately set it somewhere […]

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FCBG Annual Conference 2020

January 16, 2020/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Post written by Chris Routh, FCBG Chair. At this year’s Federation of Children’s Book Groups’ conference we will be marking the anniversaries of three different publishers. Chicken House will be celebrating twenty years of focusing on publishing exciting new fiction. It was founded by Barry Cunningham who famously signed up J K Rowling while working […]

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The International Yeti Collective – Behind the Story

January 13, 2020/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Guest Post with Paul Mason and Katy Riddell. In October last year a fantastic new book published by Stripes Publishing, The International Yeti Collective written by Paul Mason, and beautifully illustrated by Katy Riddell – daughter to children’s laureate Chris Riddell. We got to hear from this brilliant duo about the inspiration for the story, […]

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An Evening with Onjali Rauf – Ipswich Children’s Book Group Event

January 10, 2020/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Guest Post by Erin Hamilton, Committee Member of ICBG. I had the pleasure of meeting Onjali Q Rauf at a school event in October last year.  She was there to chat about The Boy at the Back of the Class and to introduce her latest book, The Star Outside my Window.  The children and adults […]

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