by Katie Jennings and Joe Lillington The books in the Colour Fiction range from Little Tiger Group are perfect for newly independent readers aged 5 and up, especially those still struggling to find their feet. Those in search of both a meaty story and the vivid illustrations you find in a picture book. The illustrator […]
Samuel Langley-Swain, Founder of Owlet Press, speaks to their newest author Laura Gallagher about the myths around ‘normal families’ and the need to dispel them: Samuel Langley-Swain (SLS): Having never worked in publishing before, I set out on a huge journey as a new parent and self-published author to create an inclusive children’s book publisher in Owlet Press. The jump from author […]
by Author/Illustrator Julia Woolf The Duck and Penguin stories are about best friends Betty and Maud and their favourite toys Duck and Penguin. The girls love each other but Duck and Penguin don’t really get on. ‘Duck and Penguin Are NOT Friends’ is based on my experience when my daughter first started at primary school. […]
by Matt Oldfield In my experience, football is a subject that often provokes extreme reactions, especially when it comes to reading. For big fans of “the beautiful game”, it can be like a password, helping to unlock an activity previously considered too boring and/or difficult. If I had a pound for every time I’ve seen […]
Q&A with Nicola Skinner Nicola Skinner has written two inventive and beguiling books for children, Bloom and Storm. They have been widely appreciated and recommended. We were fortunate to ask Nicola a few questions about Storm and the main character, Frankie and the answers are brilliant!! Tell us about Frances and Storm. Storm is the […]
by Emma Lazell Launching a book during the pandemic felt very different from releasing my debut picturebook Big Cat in Spring 2019. That Dog!, my second picturebook with Pavilion Children’s Books, was initially due to release in May of this year, and I began the year eagerly and optimistically planning a book launch, responding to […]
By author Santa Montefiore Having written twenty-one adult novels, it might come across as a total change in direction to have embarked on a series of children’s books about rabbits. However, I have always written for myself and at a very early age I was writing about hedgehogs and rabbits after school and in the […]
By author AJ Hartley As an undergraduate I read William Golding’s 1956 novel Pincher Martin, about a man trying to survive in the Atlantic after the ship he commanded was sunk by a Nazi torpedo. Martin, the protagonist, begins by kicking off his sea boots, then swims through the freezing ocean to a rock on which […]
by Jonathan King, author of The Inkberg Enigma Graphic novels (comics, in book form) for kids have never been more popular — with authors such as Raina Telgemeier topping the New York Times bestseller list, and Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, launching his new book with an initial print run in the millions. Some […]
Q&A with author Lauren James What can readers expect from The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker, and how is it similar or different to your other novels? It’s very different from my other books – it’s a horror, which I’ve written a bit of in The Loneliest Girl in the Universe, but not fully explored. […]
