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To celebrate the publication of their book, Weird, Wild & Wonderful (Otter-Barry Books) illustrator NEAL LAYTON and poet JAMES CARTER interview each other…

January 29, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Hi Neal! It’s been great fun working with you on our book. But as an author and illustrator in your own right, how do you feel about working with other writers and illustrating their words?  Hello, James! I love working with writers because reading their words takes my imagination to new places. Like your weird world and […]

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Albert Talbot, Master of Disguise

January 27, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Written by Ben Manley, Illustrated by Aurelie Guillerey, Published by Macmillan Children’s What’s in a Name? You’re probably wondering who I am. Don’t worry, so am I. And, for that matter, who are you? I’m wondering that too. As adults, we wear many hats. We reinvent ourselves in different roles for different people. Some of […]

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Empathy Lab 2021

January 26, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

How to Be Our Best Selves The diverse, inclusive 2021 Read For Empathy collection helps raise an empathy-educated generation. “Empathy is learnable – only 10% of our empathic ability is genetic. Scientists say that reading builds empathy, and this collection will play a direct role in helping raise an empathy-educated generation.” Miranda McKearney OBE, EmpathyLab’s […]

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Q&A with Sam Copeland

January 25, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything, Illustrated by Sarah Horne, Published 21 January, 2021 by Puffin Books This book had me laughing so much- especially the drone with electric shavers attached and the drunk alpacas.  How much fun did you have creating some of the events in this story? I have so much fun […]

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Love is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann

January 23, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

When I started writing Love is For Losers, my objective was to write a love story. It quickly became apparent to me that if Phoebe was to oh-so reluctantly fall in love, she would fall in love with a girl, and as soon as the character of Emma popped into my head and started to […]

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Putting My Cards on the Table by Liz Kessler

January 21, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

When The World Was Ours by Liz Kessler is out 21st January 2021 (Hardback, Simon & Schuster Childrens Books) For at least the last decade, I’ve had a growing desire to write a book inspired by an event that took place in 1934. A moment on a Danube Steamer in Vienna – where my dad, […]

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Q & A with S.A. Patrick

January 18, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

S.A. Patrick is the author of the hugely popular A Darkness of Dragons and it’s newly published sequel, A Vanishing of Griffins. Usborne are the lucky publisher to send a twist on the tale of the Pied Piper into the world. With the perfect blend of adventure, myth and magic, these books will delight and […]

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My Passion for Point Horror

January 15, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Guest Post by Cynthia Murphy If I could travel back in time and speak to ten-year-old me, I’d tell her about how twenty-six years in the future, our love of Point Horror would kickstart a young adult writing career. She would ask me what took so long. I have a wonderfully clear memory of being […]

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Stick Boy – Blog Tour

January 14, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Guest Post by Paul Coomey I’m best at writing in the morning, before my head gets filled with distractions like music and conversations and the internet and reading. I have another job (as an Art Director at Wonderbly, working on picture books) so when I was writing Stick Boy I got up while it was […]

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Train to Impossible Places

January 6, 2021/0 Comments/by FCBG blog

Guest Post by P.G.Bell Parents tend to get a raw deal in children’s literature. At best, they’re hapless stick-in-the-muds who lack the ambition and imagination of our young heroes, and are quickly outgrown. More typically, they’re dead and buried long before the story even starts. There’s a very good reason for this, of course – […]

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