Last evening, Nathanael Lessore was crowned the winner of the Branford Boase Award on its 25th anniversary. Congratulations Nathaneal! We are honoured he has written a piece for us around his tips for writing! Writing what you know … by Nathanael Lessore The winner of the 2024 Branford Boase Award winning, Steady For This, […]
This book has been compared to Bridgerton and The Hunger Games, miles apart in genre! Intrigued? Then read on for our guest blog from author, L.M. Nathan. The Virtue Season has been compared to both Bridgerton and The Hunger Games, which might seem like an odd pairing at first glance, but these two seemingly […]
We have an interesting and fascinating blog about language and whether humour is translatable from author, Marcela Ferreira. While the book will make you laugh, this blog will make you think! Bear Vs Dragon is my third picture book, but my first official ‘funny’ book. The story is about conflict, resolution and friendship, with […]
We welcome Julia Moscardo to the blog today sharing some insights and illustrations from her book, Changing Tides. It is a story of new beginnings, inspired by one image. CHANGING TIDES The idea for Changing Tides started with an illustration. It was an illustration reminiscent of my trips to the sea as a child, with […]
We have a special blog for you today! A special write up from Dudley Children’s Book Group as well as the announcement of the winners of the Design your own potion competition! Congratulations to all 391 entries to this competition. It was both a joy and tricky to shortlist for our guest judge Carrie Sellon! […]
Many, if not all, members of the FCBG will resonate with this ode to libraries written especially for us by author Daisy May Johnson! I have always navigated my life by libraries. When I last moved house, I remember asking the estate agent where the nearest library was. It turned out to be in a […]
We have a brilliant booklist for you to share today with your communities. The Summer Reading Challenge has the theme Marvellous Makers for 2024 and so our booklist has a few extra recommendations suitable for this theme! It can also be downloaded from our website for printing. Booklists
We think today’s blog will resonate with those who love stories and discovering where an author gets their ideas from! Thank you Julie for this lovely guest blog. When I visit schools to chat about being an author, the question I’m most often asked is ‘where do your ideas come from?’ I always say […]
We welcome to the blog, Nicola Colton to share some insights into her new series, Bertha & Blink. Rumble in the Jungle is the first in this highly illustrated and colourful series. When we meet Bertha, she is a super-star inventor. She used to live a glitzy life in the city and was much more […]
We have a brilliant blog from author Clare Harlow about the monsters in her book, Tidemagic The Many Faces of Ista Flit. They are called grilks and terrorise throughout the story. Read on to discover more! Bringing Monsters to Life – Clare Harlow ‘But what do the monsters actually look like?’ This is a question […]
