Every April, we host our conference that draws in book loving parents, school staff, teachers, librarians, publishers, booksellers and professionals from across the UK. This past weekend, we all gathered in Rugby School for a jam packed weekend of books, cake, panels, seminars and author presentations. Plus so much more! Our theme was Portable Magic, […]
We welcome, to the blog, Melissa Welliver today who shares some insight into writing her book amidst lockdown. Writing a love story in the apocalypse I had never written a romance storyline before I wrote My Love Life and the Apocalypse. It wasn’t my first book, more like my fifth, so that’s sort of surprising, […]
Finding My Voice by Aoife Dooley is the sequel to Frankie’s World, published last year with Scholastic. Featuring an autistic main character, these graphic novels follow Frankie as she navigates life. The team at Scholastic have shared this super Q&A with Aoife! Tell us about FINDING YOUR VOICE, the sequel to FRANKIE’S WORLD Finding My […]
Burhana Islam is a secondary school teacher and the author of Muslims Who Changed the World and the My Laugh-Out-Loud Life series of chapter books. She is a storyteller who is passionate about exploring themes of heritage, belonging, identity and faith in her work. This side-splitting illustrated trilogy for readers aged 7+ has been featured […]
Wendington Jones had always wanted to be an adventurer. But adventures, and let’s be clear by that we mean old school, globe-trotting, seat-of-your-pants thrill rides, were a thing of the past. Lost to both time and wandering interest to something new. But if there’s anything that Wendington can teach us, it’s that just because something […]
Harriet Muncaster has expanded her Isadora Moon world to include a new character, Emerald. Published earlier this year, young readers can dive into an underwater adventure with another unique character. Check out the guest blog from author-illustrator, Harriet Muncaster. I have always loved creating (drawing, writing, crafting!) but it wasn’t until I was fifteen that […]
It has been a whirlwind month of the Children’s Book Award blog tour. We have had ten dedicated bloggers hosting content from the entire shortlist of books. We are truly grateful for the time, effort and energy of the bloggers, publishers, publicists and authors in getting this blog tour up and running. This is your […]
Ever wondered more about our local children’s book groups? Keen to set up one in your local community to promote a love of reading? Check out today’s blog written by committee member, Sara Sumner about her experiences! I was a complete novice to the Children’s Book world when I happened upon the FCBG when discussing […]
We are drawing to a close on this year’s Children’s Book Award blog tour. Today is a chance to catch up on the Books for Older readers category. Three brilliant bloggers offered their time and space on their blogs to host content from the three shortlisted authors. A huge thank you to Anne, Rich and […]
Peter Bunzl has written a book for Barrington Stoke entitled Dragonracers and it features plenty of history mingled with a sense of awe in the form of a found dragon! Read on for our Q&A with Peter about this book. Peter, can you tell us a bit about Dragonracers and where the inspiration came from? […]
