Author J.L. Simmonds has written a guest blog about Run Away with Me, a new YA thriller set in the US. Hi everyone, I’m Jo, author of Run Away With Me – a YA thriller about two girls who are running away from their home in Seattle, Washington. I haven’t made a big secret of […]
Today we welcome Maisie Chan to the blog to tell us more about her new book, Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past, which published last week! ANTS and the CHINESE LABOUR CORP in NATE YU’S BLAST FROM THE PAST Now, I must admit that I am not a fan of ants crawling over my […]
We have a Q & A with author Frances Stickley about her delightful new book and character, Wanda the Warthog who Worried. Where did the idea for Wanda the Warthog come from and was the main character always going to be a warthog? The book was originally actually called, The Peacock Pig And it featured […]
Winner Announced for the 2025 FCBG Children’s Book Award The Federation of Children’s Book Groups is thrilled to announce that I Am Rebel by Ross Montgomery has been voted the Overall Winner of the 2025 Children’s Book Award. Now in its 45th year, the Children’s Book Award is proud to be one of the leading champions of children’s voices in […]
Meet The Wycherleys. Annaliese Avery I consider myself to be a very lucky writer when it comes to my characters. Thanks to my writing process – which is quite fluid and open, I often find that my characters appear in my imagination in the same way that a stranger does in real life. I am […]
Author Jennifer Classen shares some insights into her book, Netta Becker and the Timeline Crime! Greek myths just won’t die by Jennifer Classen I had the idea for the book which is now the snappily-titled ‘Netta Becker and the Timeline Crime’ on 1st September 2021. It is the first book of a trilogy and is […]
Shadow Thieves is to debut middle grade book from Peter Burns. He shares some insight into where it all began in our blog today! Ten years ago, I was on holiday in Highland Perthshire with my two oldest kids. We were staying in a cottage in the middle of nowhere, high on a hill surrounded […]
Today’s blog features a Q&A with Selina Brown, author of My Rice is Best, a colourful celebration of food and friendship! Can you tell us where the idea for this story came from? The idea for My Rice is Best! came from the playful, long-standing debate between Caribbeans and Africans about who makes the […]
We have a blog from Piers Torday all about his interest in wildlife throughout his life. Another perfect link to our National Share A Story Month theme! I grew up in the valleys and moors of rural Northumberland, and my own curiosity about the natural world was fostered by the classic children’s books I enjoyed […]
Maybe You Might: an interview with Imogen Foxell Maybe You Might, written by Imogen Foxell, illustrated by Anna Cunha and published by Lantana, is a lyrical and hopeful environmental fable that struck a chord with us as we were thinking about this year’s National Share a Story Month theme: Changing the World, One Book at […]
