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Feasting in the Street by Gillian Cross
We have a delicious blog from Gillian Cross about food, festivals and popcorn cannons! Feasting in the Street I’ve done a lot of cooking. I’ve roasted food and simmered it. Boiled it and fried it and grilled it. Made it into cakes and puddings, pies and stews and gratins. But I’ve never exploded it. I’d […]
Recipes from Katherine Rundell’s Books
We are thrilled to share a guest blog from the Bloomsbury Team about the feast of food featured in Katherine Rundell’s stories. Read on and then head to the shop to gather your ingredients for a yummy feast. In many of Katherine Rundell’s books, you can find unique and delicious recipes to test out. […]
Tasty Tales by Anna Lena Feunekes
Tasty Tales: A feast of history and food Hey there! My name is Anna Lena Feunekes and I’m the author of Tasty Tales, a book about food lore and history. During Share a Story Month the idea of sharing more about the book gets me all excited about one thing: how food brings us together! […]
A Caribbean Feast of Stories by G.M. Linton
A Caribbean Feast of Stories I could not have created Sunshine Simpson and her family without the compelling life stories of my parents, and the rich cultural experiences I enjoyed when growing up. My parents, who travelled to England from Jamaica in the 1950s, would often sit in the front room of our family home […]
A Pinch of Love by Barry Timms
A Pinch of Love by Barry Timms is an ideal fit for our theme of A Feast of Stories. Check out his guest blog below and get baking! A Feast of Stories Barry Timms, writing about A Pinch of Love We don’t often talk about its ancestral origins, but eating together still holds a firm […]
b small launches Young Language Learner Award
b small publishing have recently announced an award called the Young Language Learner Award. We have a guest blog from Naomi Weeks, who works for b small and introduces us to this exciting opportunity. I really wasn’t interested in language learning in school. I barely remember my Primary school French lessons, and in Secondary school […]
Each Table Tells a Story by Ella Phillips
Our first blog for National Share A Story Month is a lovely piece from Ella Phillips, author of My Grandma’s Magic Recipes series. Sure to warm your heart and your kitchen! Each Table Tells a Story By Ella Phillips “Are you hungry?” Isn’t that often the greeting when visiting relatives or friends, especially of […]
National Share A Story Month Booklist
The first of May can only mean one thing- it is the start of our annual National Share A Story month! This year’s theme is A Feast of Stories and we are celebrating the wonderful relationship that exists between books and food! Please check out our website for the details of the competition to design […]
Desi Girl Speaking by A.S. Hussain
Author A.S. Hussain writes a rousing call to action guest blog around mental health and poses the question, Are you Ready to Speak Up? Are You Ready To Speak Up? by A.S. Hussain Mental health, today more than ever, is a growing topic with strides being made to break the silence and stigma surrounding […]
Magicalia by Jennifer Bell
What do Pokemon, Astronomy and Poetry have in common? Jennifer Bell will explain in her guest blog for us today! One of the questions I get asked the most by readers is: where do your ideas come from? I always say they can come from anywhere, but they don’t just fall into my lap; […]
A Poet Who Tells Stories by Nadine Aisha Jassat
Verse Novels are becoming more popular with readers of all ages. Nadine Aisha Jassat, author/poet of The Hidden Story of Estie Noor, writes about being a poet who tells stories. If you haven’t read a verse novel, then do try one! A Poet Who Tells Stories by Nadine Aisha Jassat I often introduce myself as […]
A Helping Hand with your Literacy Year by Literacy Hive
We always love working with partners around reading and encouraging a love of books. Literacy Hive has written a blog that just may help parents, teachers and librarians to make the most of every day! A Helping Hand with your Literacy Year Despite the overwhelming evidence of the long-term benefits of being a keen reader […]
Bringing Back Kay-Kay by Dev Kothari
We welcome Dev Kothari to the blog today to share some insights into her book, Bringing Back Kay-Kay and sibling relationships! Celebrating sibling relationships by Dev Kothari Some of my most vivid childhood memories involve my older brother. We squabbled all the time. Got on each other’s nerves constantly. He found me annoying. I found […]
When the Wild Calls by Nicola Penfold
We welcome Nicola Penfold to the blog today, sharing insights into writing a sequel! On writing a sequel by Nicola Penfold, author of When the Wild Calls. When the Wild Calls is out now and is the sequel to my debut novel Where the World Turns Wild from 2000. The first book has been doing […]
Pink Trucks by Sam Clarke
Sam Clarke is a debut author with Five Quills. He talks to us about the inspiration behind his first picture book, Pink Trucks, which gently challenges gender stereotypes in a fun, rhythmical story. “We HATE pink!” shouted my 6-year-old son and his friend as they ran, laughing, to the school gates. I turned, wide-eyed, to […]
Libraries are bigger on the inside by Manon Steffan Ros
We are sharing a beautiful guest blog from award winning author, Manon Steffan Ros- a celebration of awards and libraries! Libraries are Bigger on the Inside I remember the book. The colours on the cover were muted, and there was a beautiful drawing of two girls sitting atop a pile of clothes, one looking […]
Champ by Reza Dalvand
Champ is a newly translated picture book from talented Iranian author and illustrator duo, Payam Ebrahimi and Reza Dalvand. A powerful and honest story of continuing to be yourself, despite the pressure to conform Champ was originally published in Iran, and is a book for those around the world who have resisted and continue to […]
Betty Steady and the Toad Witch by Nicky Smith-Dale
Sometimes silly and funny books are just what children need to read! Young readers will be thrilled to meet Betty Steady as well as Linda and Greg! Check out Nicky Smith-Dale’s guest blog today! Where did the idea for Betty Steady come from? Betty Steady came from the silliest recesses of my brain. Set in […]