Authors Schools & Libraries
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Jana Curll introduces My Path
Jana Curll is an illustrator/author living on the edge of Canada's rainy west coast. Growing up near-sighted and comic book-obsessed has lent itself well to a career where she draws smiley-faces on unsuspecting objects. She took an Illustration and Design programme at Capilano Universit...
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Berlie Doherty and Tamsin Rosewell introduce The Seamaiden's Odyssey
Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children, teenagers and adults, and won the Carnegie medal for Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Dear Nobody. She also writes plays for radio, theatre and television. Berlie lives in th...
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MG Leonard
MG Leonard's Twitch series takes us into the world of birds and bird watching. She is also the author of bestselling series include Beetle Boy and Adventures on Trains. MG Leonard is an experienced producer, director and actor, and has...
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Scarlett Dunmore
How to Survive a Horror Movie, Scarlett Dunmore's debut novel for YA readers, was inspired by her own love of scary films and halloween. Scarlett studied English and Creative Writing, eventually finding a love for YA literature. When she's not writing, she can often be found watching sc...
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Chloe Savage's The Search for Carmella: Introducing Mindfulness to young children
Chloe Savage introduces her new picture book, The Search for Carmella, a story about mindfulness and learning to enjoy the journey rather its outcomes. Chloe was born and raised in Stevenage. She studied T...
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Mike Rampton and Guilherme Karsten: Why we should ask questions!
Discover the importance of asking questions in the fact-tastique Why There is No Such Thing as a Silly Question! Mike Rampton is an author and journalist who lives in a nice village near Cambridge with his wife and daughter. He often has a pen behind hi...
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The comic inspirations behind Swapna Reddy's new Reggie Rabbit series
Humour, comic-style illustrations and daring-do will have children reaching for the new Reggie Rabbit books by Swapna Reddy, illustrated by Becka Moor. Swapna Reddy also writes as Swapna Haddow, author of the Dave Pigeon books. Friendship and humour a...
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Liz Flanagan introduces her Wildsmith series
Liz Flanagan introduce her latest and final book in the Wildsmith series, Magical Mountain Rescue, and tells ReadingZone what inspired the books and what she would do with Wildsmith powers! Liz also writes the Legends of the Sky series. <...
