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Information Book Awards shortlist
Friday, May 22, 2020
The shortlist for the School Library Association Information Book Award 2020 has been announced, with 11 books across ages from under seven years to 16+ included.
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Online book events - 27th May
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Authors including Sharon Gosling, Tom Huddleston and David Owen - whose book launches have taken place during the global pandemic - have banded together to create a day of online events on 27th May including competitions, readings and live interviews.
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Lockwood and Co series coming to Netflix
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Lockwood fans and those who love their adventures a little spooky...Netflix has commissioned an action adventure series based on the Lockwood novels by Jonathan Stroud.
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Fact-checking real-life disasters
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
In this blog author Susan Martineau tells us how she set about fact-checking the information she wanted to use in her new book, Real-Life Disasters (b small publishing), including the catastrophic effects of an earlier pandemic, the Black Death.
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Big Dreams writing competition & festival
Monday, May 18, 2020
Puffin is to launch a Big Dreamers Writing Competition for children aged 6-18 years in the run-up to its online Festival of Big Dreams (8th - 14th June), part of its 80th birthday celebrations.
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Is this class worse than yours?
Friday, May 15, 2020
Look out for biscuit battles, killer dogs and escaping rats in THE WORST CLASS IN THE WORLD, the start of a hilarious new series by JOANNA NADIN, illustrated by RIKIN PAREKH.
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Alex Rider Prime television series
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Teenage spy Alex Rider is coming to Amazon Prime with a new television series this June. An eight episode series, based on the second Alex Rider novel, Point Blanc, will be available on Amazon Prime from Thursday 4th June.
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'Draw with Rob' world record attempt
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Author and illustrator Rob Biddulph, whose Draw with Rob videos have amassed a huge online following, will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the World's Biggest Art Lesson on 21 May - and you're all invited to join in!
