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Graverobbers and Gallows!
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Step back in time to when children cleaned chimneys - and thieves faced the hangman's noose... THE CURSE OF THE SPECKLED MONSTER is the first in the Graverobbers and Gallows series. Author John Townsend tells us more.
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Tales from Outer Suburbia companion
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Walker Studio will publish Tales from the Inner City by world renowned artist and storyteller Shaun Tan this October, a companion volume to his earlier short story collection, Tales from Outer Suburbia (Templar).
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Shifty McGifty sets to give away!
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are back in a new adventure, The Missing Masterpiece (published by Nosy Crow), and to celebrate we're giving away two sets of Shifty McGifty's picture books!
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UKLA Book Award winners
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Teachers have chosen the winning books in the UKLA Book Awards, which focuses on children's books that 'enhance all aspects of literacy learning'. Books by Sarah Crossan, Brian Conaghan, Elizabeth Laird, Martin Brown and Morag Hood are among the winners.
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Book set in a boot factory wins prize
Thursday, July 5, 2018
A football-themed book, Kick by Mitch Johnson, has won an award for 'debut' writers who have never had a book published before.
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Kick wins Branford Boase Award
Thursday, July 5, 2018
A timely story set in a football boot factory with a socially-charged focus, Kick by Mitch Johnson, has won this year's Branford Boase Award for debut writers and their editors, Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker of Usborne.
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Mitch Johnson on writing his debut, Kick
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Kick - the debut novel that has just scooped the Branford Boase Award 2018 - began life with the discovery of a piece of rubbish in a shoebox. In this blog, author Mitch Johnson tells us how his award-winning novel Kick (Usborne) came about:
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Bad Mermaids are back!
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Greedy humans, water witches and a sweet-eating magical mermaid are some of the characters you'll come across in SIBEAL POUNDER's new book, BAD MERMAIDS: ON THE ROCKS. Here, author SIBEAL POUNDER tells us more!
