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Barnes Children's Literature Festival
Monday, May 6, 2019
Don't miss out on the upcoming Barnes Children's Literature Festival that will see authors including David Almond, Robin Stevens, Steve Antony, SF Said, Sibeal Pounder and Axel Scheffler appearing across a packed two-day programme of public events.
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Writers to watch out for
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
The shortlist for the Branford Boase Award has been announced, celebrating debut authors and their editors. With previous winners including Siobhan Dowd, Meg Rosoff and Philip Reeve, these are authors to watch out for.
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Giveaway of Branford Boase shortlist!
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
We're delighted to offer a set of the shortlisted Brandford Boase titles to a school library. The books cover ages 8-14+ years, and they are all reviewed here.
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Watch Fleur Hitchcock live online!
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Fleur Hitchcock, author of murder mystery thriller Murder at Twilight and historical fiction novel The Boy Who Flew, will be answering student's questions live online on ReadingZone Live, 20th May, at 2.30-3.10pm.
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Giveaway: James Carter's books on space
Sunday, April 28, 2019
This month we're delighted to give away a set of James Carter's picture books, including Once Upon a Raindrop and his two books on space, Once Upon a Star and The Big Beyond. The books are for children aged 5+.
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Summer Reading Challenge
Saturday, April 27, 2019
This year's Summer Reading Challenge, Space Chase, will launch in local libraries on 22nd June in Scotland and 13th July in England and Wales and some 700,000 children are expected to take part.
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Poetry award shortlist announced
Saturday, April 27, 2019
The shortlist for the CLiPPA poetry award (The Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) has been announced and includes novels in verse as well as poetry for older readers. Schools can now register to shadow the awards.
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Puffin scheme
Saturday, April 27, 2019
