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Wicked Young Writers Award
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Cressida Cowell, bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon books, will be judging this year's Wicked Young Writers Award for those aged five to 25 years!
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Joint SLA & YLG Conference in June
Saturday, February 25, 2017
The 2017 Joint YLG & SLA weekend course Lightbulb Moments: Powered by Librarians will be held over three days from 2325 June 2017 at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire.
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Authors work collaboratively on YA novel
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Seven UK Young Adult authors will collaborate on a new novel called 'Floored', including Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and Eleanor Wood.
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Children struggle to find books they like
Saturday, February 25, 2017
The latest Kids & Family Reading Report from Scholastic US shows that most children (86%) in the US agree on the importance of reading for pleasure - but struggle to find books that they like. Many will turn to teachers and librarians for help to find a reading book.
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Michael Grant returns to GONE universe
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Michael Grant's new action-packed series will follow on from his bestselling Gone books. The first book in the new series, Monster, will be published in October this year with two more books in the series to follow.
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Design a butterfly competition
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Butterfly Beach is the brand-new story from Jacqueline Wilson, published specially for World Book Day 2017. To celebrate it, her publisher is running a competition to design a butterfly.
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Debut writers highlighted in shortlist
Sunday, February 19, 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Branford Boase Award, which recognises strong new voices in children's publishing, has been announced and includes MG Leonard's Beetle Boy, Cogheart by Peter Bunzl and The Bubble Boy by Stewart Foster.
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Children choose their favourite book
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Children have voted Pamela Butchart's My Teacher is a Vampire Rat, illustrated by Thomas Flintham, as the winner of the The Children's Book Award 2016.
