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  • Longlist highlights great non-fiction

    Tuesday, March 7, 2017

    This year's SLA Information Book Award longlist covers a wide range of subjects from germs and explorers to cooking and wildlife. The longlist covers books for young children through to teenagers and highlights some of the best new information books.

  • Children's book group set to give away

    Monday, March 6, 2017

    Next month we'll be chatting to Goodly and Grave author Justine Windsor (HarperCollins Children's Books) about her new series - and we have ten copies of the first book to give to a school book group, in return for some reviews!

  • YA proof set to give away

    Monday, March 6, 2017

    We have a set of ten proofs of Susin Nielsin's new book, Optimists Die First (Andersen Press), to give away to a lucky school book group!

  • Detective and mystery stories on ReadingZone Live

    Monday, March 6, 2017

    Alice Jones author Sarah Rubin joined us on ReadingZone Live for a special programme looking at how to write great detective and mystery stories.

  • CHERUB author pens stand-alone novel

    Monday, March 6, 2017

    Robert Muchamore, author of the bestselling CHERUB series, has written his first stand-alone novel, Killer T, which will be published by Hot Key Books in September 2018.

  • Teachers choose their highlights of the year

    Monday, March 6, 2017

    Teachers from across Scotland have helped select the shortlist forthis year's UKLA Book Awards, highlighting outstanding books for children aged three to 16 years.

  • Event pack for Aliens Love Underpants

    Thursday, March 2, 2017

    Publisher Simon & Schuster has created a special events pack to help celebrate ten years of Aliens Love Underpants! You can sign up for the free event pack to help throw your own Underpants-inspired event or party!

  • The World Book Day books

    Thursday, March 2, 2017

    We hope you had a wonderful celebration of all things booky on World Book Day! Here's a reminder of the books available to buy from your local bookshops with your World Book Day book vouchers.