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Celebrate the 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize longlist at Waterstones, Piccadilly
Events
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Find out about new trends in picture book illustration and what characterises the enduring best in picture book art at an event organised by the Klaus Flugge Prize on 14th May, at Waterstones, Piccadilly.
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Return to the wild
Video/Vlog
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Author Nicola Penfold tells ReadingZone why she decided to bring Juniper, Bear and Etienne together once more in her new novel, When the Wild Calls.
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Ginny Myers Sain's thriller, One Last Breath
Video/Vlog
Monday, April 1, 2024
Find out about the real life cases that inspired Ginny Myers Sain's new YA thriller, One Last Breath, about unsolved murders in a small town, from the author!
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UKLA Book Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 UKLA Book Awards, voted for by teachers, have now announced. There are six books shortlisted for each category: ages 3-6 years; 7-10+ years and 11-14+ years, as well as Information Books ages 3-14 years. The UKLA Book Awards judges seek texts from a 'wide and inclu...
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Winners of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2024 announced
Book Awards
Friday, March 22, 2024
Pari Thomson, author of Greenwild: The World Behind The Door, is the Overall Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for her debut fantasy adventure, as voted for by Waterstones booksellers.
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How to steal a cloud
Video/Vlog
Friday, March 15, 2024
In The Cloud Thief we visit a future world where, as a result of climate change, clouds have to be made in a factory, and are then bought and sold.
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New kid at Pirate Academy!
Video/Vlog
Thursday, March 14, 2024
We caught up with Vampirates author Justin Somper, whose new series Pirates Academy returns us to the high seas of adventure!
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Carnegie Medals 2024 shortlists are announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
The shortlists for the Carnegie Medals 2024 for writing and illustrating books for children and young people have been announced, with poetry dominating the shortlist for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and picture books the focus of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortli...
