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Friday, February 14, 2025

What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Better Now.

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Friday, February 14, 2025

The Children's Bookshow is offering children the chance to watch a live, online event with children's poet Michael Rosen to celebrate World Book Day 2025. The event is aimed at primary schools, and is free.

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

The longlists have been announced for the 2025 Carnegie Medals, including awards for writing and illustration, and for the books chosen by young people in the Shadowers' Choice Medal.  The Carnegies, the UK's longest running book awards for children and young people, aim to spark a lif...

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

The 2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is now open for entries! The competition is open to writers aged up to 19 years and the closing date is Friday 30 May 2025. The judges are looking for <s...

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Friday, February 7, 2025

Have questions about dealing with toxic friends, or how to tell your parents about a problem you have, or things being said on socials?  Anu Adebogun's new guide for young people, It's a Brave Young Wo...

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Friday, February 7, 2025

Picture books are the perfect medium to explore and help understand the world around us and to explore how we feel.  

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

With a focus on reading for pleasure, Waterstones' booksellers have voted for the books they believe are the very best in new children's writing and illustration. Previous winners of the prize have included Katherine Rundell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Rob Biddulph. Last year's winner...

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Monday, February 3, 2025

Find out which ten £1 / €1.50 books are available for children to buy with their free World Book Day tokens!  World Book Day takes place on Thursday 6th March 2025. Children can exchange their free World Book Day token, distributed through schoo...

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