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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

With its New Orleans setting, Mina and the Undead series is gripping, fun and a little bit deadly....!  We hear from author Amy McCaw about how the real New Orleans helped inspire the series, which also feature friendship, romance and coping in difficult situations.  

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

'Own voice' stories dominate the shortlist for the 2024 Branford Boase Award, which highlights debut authors and the work of their editors. The award also celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

The School Library Association has announced the 2024 longlist for the Information Book Award (IBA), which aims to highlight the importance of non-fiction by celebrating the high standard of children's information books being published.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

AS Hussain's YA novel Desi Girl Speaking is published next month, and in this month's book blog, the author explains how she approached writing about mental illness in her new book, and how conscious authors must be in how they portray mental illness in their writing.

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Friday, April 19, 2024

Author Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl introduces Girl on the Fly and tells us how her own dual heritage, her love of running and close friendships, helped inspire the her to write Girl on the Fly.  

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

The shortlists for the Jhalak Children's and YA Prize have been announced.  The Jhalak Prize and the Jhalak Children's & YA Prize, celebrate books by writers of colour in Britain and Ireland.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Five books have made it to the shortlist of the Oscar's Book Prize 2024, which celebrates pre-school books. This year's selection ranges from anxious dogs, hungry dinosaurs and subverted fairy tales to a grief-stricken turtle and a tiny blue whale, with the...

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Friday, April 12, 2024

Keen to support reading for pleasure in your classrooms, and to introduce students to new authors? Join our FREE ReadingZone Live online author events

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