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Five orphans looking for a home
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
An orphanage, a wicked matron, and five children who plan to escape; these are all the ingredients you need for a stupendous adventure story - HANA TOOKE's THE UNADOPTABLES!
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Reading is Magic Festival
Monday, July 13, 2020
Bath Children's Literature Festival will be taking place online this year, including a schools' programme of 25 events running from Sunday 27 September to Friday 2 October, and themed The Reading is Magic Festival.
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Booking virtual author events
Sunday, July 12, 2020
While many author visits had to be cancelled during the spring and summer terms, many schools have continued with online events and organisation Authors Abroad is offering a range of 'virtual visit' options.
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Catch up on Summer Camp
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Earlier this month Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell ran an online 'Summer Camp' for children and young people, introducing poets, illustrators, storytellers and authors. If you missed it, you can catch up with the videos here.
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Go Wild with the Bolds!
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Publisher Andersen Press is marking publication of The Bolds Go Wild written by Julian Clary and illustrated by David Roberts with a series of online-exclusive readings from Julian Clary, known as The Bold Hour!
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Fairies, trolls and eternal life!
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Return to a world of fairies, humans and mayhem in THE FOWL TWINS. Meet the younger brothers of arch villain Artemis Fowl; Author EOIN COLFER tells us more about the new Fowl adventures!
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UKLA Book Awards winners
Thursday, July 2, 2020
The winners of the UKLA Book Awards - the only awards to be judged entirely by teachers - have been announced. The teacher judges look for texts that can 'enhance all aspects of literacy learning'.
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Henrietta Branford Writing Competition winners
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
More young people have been writing during lockdown, if the record number of entries to the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is anything to go by.
