Celebrating poetry with Macmillan Children's
Macmillan Children's Poetry is celebrating 25 years of publishing history. In this blog, Gaby Morgan, editorial director at Macmillan Children's Books and the proud curator of the Macmillan...
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21/09/2018
Working in library lead to picture book success
This week Kate Milner was awarded the 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting and promising newcomer to children's picture book illustration for her book My Name is Not Refugee (Barrington...
20/09/2018
Mitch Johnson on writing his debut, Kick
Kick - the debut novel that has just scooped the Branford Boase Award 2018 - began life with the discovery of a piece of rubbish in a shoebox. In this blog, author Mitch Johnson tells us how his...
05/07/2018
Making a living as a young writer
We spoke to author Alice Oseman, whose book I Was Born For This, was recently published by HarperCollins. We asked for Alice's advice to other young people trying to make it as writers.
24/06/2018
Picture book tackles homelessness
Author and illustrator Duncan Beedie was inspired by a question from his daughter to write The Last Chip, a picture book that looks at homelessness, and whose sales will help raise money for The...
31/01/2018
A Journey in the Book Bus, Zambia
School librarian Carol Williams joined the Book Bus in Zambia to help bring books, stories and reading to school children in the region. Here, she tells us about her Book Bus adventure.
11/12/2017
Discovering our own urban wildlife
Vicky Woodgate, whose book Urban Jungle has been published by Big Picture Press, shares with us how the book can be used to open up their own 'urban jungles' to children in towns and cities.
12/11/2017
From first idea to finished novel
Author Zillah Bethel explores the starting point of her latest novel, The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare, set in an alternate UK where wars are being fought, over water.
28/09/2017
