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  • Costa Book Awards shortlists announced

    Costa Book Awards shortlists announced

    Book Awards

    Tuesday, November 24, 2020

    The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson; Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant; Wranglestone by Darren Charlton and The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff have been shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award.

  • A Victorian Christmas

    Saturday, November 14, 2020

    In Sally Nicholls's latest book, A CHRISTMAS IN TIME, two children go back in time to discover what a real Victorian Christmas would have been like. We asked Sally Nicholls to tell us more!

  • Representation in Children's Books

    Representation in Children's Books

    Wednesday, November 11, 2020

    Research into representation in children's books has found that there is still some way to go before books fully reflect society, with just 10% of children's books published in 2019 featuring characters of colour.

  • Online storytimes

    Reluctant Readers

    Tuesday, November 10, 2020

    Publisher Andersen Press and the Seven Stories centre are collaborating on weekly digital storytimes to share on the centre's Facebook page, where stories will be read and available to share for free during the latest lockdown in England.

  • Information Book Award winner

    Information Book Award winner

    Book Awards

    Friday, November 6, 2020

    Africa, Amazing Africa by Atinuke and illustrated by Mouni Feddag (Walker Books) is the overall winner of the School Library Association Information Book Award 2020.

  • Finding new uses for old rubbish

    Finding new uses for old rubbish

    Tuesday, November 3, 2020

    Imagine living on a floating island in the sea, and recycling rubbish to make the everyday things you need. This is the life of the Tindims. But what happens when there's just too much rubbish at sea?

  • Carnegie & Greenaway nominations announced

    Carnegie & Greenaway nominations announced

    Book Awards

    Monday, November 2, 2020

    Nominations have been published for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, with 152 books nominated for the 2021 Medals.

  • Astrid Lindgren nominations announced

    Wednesday, October 21, 2020

    Michael Rosen, Quentin Blake, David Almond, Juno Dawson, Malorie Blackman and Emily Gravett are among the UK authors and illustrators nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2021,the world's largest children's literature award (worth over USD 500k).