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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.
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Indie book awards
Friday, June 26, 2020
Independent booksellers have awarded The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson (Usborne) the Children's Fiction award for the Books are My Bag award. Don't Worry, Little Crab by Chris Haughton (Walker Books) won the Picture Book category.
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CILIP letter promoting school librarians
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
CILIP has created a letter to support those whose schools do not have a professional school librarian, which you can download here and send to a head teacher, senior leader or school governor.
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Carnegie & Greenaway winners announced
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Anthony McGowan has won the Carnegie Medal for Lark (Barrington Stoke) while the Kate Greenaway Medal has gone to Shaun Tan for Tales from the Inner City (Walker Books), which he wrote and illustrated.
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Puffin Festival highlights available online
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Last week's Puffin Festival of Big Dreams - a seven-day digital festival - saw 250,000 visits, and now you can watch the festival highlights online.
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Free online writing conference for young people
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Don't forget to sign up for StoryCon - the free, annual creative writing and illustration online conference for young people in Scotland, Thursday 18 to Friday 19 June, organised by Scottish Booktrust.
