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Saturday, July 21, 2018

Teams, schools and individuals aged 13 - 25 are all invited to apply to take part in the SLAMbassadors Showcase on Sunday 18th November in London. The deadline for applications is 31st August.

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Monday, July 16, 2018

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will be the theme for Harry Potter Book Night on Thursday 7th February 2019. Schools and libraries can now register for an event kit.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Step back in time to when children cleaned chimneys - and thieves faced the hangman's noose... THE CURSE OF THE SPECKLED MONSTER is the first in the Graverobbers and Gallows series. Author John Townsend tells us more.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Walker Studio will publish Tales from the Inner City by world renowned artist and storyteller Shaun Tan this October, a companion volume to his earlier short story collection, Tales from Outer Suburbia (Templar).

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Sunday, July 8, 2018

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are back in a new adventure, The Missing Masterpiece (published by Nosy Crow), and to celebrate we're giving away two sets of Shifty McGifty's picture books!

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Saturday, July 7, 2018

Teachers have chosen the winning books in the UKLA Book Awards, which focuses on children's books that 'enhance all aspects of literacy learning'. Books by Sarah Crossan, Brian Conaghan, Elizabeth Laird, Martin Brown and Morag Hood are among the winners.

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Thursday, July 5, 2018

A football-themed book, Kick by Mitch Johnson, has won an award for 'debut' writers who have never had a book published before.

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Thursday, July 5, 2018

A timely story set in a football boot factory with a socially-charged focus, Kick by Mitch Johnson, has won this year's Branford Boase Award for debut writers and their editors, Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker of Usborne.

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