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Thursday, June 15, 2023

The YA Book Prize launched in 2014 to celebrate great books for teenagers and young adults and aims to get more teens reading and buying books. It is the first prize in the UK and Ireland to specifically focus on fiction for young adults. The prize is organised by book...

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Saturday, June 10, 2023

Louie Stowell's Loki, A Bad God's Guide To Being Good - about the Norse god being banished to earth to live as an 11 year old schoolboy - has won the Children's Book Award 2023, following a nationwide vote by children's book groups.

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

The School Library Association has announce the 2023 shortlist for the Information Book Award (IBA), which celebrates the importance of information books and highlight the wealth of resources available.

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Saturday, June 3, 2023

Simon Fox introduces his new thriller, Deadlock, and tells us what inspired this story about a criminal gang, and a boy who is forced to become a jewel thief...  Deadlock is a fast-paced novel that pits a boy with superb lock-picking skills against a shadowy group of criminals...

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

It's the school holidays, but what's the best way to keep children reading during the summer months?

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

The Branford Boase Award highlights debut authors, and often discovers the 'big names' at the start of their writing careers. We wanted to find out more about how this year's shortlist was chosen. Branford Boase judge Sajeda Amir is an English teacher a...

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Friday, May 26, 2023

Sophie Cameron's new novel, Away With Words, is a compelling read about language, communication and friendship.

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Monday, May 22, 2023

Author Roland Chambers introduces The Rage of the Sea Witch, the first in the new Billy Shaman adventures, and reads a short section from the book.

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