News

Filter: 

  • Managing our worries

    Managing our worries

    Author Videos

    Tuesday, January 16, 2024

    Author Ruth Doyle explains how A Horse Called Now by Ruth Doyle and Alexandra Finkeldey can help young children to manage their worries.

  • World Book Day £1 Books 2024

    World Book Day £1 Books 2024

    Friday, January 12, 2024

    Find out what books will be available to buy with the £1 book tokens for this year's World Book Day, which takes place on Thursday 7th March!  With the range of books on offer including Elmer, Dinosaur Club, InvestiGators, Loki and Dread Wood, there is plenty on offer for children and...

  • Reflecting Realities: Increasing representation in children's books

    Reflecting Realities: Increasing representation in children's books

    Friday, December 1, 2023

    The annual CLPE Reflecting Realities Survey of Ethnic Representation within UK Children's Literature shows a continued move towards inclusion and representation in books for children during 2022, particularly in fiction. However, the report also notes declines in representation in pict...

  • Impossible Creatures wins Waterstone's Book of the Year Award 2023

    Impossible Creatures wins Waterstone's Book of the Year Award 2023

    Book Awards

    Thursday, November 30, 2023

    Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures has won the Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, a much-coveted award that will see Impossible Creatures supported by Waterstones' booksellers nationally.  The bookseller also announced In Memoriam by Alice Winn as Waters...

  • Dare you enter the Hollow Hills...?

    Dare you enter the Hollow Hills...?

    Video/Vlog

    Wednesday, November 22, 2023

    Author Anna Kemp introduces The Hollow Hills, the sequel to her dark magical tale, Into Goblyn Wood.

  • Nero Book Awards announces its inaugural shortlist

    Nero Book Awards announces its inaugural shortlist

    Book Awards

    Tuesday, November 21, 2023

    Coffee house Caffè Nero has announced the 16-strong shortlist for the inaugural Nero Book Awards, recognising the outstanding books of the past 12 months across four categories: Children's Fiction, Debut Fiction, Fiction and Non-Fiction. Twelve category judges - a mix of authors, books...

  • Students' reviews entice Waterstones' shoppers

    Monday, November 20, 2023

    Writer Tahereh Mafi said: "I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me." The idea of books being well-loved friends you can't wait to introduce to others, is the cornerston...

  • Inclusive Books for Children Awards 2023 longlists announced

    Inclusive Books for Children Awards 2023 longlists announced

    Book Awards

    Monday, November 20, 2023

    Dapo Adeola, Tracy Darnton, Joseph Coelho and Chitra Soundar are among the 19 authors and illustrators longlisted for the Inclusive Books for Children's Award 2023.  Seeking representation in children's books, the longlisted titles feature protagonists that include a racialised minority, disab...