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What are YA readers looking for?
Friday, May 17, 2024
With just 16% of those aged 14 to 25 reading daily - and only 11% of boys doing so - it's easy to feel that the messages about the benefits of reading for pleasure are missing their mark among teenagers and young adults.
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Does rewilding work? Find out in Explodapedia: Rewild
Video/Vlog
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain introduce Explodapedia: Rewild and ask, can nature and rewilding help to heal our world?
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The Klaus Flugge Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
The shortlist for the Klaus Flugge Prize 2024 has been announced, celebrating the most promising and exciting newcomers to children's picture book illustration
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Healing through nature in Bird Boy
Video/Vlog
Friday, May 10, 2024
We find out from author Catherine Bruton what inspired her powerful new book, Bird Boy, a story about tragedy and the power of nature to help us heal, and grow.
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Look out for Bad United!
Video/Vlog
Thursday, May 9, 2024
We asked author and illustrator Louise Forshaw about football, teamwork and Bad United!
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Meet Wolf and his crew in I Am Wolf
Author Videos
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Alastair Chisholm tells ReadingZone about his new novel I Am Wolf, a thrilling dystopian read set in a world of giant constructs.
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CLiPPA Children's Poetry Award 2024 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education Poetry Award) was announced at a live online event watched by school children across the UK. From a record numbers of entries, the judges, chaired by poet Liz Berry, selected a rich and varied list of poetry.<...
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Anisha Accidental Detective series to be adapted for television
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
The Anisha, Accidental Detective children's books by Serena Patel are being adapted for television, with a ten-part live-action series in development. The show is described as "a bingeable whodunnit series for audiences aged 7+, bursting with intrigue, laughs, twists and turns".</stro...
