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A time-twisting adventure from Michelle Harrison!
Video/Vlog
Friday, March 13, 2026
The Morrow twins, who we first meet in Twice Upon a Time, return in A Clock Strikes Murder. Look out for a strange museum, a cursed painting - and a murder . . . Author Michelle Harrison tells us more.
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Encourage children in imaginative play with Mo's Stick
Growing Readers
Friday, March 13, 2026
Author and illustrator Fiona Lumbers tells ReadingZone about her new picture book, Mo's Stick, a simple but powerful story about the power of children's imaginations, to encourage little ones in their own imaginative play.
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Video/Vlog
Friday, March 13, 2026
ReadingZone caught up with debut author Miranda Reason to explore her powerful YA thriller, Day Of Now, set in a post-apocalyptic world.
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The Carnegies 2026 shortlists announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
The Carnegies book award shortlists were announced today at the London Book Fair, the signal for thousands of schools around the country and abroad to launch their shadowing groups in the run-up to the announcement of the final winners on 23 June. The Carnegies...
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The Boy at the Window wins Peters Children's Book of the Year
Book Awards
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
School librarians, teachers and public libraries across the UK have voted The Boy at the Window by Lucy Strange (Barrington Stoke) winner of the Peters Children's Book of the Year Award for 2026, with Peters' team describing it as the 'perfect ghost story,'
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Celebrate mixed identity and heritage
Authors Q&As
Monday, March 2, 2026
Growing up with a dual heritage and mixed race is a super-power, says Emma Slade Edmondson, and her new book Mixed: Explore and Celebrate Your Mixed Identity explores just how great it can be!
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Tell yourself you're awesome!
Video/Vlog
Monday, March 2, 2026
I Tell Myself I'm Awesome is a new poetry collection by Joshua Seigal - find out why we should all tell ourselves we're awesome! More about I Tell Myself I'm Awesome!
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Reader of the Year Award launched by the SLA and Barrington Stoke
Friday, February 27, 2026
The Barrington Stoke Reader of the Year Award is to be launched as a national award to celebrate young readers, recognising pupils in Year 7 and 8 who have overcome challenge to discover the joy of reading. The winner will receive £400 worth of Barrington Stoke...
