Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson's latest book, 'The Impossible Knife of Memory', takes us into the chaotic life of Hayley Kincaid whose father suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Read 'Good Reads' interview with Laurie as she talks about her own difficult past and other writers who have inspired her.

Writes of Passage

World Book Day is approaching fast! Join the big, happy, booky celebration of reading by nominating books that have changed your life. The top 50 books will be announced by Malorie Blackman in the lead-up to World Book Day. Nominate your favourites here:

http://www.worldbookday.com/writes-of-passage/

Voting closes on 17th January.

Trailer for John Boyne's latest classic

From the author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, a trailer for 'Stay where you are and then leave', another superb story that will appeal to readers of all ages.

Chris Riddell wins Costa Children's Book Award

It's just been announced that Chris Riddell's 'Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse' has won the Costa Children's Book Award. The Costa judges called it 'wonderful, delightful, charming and inventive'.

 

Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth believes that children should be heard and not seen, so Ada has to wear large clumpy boots so that he can always hear her coming. One day William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and together with a ghostly mouse called Ishmael they and Ada begin to unravel a dastardly plot that Maltravers, the mysterious indoor gamekeeper, is hatching.

 

Find out more about Chris Riddell and his superbly illustrated books here.