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Samuel Pollen is a writer from Manchester, UK, and currently lives and work in London. His first book, The Year I Didn’t Eat, is a harrowing, funny, moving, up-lifting story about

“Picture books are our very first stories. They are the foundation we lay for how to make sense out of the world. And it is essential to build into that

Nicola Colton is an Irish illustrator and author. Her new story Jasper and Scruff is the first in a hilarious, heart-warming series of books for 5-8 year olds. Here she

Vashti Hardy is a writer of children’s books living near Brighton in Sussex with her husband and three teens. She was a primary school teacher for several years and her

Sam Copeland is an author and a literary agent and director at Rogers, Coleridge and White. He works as a chicken whisperer, travelling the world using his unique gift to

Marie’s debut picture book, Red and the City, was published by Oxford University Press in  September 2018 . Her second picture book, The Light in the Night, was published by Simon & Schuster

  James Nicols is the author of The Apprentice Witch, A Witch Alone and A Witch Come True. Here he talks about the final book in his wonderful trilogy, his

Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer, born in Reykjavik on the 14th of July 1973. His first children’s book The Story of the Blue Planet won the UKLA Book

Charlie Morris, Senior Publicity and Marketing Executive at the Little Tiger Group, talks about PROUD, a rainbow-riotous celebration of LGBTQ+ talent. PROUD is a stirring, bold and moving anthology of

Darren Simpson is the author of Scavengers, a grimy, gritty middle-grade adventure about a boy called Landfill. Here he talks about the book’s creation and inspiration… Without giving too much

Mini Grey is an illustrator and writer of children’s books. Her wonderful book The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal. Here she talks about

Piers Torday is a Patron of Reading at St. Silas’s in Toxteth, Liverpool, and  a Trustee of the Ministry of Stories, a charity which works with children in East London