“Lyra Belacqua from Northern Lights showed me that girls can be just as brave as boys, adults and even armoured polar bears. Mildred Hubble from The Worst Witch helped me navigate friendships. Lucy Pevensie from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe taught me to believe in worlds behind wardrobes and once in Narnia, Aslan showed me how to hope, even in the darkest times.”
Jasbinder Bilan is the author of Asha And The Spirit Bird, an evocative, beautiful magical-realist Indian adventure and the winner of the 2017 Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition. Asha And The Spirit
Sophie Anderson is the best-selling and much-loved author of The House with Chicken Legs, which has just been longlisted for the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. Here she talks
Emer Stamp is the author of the award-winning The Diary of Pig series. Here she talks about winning the Lollies 2018 award for Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8s
Michelle Harrison is the award-winning author of The Thirteen Treasures. Here, she talks about her new book A Pinch of Magic, her favourite childhood books and the joys of reading
Lesléa Newman is the author of 70 books for readers of all ages, including A Letter to Harvey Milk; October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard; I Carry My Mother; The
“Reading helps you to develop an explorer’s heart, and the world never looks quite the same once you’ve glimpsed it through someone else’s eyes…” I’m delighted to invite Sinead O’Hart
Samuel J. Halpin is the author of the wonderfully spooky, dark, exciting and touching new story The Peculiar Peggs of Riddling Woods. Without giving too much away, can you tell
A.F. Harrold is a poet, performer and children’s author. His work for children includes The Song From Somewhere Else, The Imaginary, The Afterwards and Things You Find in a
Neal Zetter is a poet and author and works in schools, delivering fabulously funny workshops! Here he talks about his poetry, inspiring children to read and his love of comics
Lisa Thompson is the author of the children’s books, The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar. Here she talks about her new book, The Day I was Erased. Without giving too much away, can
As a child, music was a huge part of my primary school experience – I was part of the choir, learnt the keyboard (the teacher eventually let me be her
