Book Reviews

Fleur Hitchcock graduated from Bath Spa University with an MA in Writing for Young people. Her books include Murder at Twilight, Murder in Midwinter and Dear Scarlett. Here she talks

Zeb Soanes is a familiar voice on BBC Radio and Television. He reads The Shipping Forecast and is a presenter for the BBC Proms. Here he talks about his new

Jess studied a Creative Writing Masters at Bath Spa University and now lives between the USA and the UK. Her books for children aged 9+ include Running on the Roof

Emmett and Caleb is a moving, gentle picture book by Karen Hottois and Delphine Renon. It explores the relationship between the two main characters, Emmett and Caleb, as they journey

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