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

And perhaps most importantly, poetry calls on us to value the space between the black and the white of things: poems tend to whisper not shout, and a good poem offers some space for the reader to find their own meaning. All of these things feel to me like crucial elements in both learning and living.

 Our Castle by the Sea is Lucy’s second novel, following her critically acclaimed and much-loved debut, The Secret of Nightingale Wood. Without giving too much away, can you tell us a bit