The Children’s Bookshow has announced the dates and venues for this year’s tour. It is their 8th tour and will again involve children’s authors and illustrators from the UK and abroad. read more...
The aim of The Children’s Bookshow is to foster a lifelong love of literature in children by bringing them the best writers and illustrators to inspire and guide them.
Authors and illustrators including Shirley Hughes, Nick Sharratt, Lucy Cousins, Emily Gravett and Andy Stanton joined Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne at Waterstone’s Piccadilly on 26th July to launch The Shape Game, a drawing game devised by Browne to raise money for the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity. read more...
Hodder Children’s Books, the publishers of the Famous Five books, are launching new editions of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series this summer with “sensitive text revisions and contemporary new covers”. read more...
American Judy Blume’s pioneering Forever, a teen novel in which first sexual experiences are described clearly and explicitly, was published in the UK 34 years ago and, despite being censored in some US states for many years, its frankness and realism have had a major impact on writing for adolescents over the last three decades. read more...
So what’s new and different about Losing It, a new collection of short stories for teenagers on the theme of losing, or wanting to lose your virginity?
Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Communication, Culture and the Creative Industries, was among the MPs who helped launch The Reading Agency's Summer Reading Challenge at the House of Commons this week. read more...
Ed Vaizey described the SRC as a powerful cultural and educational opportunity of national significance; it is undoubtedly an immensely popular and successful reading initiative, as all teachers, librarians and parents who have watched children take part over the last twelve years will affirm.
Ten authors have made the shortlist for the 2010 Queen of Teen award, its breathless organisers have announced. read more...
The authors are Cathy Cassidy, Jacqueline Wilson, Chris Higgins, Joanna Nadin, Sarah Webb, Sarra Manning, Helen Bailey, Samantha Mackintosh, Louise Rennison and Cathy Hopkins.
Teens and tweens can now vote for their favourite author from the shortlist by visiting www.queenofteen.co.uk. The first Queen of Teen contest attracted tens of thousands of votes from young readers across the globe and resulted in Louise Rennison being crowned Queen.
Birkbeck University is launching a brand new two-year, part-time MA course in Children’s Literature. The course has been co-designed and will be co-directed by author and broadcaster Michael Rosen. read more...
Puffin is marking the publication of Eoin Colfer's latest novel, Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex, with a live event at Forest Hill School in London that will be filmed and simultaneously streamed into classrooms nationwide. read more...
Authors and illustrators including Shirley Hughes, Nick Sharratt, Lucy Cousins, Emily Gravett and Andy Stanton joined Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne at Waterstone’s Piccadilly on 26th July to launch The Shape Game, a drawing game devised by Browne to raise money for the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity. 
‘Every book has a private history of its own, both of its conception and its execution.’