Books for Keeps 203 - the children's book magazine online

James Dawson has beaten John Green to be crowned the first ever male Queen of Teen. Dawson was announced as the winner of the award at a ceremony on Friday 11th July 2014 surrounded by fans, invited journalists and five out of nine of the other shortlisted authors: Cathy Cassidy, Beth Reekles, Natasha Farrant, Holly Smale, Cassandra Clare, S.C.

Walker Books and The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) are celebrating 25 years of We're Going On A Bear Hunt by attempting to break a Guinness World Records title for the Largest Reading Lesson, to raise money for Read for RNIB Day: At 10am on Tuesday 15 July 2014 Walker Books will host a giant reading lesson starring Michael Rosen.

Booktrust have announced the winners of the first ever Booktrust Best Book Awards with Amazon Kindle from a party-style awards ceremony in central London, attended by authors and some 300 children who had taken part in the judging. The event is part of Children’s Book Week 2014.

12,000 schoolchildren nationwide voted, selecting the winners in six different categories.

The SHOUTWEST! Festival of creative writing for children has taken place at Brunel University where, for three days, students from 10 Hillingdon schools joined 20 children’s authors to explore creating stories - from the initial spark, playing with words to bring ideas alive and create rich meaning, to thinking about plot and character and even body language, explored through drama.