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BfK 263 November 2023
This issue’s cover illustration is from The Snow Girl by Sophie Anderson, illustrated by Melissa Castrillón. Thanks to Usborne for their help with this Christmas cover.
Set ‘a long time ago, when the Kings of England were always named George,’ Peter Bunzl’s glistening new fantasy continues the story told in Magicborn, though works perfectly as a standalone. The four Glass-Belle children are moving into their mother’s old home, Fairykeep Cottage, source of so many of the magical stories she told them. They and their father are grief-stricken following their mother’s death. Escaping t …
Set ‘a long time ago, when the Kings of England were always named George,’ Peter Bunzl’s glistening new fantasy continues the story told in Magicborn, though works perfectly as a standalone. The four Glass-Belle children are moving into their mother’s old home, Fairykeep Cottage, source of so many of the magical stories she told them. They and their father are grief-stricken following their mother’s death. Escaping to the churchyard next door to the house, the youngest child, Acton, finds a mysterious key. This will open the door to an adventure in which all four siblings enter Fairyland, Acton alone save for the enchanted robin Coriel; Cora, Bram and Elle together. With his brother and sisters in the power of the wicked Fairy Queen, Acton is sent to fetch her the Glimmerglass Crown from the head of the Dead King. With shades o …
‘When most fathers shuffle away to the great shed in the beyond, their kids inherit things like their LP collection, a carefully curated selection of humorous postcards or a dicky bladder. I inherited a world.’ So says Rhianna Pratchett about her father, Terry. Together with children’s author Gabrielle Kent, a self-described resident of the Disc since her school days, Rhianna has created Tiffany A …
View Full InterviewHere we are in November 2023 and watching the launch of another new campaign for school libraries. Libraries for Primaries, founded by the National Literacy Trust and Penguin Books, is calling for the government to …
It’s a happy tenth birthday to Flying Eye Books, a publisher consistently bringing us intriguing, original and distinctive books. Sam Arthur, Co-Founder/Creative Director looks back, and forward. The story I tell ab …
TikTok, mystical beasts, romantasies (no, us neither), it’s been another busy and exciting year in children’s publishing. Fads aside, which are the books that really stood out and which are the books we’ll be readin …
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