BfK 192 January 2012

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This issue’s cover illustration is from The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan. Thanks to David Fickling Books for their help with this January cover.

New Talent

Lolly Luck

Ellie Daines
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Editor's Choice

The Highway Rat

Julia Donaldson
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Articles

Editorial 192: January 2012
News and comment from the Editor.
The Best Children’s Books of 2011
A round-up of fiction, picture books, poetry and non-fiction titles.
BfK’s Brilliant Bookshops: The Children’s Bookshop Huddersfield
Owner Sonia Benster gives us a tour.
Windows into Illustration: Emma Chichester Clark
Emma Chichester Clark on how she went about illustrating 'Wagtail Town'.
Richard Dawkins: The Magic of Reality
Sue Unstead interviews Richard Dawkins.
Ten of the Best: Horse and Pony Books
Jane Badger chooses her top ten.
Authorgraph No.192: Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan interviewed by Nicholas Tucker.
The Legacy of the Arabian Nights
Neil Philip discusses Marina Warner’s latest book.
BfK News: January 2012
Awards update.
Useful Organisations No.56: Author Profile
A training company committed to sharing industry experience.
Obituary: Russell Hoban
Brian Alderson writes...
Hal’s Reading Diary: January 2012
Roger Mills on books v computer games.
I Wish I’d Written: Steve Cole
Steve Cole chooses Marianne Dreams.
Good Reads: Widcombe C of E Junior School
Chosen by Year 6 (10-11 year-old) pupils from Widcombe C of E Junior School, Bath.
Classics in Short No.91: Emil and the Detectives
Brian Alderson on The Real Emil: a Detective Story in Itself.
A Q&A Interview with Celia Rees
Andrea Reece talks to Celia Rees about her new contemporary thriller, This Is Not Forgiveness.
Life Beyond the Bunker
Susanne Winnacker’s The Other Life is sending shivers up the spine of diehard dystopian fiction fans. Damian Kelleher discovers why.
A Squash and a Squeeze: Sharing Stories with Julia Donaldson
Laura Fraine interviews Julia Donaldson about the Seven Stories exhibition, A Squash and a Squeeze.
Sally Nicholls on All Fall Down
Sally Nicholls on her new novel.

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