BfK 198 January 2013

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This issue’s cover illustration is by David Melling and is from We Love You, Hugless Douglas! Thanks to Hodder Children’s Books for their help with this cover.

New Talent

The Weight of Water

Sarah Crossan
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Editor's Choice

I Have the Right to be a Child

Alain Serres
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Articles

2013: All Change
What will 2013 hold for the children's book world?
An Awfully Interactive Adventure
Fleur Hitchcock describes The Story Adventure, and what she hopes for it.
Windows into Illustration: Jackie Morris
Jackie Morris explains the technique and thinking behind the illustrations in her new book, East of the Sun, West of Moon.
Ten of the Best: Books in Translation
Deborah Hallford, co-founder of Outside In World, chooses.
Literary Ventriloquism
Daniel Hahn on the translator's art.
There’s Something about Jane
Caroline Sanderson asks how old do you have to be to read Jane Austen.
Authorgraph No.198: Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner interviewed by Clive Barnes.
There Won’t Be Time for English in English
Robert Hull on the draft National Curriculum for English.
BfK News: January 2013
Awards update.
Hal’s Reading Diary: January 2013
Roger Mills looks back over eleven years of Hal's reading.
BfK’s Brilliant Bookshops: Storytellers Inc. Lancashire
Katie Clapham describes what goes on.
I Wish I’d Written: Alex Shearer
Alex Shearer chooses Flowers for Algernon.
Good Reads: Monk’s Walk School
Reviews chosen by pupils from Monk’s Walk School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
Classics in Short No.97: Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey
Brian Alderson on a giant work: Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey.
A Q&A Interview with Hilary McKay
Hilary McKay answers questions about her new novel Binny for Short.
A Q&A Interview with C J Flood
Andrea Reece asks C J FLood about her debut novel, Infinite Sky.

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