BfK 213 July 2015

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This issue’s cover illustration is from Crowns and Codebreakers (The Marsh Road Mysteries) by Elen Caldecott. Thanks to Bloomsbury Children’s Books for their help with this July cover

New Talent

The Baby

Lisa Drakeford
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Editor's Choice

This is Not a Love Story

Keren David
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Articles

Editorial 213: July 2015
News and comment from the Editor.
Life’s Too Short
Mairi Kidd, MD of Barrington Stoke, on the appeal of keeping things short.
Ten of the Best: Books about Other Places
Daniel Hahn selects books to take you 'elsewhere' this summer.
Windows into Illustration: William Grill
William Grill explains his influences and approach to Shackleton’s Journey.
Brenda, Books and Full-Frontal Publishing
Damian Kelleher talks to Brenda Gardner about 30 years of publishing for children.
Drawing with Words, Writing with Pictures: children who make comics
Get children hooked on drawing through cartoons says Hannah Sackett.
Authorgraph No.213: Elen Caldecott
Elen Caldecott interviewed by Amanda Mitchison.
Happy Birthday, Little Island!
Ireland’s first Children’s Laureate Siobhán Parkinson on creating her children's list, Little Island.
CLiPPA Poetry Award 2015
Roger McGough talks to CLPE Chief Executive, Louise Johns-Shepherd about the award, the judging process and contemporary children’s poetry.
Book Events for Children – Summer Highlights
Chosen by Clare Burkhill-Howarth of the Book Events for Children website.
I Wish I’d Written: Guy Bass
Guy Bass chooses The Lost Thing.
Good Reads: Manor High School
Reviews chosen by pupils at Manor High School, Oadby, Leicester.
Two Children Tell: The Wiz-a-Woz and Nicholas
Virginia Lowe observes her children differentiate between the real and the pretend in stories.
Infecting Teachers with the Reading Bug!
Joy Court explains the unique structure and benefits that make the UKLA Book Awards so special.
Classics in Short No.112: Nursery Rhymes
Brian Alderson on the old woman who found - what?
Lauren Child Retrospective: Mottisfont House
Clive Barnes visits the first retrospective exhibition of Lauren Child’s illustrative work.
An Interview with Louis Sachar
Graham Marks talks to Louis Sachar about his new novel, Fuzzy Mud.
Style and Substance: an Interview with Carina Axelsson
Andrea Reece interviews the author of the Model Under Cover series.
An Interview with CLiPPA winner Joseph Coelho
Ferelith Hordon speaks to poet Joseph Coelho.
A Q&A Interview with C J Daugherty, about The Secret Fire
The best-selling author of the Night School series talks about her new series and collaborating with another author.

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