BfK 222 January 2017

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This issue’s cover illustration is from Margot and Me by Juno Dawson. Thanks to Hot Key Books for their help with this January cover.

New Talent

Wing Jones

Katherine Webber
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Editor's Choice

Bone Gap

Laura Ruby
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Articles

Editorial 222: January 2017
A look ahead by Ferelith Hordon and others.
What to read in 2017
Leading children’s books editors tell us about the books they expect to see on prize shortlists.
What to read in 2017, part 2
Leading children’s books editors tell us about the books they expect to see on prize shortlists.
What to read in 2017, part 3
Leading children’s books editors tell us about the books they expect to see on prize shortlists.
The Bone Sparrow: a contemporary tragedy
Nicholas Tucker interviews Zana Fraillon, the author of the acclaimed novel The Bone Sparrow.
Windows into Illustration: Laura Carlin
Laura Carlin talks about the influences on her work and the approach she took in her book, The Promise.
Authorgraph No.222: Juno Dawson
Juno Dawson interviewed by Michelle Pauli.
Ten of the Best: Children’s Books Written as Diaries
Nikki Gamble does the New Year choosing.
Dissecting Frogs
Illustrator Elys Dolan considers just what it takes to be funny in pictures.
Two Children Tell: In which Pooh is Introduced to Rebecca and Nick
Virginia Lowe on A A Milne's influence on her children.
I Wish I’d Written: Cathryn Constable
Cathryn Constable chooses The Young Visiters.
Good Reads: Southbrook School
Reviews chosen by young people at Southbrook School, Devon.
The Evolution of the Children’s Mystery Story
Imogen Russell Williams plays detective.
A Carey Variorum
Brian Alderson introduces Ronald Welch's sequence of Carey novels.
Obituary: Babette Cole
Nicholas Tucker looks back at her life and career.
Classics in Short No.121: Bevis: the story of a boy
Brian Alderson on Richard Jefferies' Bevis: the story of a boy.
An Interview with Elizabeth Laird
Imogen Russell Williams talks to Elizabeth Laird about her new book, Welcome to Nowhere.
A Q&A Interview with Amy Wilson
An interview with the author of A Girl Called Owl.
An Interview with award-winning translator Helen Wang
Daniel Hahn interviews Helen Wang, winner of the 2017 Marsh Award for Literature in Translation.
A Q&A Interview with Stephanie Burgis
The author answers questions on The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart.
An Interview with Christopher Edge
Christopher Edge talks to Philip Womack about his new book The Jamie Drake Equation.

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