BfK 226 September 2017

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This issue’s cover illustration is from Things A Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls. Thanks to Andersen Press for their help with this September cover.

New Talent

Hannah and Sugar

Kate Berube
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Editor's Choice

Overheard in a Tower Block

Joseph Coelho
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Articles

Guest Editorial 226: September 2017
Remembering Jonny Zucker with Striker Boy.
Using Picturebooks in the Classroom
Mary Roche on the ways picture books open up the world for children.
Two Children Tell: Fast, Slow, High, Low
Virginia Lowe pays tribute to Peter Spier and examines the impact his books had on her own children.
How to write poems
In advance of National Poetry Day, inspiration from Joseph Coelho.
Windows into Illustration: Francesca Sanna
Francesca Sanna describes her approach to creating her first picture book, The Journey.
Authorgraph No.226: Sally Nicholls
Sally Nicholls interviewed by Michelle Pauli.
Ten of the Best: Historical Novels for Children
Tony Bradman chooses.
Attending BIB in Bratislava
Pam Dix, Chair of IBBY UK, reports on BIB, Biennale for Illustration Bratislava 2017.
Culture, Class and J G Ballard
Philip Reeve discusses his new series, Railhead, with Philip Womack.
I Wish I’d Written: A F Harrold
A F Harrold chooses Calvin and Hobbes.
Classics in Short No.125: The Children of the New Forest
Brian Alderson ponders whether Children of the New Forest is the earliest English fiction for children never to have gone out of print.
A Q&A Interview with Rhian Ivory on Hope
The author answers questions on her new novel.
An Interview with William Sutcliffe
Lindsey Fraser interviews the author of The Wall and Concentr8.
An Interview with Gill Lewis
The award-winning author talks to Clive Barnes about her new book Sky Dancer.
An Interview with Lisa Lueddecke
Anna James interviews Lisa Lueddeke about her debut novel, A Shiver of Snow and Sky.
An Interview with Kaye Umansky
The bestselling author talks to Andrea Reece about her new book, Witch for a Week.

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