BfK 233 November 2018

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This issue’s cover illustration is from The Afterwards by A.F. Harrold. Thanks to Bloomsbury Children’s Books for their help with this November cover.

New Talent

Maybe the Moon

Frances Ives
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Editor's Choice

The Afterwards

A F Harrold
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Articles

Editorial 233: November 2018
News and comment from the Editor.
Fairy Tales: Holding the Old Stories Tight
Deirdre Sullivan discusses her new book, Tangleweed and Brine.
Books of the Year 2018
The best of 2018 selected by a BfK panel.
Christmas Gift Special 2018
Without the help of a single elf, Andrea Reece has picked out the books you’ll enjoy giving most.
Voices from the Past
Tom Palmer on writing World War One.
Authorgraph No.233: A F Harrold
A F Harrold interviewed by Charlotte Hacking.
Ten of the Best: Films of Children’s Books
Laura Fraine makes her pick.
Windows into Illustration: Fabi Santiago
Fabi Santiago explains her process and the creation of her new book, I Really Want That Unicorn.
Beyond the Secret Garden? ‘We English’: Nonfiction and Belonging in Children’s Literature
Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor’s consider representations of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic voices in reference books for children.
Two Children Tell: Growing up with John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury
Virginia Lowe observes the influence John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury had on her children’s imaginations.
I Wish I’d Written: Candy Gourlay
Candy Gourlay chooses The House with Chicken Legs.
Good Reads: Saint Wilfrid’s C of E Academy
Reviews chosen by young people at Saint Wilfrid’s C of E Academy in Blackburn.
Review Feature: Never Such Innocence
Geoff Fox on young people's responses to the Great War.
Classics in Short No.132: Christmas with the Savages
Brian Alderson introduces an unusual family, and a distinctive voice.
My Mum Tracy Beaker – The Launch
A report by Rebecca Butler.
An Interview with Garth Nix and Sean Williams
The authors discuss their new fantasy series with Philip Womack.
An Interview with Peter Brown
Andrea Reece asks Peter Brown about his Wild Robot books.
An Interview with Costa Shortlisted author Hilary Mckay
Philip Womack interviews Hilary McKay about The Skylarks' War.
An Interview with Costa Shortlisted Author, David Almond
David Almond discusses his new book, the Costa shortlisted The Colour of the Sun, with Nicholas Tucker.
An Interview with Costa Shortlisted author Candy Gourlay
The author discusses her Costa shortlisted book, Bone Talk, with Ferelith Hordon.
An Interview with Costa Shortlisted author Matt Killeen
The author of Orphan Monster Spy interviewed by Michelle Pauli.

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