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BfK 148 September 2004

September 1, 2004/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Martin Jenkins’ retelling of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver illustrated by Chris Riddell. Chris Riddell is interviewed by Joanna Carey on page 8. Thanks to Walker Books for their help with this September cover.

New Talent

Come Clean

Terri Paddock
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Editor's Choice

Boing!

Sean Taylor
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Articles

Editorial 148: September 2004
News and comment from the Editor.
Friends for Ever
Meg Errington on friendship in the novels of Jacqueline Wilson.
Collecting, Selecting and Anthologising Poetry – the CLPE Award
Morag Styles on the CLPE Poetry Award.
Authorgraph No.148: Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell interviewed by Joanna Carey
The Excitement of New Fiction
Julia Eccleshare on the Branford Boase Award.
BfK News: September 2004
Prizes * Letters to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.35
The National Art Library
Hal’s Reading Diary: September 2004
Roger Mills on Hal’s disregard for phonics.
I Wish I’d Written: Melvin Burgess
Melvin Burgess on Barbara Leonie Picard's Tales of the Norse Gods.
Good Reads: Mayfield School
Reviews from pupils of Mayfield School, Portsmouth.
Classics in Short No.47: The Cuckoo Clock
Brian Alderson on Mrs Molesworth’s The Cuckoo Clock.

Book Reviews

Sardines and other poems

Stephen Knight
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In the Shadow of the Ark

Anne Provoost
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Early Years Non-Fiction

Margaret Mallett
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Edward Ardizzone

Brian Alderson
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Israel and Palestine

Michael Gallagher
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The Pack

Tom Pow
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Grass for his Pillow

Lian Hearn
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Wolf Brother

Michelle Paver
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The Edge

Alan Gibbons
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Crying for the Enemy

Elizabeth Lutzeier
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Fallout

Nick Manns
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Islam

Alison Cooper
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