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BfK 155 November 2005

November 1, 2005/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration features Anthony Horowitz’s Raven’s Gate. Anthony Horowitz is interviewed by Nicholas Tucker on page 12. Thanks to Walker Books for their help with this November cover.

New Talent

Elsewhere

Gabrielle Zevin
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Editor's Choice

Killer Gorilla

Jeanne Willis
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Articles

Editorial 155: November 2005
News and comment from the Editor.
Books as Gifts at Christmas
Rosemary Stones suggests books for giving.
Counting Books
Sheila Ebbutt on books that count.
The CLPE Poetry Prize 2005
Tony Mitton explains the judging process.
BfK News: November 2005
Events * Awards * Letter to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.41
National Centre for Language & Literacy
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award
Andrew Bailey discusses Haf Davies’ Beans, Babes?.
Good Reads: Ballyclare High School
Reviews from Ballyclare High School, County Antrim.
Authorgraph No.155: Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz interviewed by Nicholas Tucker.
I Wish I’d Written: Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner chooses Alain-Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes.
Hal’s Reading Diary: November 2005
Roger Mills has more thoughts on the nature of humour.
Classics in Short No.54: Selected Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Brian Alderson on the Brothers Grimm’s Selected Tales.

Book Reviews

Ancient Rome

Stewart Ross
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The Drowning

Valerie Mendes
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Ithaka

Adèle Geras
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Corydon and the Island of Monsters

Tobias Druitt
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Scientists Anonymous

Patricia Fara
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The Beasts of Clawstone Castle

Eva Ibbotson
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Runny Babbit – a collection of poems by Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein
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Itching for a Fight: Another almost true story by Dylan Douglas (age 13)

Joel Snape
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Joe’s Dog

Angela Joy
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The Tree House

Gillian Cross
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An Otter’s First Swim

Adrienne Kennaway
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A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound

John Irving
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