BfK 160 September 2006

This issue’s cover illustration by Getty Images is from Tim Bowler’s Frozen Fire. Tim Bowler is interviewed by Geoff Fox on page 12. Thanks to Oxford University Press for their help with this September cover.

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The Cat Who Wanted to Go Home

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Editorial 160: September 2006

News and comment from the Editor.

Diversity Matters: growing markets in children’s publishing – How Committed Are Publishers to Publishing Black Writers?

Malorie Blackman describes her experiences of being published.

Diversity Matters: growing markets in children’s publishing – Conference Report

Shereen Pandit reports on her impressions.

Early Years Reading: Anna Wilson’s ‘Nina Fairy Ballerina’ series

Alison Kelly explores Anna Wilson’s ‘Nina Fairy Ballerina’ series

Waiting for a Jamie Oliver: Beyond bog-standard literacy

Henrietta Dombey assesses the arguments.

Authorgraph No.160: Tim Bowler

Tim Bowler interviewed by Geoff Fox.

BfK News: September 2006

People * Letters to the Editor

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Bayard magazines for children

Hal’s Reading Diary: September 2006

Roger Mills on Hal’s science library.

I Wish I’d Written: Meg Rosoff

Meg Rosoff chooses Frances Hardinge’s Fly By Night.

Good Reads: King Edward VI Aston School

Reviews from King Edward VI Aston School, Aston, Birmingham.

Classics in Short No.59: The Jungle Books

Brian Alderson on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Books.

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