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BfK 160 September 2006

September 1, 2006/in /by Richard Hill

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.

New Talent

Beast

Ally Kennen
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Editor's Choice

The Cat Who Wanted to Go Home

Jill Tomlinson
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Articles

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
Useful Organisations No.46:
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.

Book Reviews

How the Hangman Lost His Heart

K M Grant
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Damage

Sue Mayfield
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Shining On

Various Authors
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Death in a Nut

Eric Maddern
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All My Friends

Gill Lobel
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Un Deux Trois: First French Rhymes

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Animal Noises

Dawn Apperley
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The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy

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The Black Tattoo

Sam Enthoven
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The Telling Pool

David Clement-Davies
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Rise of the Blood Moon

Alan Gibbons
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The Fourth Horseman

Kate Thompson
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