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BfK 161 November 2006

November 1, 2006/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover shows Neil Gaiman (photo © Kelli Bickman) with his book The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr Punch illustrated by Dave McKean. Neil Gaiman is interviewed by Nicholas Tucker on page 10. Thanks to Bloomsbury for their help with this November cover.

New Talent

Breathe

Anne-Sophie Brasme
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Editor's Choice

Just in Case

Meg Rosoff
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Articles

Editorial 161: November 2006
News and comment from the Editor.
BfK Profile: Kevin Crossley-Holland
Colin Mills discusses Kevin Crossley-Holland’s Gatty’s Tale.
Can children learn to love punctuation?
Lynne Truss on her junior version of Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
Windows into Illustration: Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell explains his approach to The Emperor of Absurdia.
Hal’s Reading Diary: November 2006
Roger Mills on how Hal finds lists of words boring.
Diversity matters: Multi-cultural Publishing: What it took to get to where we are
Rosemary Stones on the history of multi-cultural publishing.
Take 3: Father Christmases
The Santas of Clement C Moore, J R R Tolkien and Raymond Briggs.
Authorgraph No.161: Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman interviewed by Nicholas Tucker.
BfK News: November 2006
Letters to the Editor * Useful Organisation * Publications
Useful Organisations No.47
Just One More Book!
I Wish I’d Written: Margaret Mahy
Margaret Mahy chooses Diana Wynne Jones’ The Homeward Bounders.
Good Reads: The King’s School
Reviews from The King’s School, Worcester.
Classics in Short No.60: The Stone Book Quartet
Brian Alderson on Alan Garner’s The Stone Book Quartet

Book Reviews

Soul Eater

Michelle Paver
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Wintersmith: A Story of Discworld

Terry Pratchett
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Uan the Little Lamb

Sandra Klaassen
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The Dragon’s Eye

Dugald A Steer
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Melrose and Croc: Friends for Life

Emma Chichester Clark
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Just in Case

Meg Rosoff
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Innocent

Anne Cassidy
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The Hollow People

Brian Keaney
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Happy Birthday to You, Blue Kangaroo!

Emma Chichester Clark
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Martin Luther King: Father of the Civil Rights Movement

Liz Gogerly
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The Lamb Who Came for Dinner

Steve Smallman
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My Body Book

Mick Manning, Brita Granström
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