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BfK 18 January 1983

January 1, 1983/in /by Richard Hill

On our cover this issue we feature a still from the new BBC TV serial of Robert Westall’s The Machine Gunners. There is a new Puffin with a tie-in cover, (0 14 03 0973 X, £1.10). We are most grateful to Puffin for their help in using this picture.

Articles

Editorial 18: January 1983
News and comment from the Editor.
The World of Children’s Books, Part 5: Readerland
In a new landfall we follow in the footsteps of the few who have so far explored...
Lifeline 2: Part 1 – Multi-cultural Books for Children
Judith Elkin introduces a new Lifeline Library series.
Authorgraph No.18: Robert Westall
Robert Westall interviewed by Pat Triggs.
Teenage Fiction Award
A report on the Young Observer/Rank prize.
Teenage Fiction – another uninspired year
An alternative view of 1982 from Steve Bowles.
Sound & Vision: January 1983
News and views about books on TV and in films.
Meet the Borribles
and their creator, Michael de Larrabeiti.
Getting Going with Poetry
The pick of recent anthologies.
BfK News: January 1983
News about what's happening in the children's book world.

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