BfK 250 September 2021

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This issue’s cover illustration is from Tilda Tries Again, written and illustrated by Tom Percival. Thanks to Bloomsbury Children’s Books for their help with our 250th cover.

New Talent

Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest

Aisling Fowler
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Editor's Choice

When Poems Fall from the Sky

Zaro Weil
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Articles

Guest Editorial 250: September 2021
Ed Vere paints a picture of how much visual literacy can achieve.
Changing the world, one library at a time
Catherine Millar goes behind the scenes of Cressida Cowell's Life-Changing Libraries campaign.
Poetry By Heart
Julie Blake on re-imagining the children's poetry anthology for the digital age.
The Power of Pictures
Charlotte Hacking describes CLPE's new research.
Windows into Illustration: John Broadley
John Broadley talks about his approach.
Authorgraph No.250: Tom Percival
Tom Percival interviewed by Ferelith Hordon.
Ten of the Best: Books about Emotions
Elizabeth Schlenther chooses the best books about emotions.
Beyond the Secret Garden: On Values, Knowledge and the Imagination
Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O'Connor explore the notion of 'policing the imagination'.
Bookbird: A Flight through Time
Valerie Coghlan looks back at the journal's history.
Valediction No.1: Forbidding mourning
Brian Alderson bids a fond farewell to books from his collection.
A Q&A Interview with Philip Womack
Philip Womack on his new book, Wildlord.
An Interview with Frostheart author, Jamie Littler
Michelle Pauli talks to Jamie Littler about his Frostheart trilogy.
Fireborn: An Interview with Aisling Fowler
Andrea Reece talks to Aisling Fowler about her new children's fantasy series.
Tickling Terror Tropes: an interview with Klaus Flugge Prize winner Flavia Z Drago
Mat Tobin, one of the judges of this year's Klaus Flugge Prize, interviews 2021 winner Flavia Z Drago.

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