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Bfk 266 May 2024

May 20, 2024/in /by bookskeeps

This issue’s cover illustration is from Magicalia Race of Wonders by Jennifer Bell. Cover artwork by David Wyatt. Thanks to Walker Books for their help with this cover.

New Talent

The Untameables

Clare Pollard
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Editor's Choice

Slug Life

Moesha Kellaway
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Articles

Slow down drawing: an interview with Ed Vere
Mat Tobin interviews Ed Vere about his latest book, The Elephant and the Sea
The Big Day introduced by Rachel Plummer
Rachel Plummer discusses her picturebook The Big Day, a celebration of love and inclusivity.
Journeying into the Unknown: an interview with Aaron Becker
An interview with the winner of the 2024 Carnegies Medal for Illustration
Editorial 266
News from the children's book world
What is poetry and can AI write it?
Laura Mucha explores AI and poetry
Back where it all began: Brian Wildsmith in Barnsley
Barnsley hosts two important new Brian Wildsmith exhibitions
Authorgraph No 266: Jennifer Bell
Jennifer Bell interviewed by Joy Court
Windows into Illustration: Rebecca Cobb
Rebecca Cobb draws a tiger on a train
Picture This
The first in a new Books for Keeps series by Nicolette Jones
Beyond the Secret Garden: How to Write Children’s Books about Africa
How to Write Books About Africa by Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor
Bookmaker In Chief: Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho
Joseph Coelho reflects on his tenure as Waterstones Children’s Laureate
The Wrong Shoes: an interview with Tom Percival
The Wrong Shoes: an interview with Tom Percival
AI – here for longer than we think
AI is here and it’s in our YA fiction says Rose Roberto
I Wish I’d Written: Louise Forshaw
Louise Forshaw on a book that caught her imagination as a child.
Valediction 16: Toys
Brian Alderson’s latest gift to Seven Stories is a book by Cyril Beaumont.

Book Reviews

Elki is Not My Dog

Elena Arevalo Melville
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I am Rebel

Ross Montgomery
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The Happy Prince

Oscar Wilde
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EchoStar

Melinda Salisbury
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The Girl Who Couldn’t Lie

Radhika Sanghani
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Sister Spirit

Efua Traoré
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King of Nothing

Nathanael Lessore
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Jack-Jack: a Dog in Africa

Ben Garrod
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