Bfk 268 September 2024

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This issue’s cover illustration is from Shipwrecked by Jenny Pearson illustrations by Nick East. Thanks to Usborne Books for their help with this cover.

New Talent

The Boy in the Suit

James Fox
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Editor's Choice

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

Patrick Ness
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Articles

Host with the Most: an interview with Jeff Kinney
Damian Kelleher interviews Jeff Kinney
Super, happy, magic: an interview with Matty Long
An interview with the creator of the Super Happy Magic Forest and Croaky series
Zainab Take a Bow An interview with Zainab Boladale
The author of Braids Take a Day interviewed about her debut novel for teenagers
Handle with Care: An interview with Louisa Reid
An interview with Louisa Reid
Meet wee witch Ivy Newt and her creator Derek Keilty
Michelle Pauli talks to Derek Keilty for Books for Keeps
Editorial 268
News and comment from the children’s book world
Set SAIL: the new South Asian Children’s Illustration and Literature Festival
Chitra Soundar reports on the new South East Asian Children’s Illustration and Literature Festival
Ten of the Best: Books to challenge what happened in the UK this August
Books to help us resist what happened in the UK this summer chosen by Letterbox Library
Authorgraph 268: Jenny Pearson
Jenny Pearson interviewed by Tanja Jennings
Windows into Illustration: Sarah Massini
Sarah Massini describes creating the illustrations for a new version of The Little Prince
Picture This: Are We Old Enough for Picturebooks?
Are we old enough for picture books, asks Nicolette Jones
Find the feels you’re looking for
CLiPPA winner Mat Goodfellow interviewed by Ana Sampson
The countdown to National Poetry Day
National Poetry Day is coming and here's how to celebrate all year long
Tara Books – 30 years of creativity
Pam Dix interviews Gita Wolf, founder of Tara Books
Beyond the Secret Garden: Island Kingdoms and Robinsonades
Beyond the Secret Garden: island kingdoms and Robinsonades by Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor
History Man: an interview with Tony Bradman
An interview with Tony Bradman
Welcome to the World, Post Wave Children’s Books
An introduction to new children’s imprint Post Wave Children’s Books by publisher Emma Blackburn
I Wish I’d Written: Laurence Anholt
Laurence Anholt makes a very personal choice
Good Reads: Weatherhead High School, Wirral
Good Reads chosen by young people at Weatherhead High School, Wirral
Valediction 18: Poor Cancelled Dr Seuss
Brian Alderson packs up a very early Dr Seuss
A Q&A interview with Catherine Emmett
Trick or Treat? Catherine Emmett answers our questions

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