Bfk 270 January 2025

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This issue’s cover illustration is from Hunt for the Golden Scarab by M.G. Leonard illustrated by Manuel Šumberac. Thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help with this cover.

New Talent

Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?

Sarah Ziman
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Editor's Choice

Gold Rush

Flora Delargy
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Price: £16.99
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Articles

A Q&A Interview with Megan Freeman
An interview with debut author Megan Freeman
Ten Years of Mystery-Adventure: an interview with Katherine Woodfine
Katherine Woodfine interviewed by Michelle Pauli
There’s a Bear on My Stage
Nicolette Jones watches the new stage show of Ross Collins' There's a Bear on My Chair
Celebrating the Magical World of Harriet Muncaster
Happy Isadora Moon Day! A new interview with Harriet Muncaster
Storytelling magic: an interview with Judith Eagle
Joy Court interviews author Judith Eagle
Frank Cottrell-Boyce hosts Reading Rights Summit calling on the government to ‘de-silo reading’
Frank Cottrell-Boyce hosts first Laureate Reading Summit
Editorial 270
Welcome to 2025
Opening doors – an interview with M.G. Leonard
Michelle Pauli interviews the bestselling author about her new series
New Year Predictions 2025
We ask the experts: what will we be talking about in 2025?
What to read in 2025 Alison Green Books to Flying Eye
What to read in 2025 A - F publishers Alison Green Books to Flying Eye
What to read in 2025 Gecko Press to Oxford Children’s Books
The books to look out for in the year ahead, chosen by their editors - publishers g - o!
What to read in 2025 – from Piccadilly Press to Zephyr
The books to look out for in the year ahead, chosen by their editors - publishers p - z!
Authorgraph 270: Jamie Smart
Jamie Smart interviewed by Paul Gravett
Windows into Illustration: Caroline Magerl
Caroline Magerl on the two-legged sack race that created Piano Fingers
Picture This: Advent Adventures and New Discoveries
Nicolette Jones highlights three picture book illustrations that count
Moving Beyond the Secret Garden
Patrice Lawrence interviews Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor about their BfK series and new book
Beyond the Secret Garden: Growing up away from Birth Parents
Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor look at literary representations of children growing up without their birth parents
Letting the Light In: a conversation between co-authors Jenny Downham and Louis Hill
Letting the Light In: a conversation between co-authors Jenny Downham and Louis Hill
Obituary: Morag Styles 1947-2024
Professor Morag Styles remembered by Victor Watson
I Wish I’d Written: Stewart Foster
Stewart Foster choses a book so good he owns three copies
Valediction 20: An Early Ladybird
Valediction Number 20: Brian Alderson packs up an early Ladybird.
An interview with Liz Hyder
Liz Hyder interviewed about her book The Twelve which is shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards

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