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This issue’s cover illustration is from The Green Child, written by Hollie Hughes, illustration by Britta Teckentrup. Thanks to Post Wave Children’s Books for their help with this cover.

Book of the Week

The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours

Chloe Savage
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New Talent

Murder at the Ivy Hotel

Emily Hourican
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Editor's Choice

Shadow Thieves Island of Skulls

Peter Burns
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Articles

Steve Cole and The Wild Ones an interview
Steve Cole interviewed ny Graham Marks
Writing about the people behind the headlines: an interview with Fidan Meikle
Fidan Meikle interviewed by Michelle Pauli
Party time! You Choose creators Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt chat
Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt, creators of the much-loved You Choose books, in conversation
Cornelia Funke and The Green Kingdom
Cornelia Funke interviewed by Michelle Pauli.
Beautifully baffling: Greek Myths by Liv Albert
Liv Albert shares her love of The Odyssey
On Royal Horses, Mickey Mouse, and Impossible Creatures
Darren Chetty discusses the controversy around ‘The Queen’s Christmas Present’
Editorial 279
News and comment from the children’s book world
Welcome to the new Waterstones Children’s Laureate Patrice Lawrence
Patrice Lawrence interviewed
‘Tell Me About It’: How Conversation and Companionship Create Lifelong Readers
Mat Tobin tells stories about reading
Authorgraph number 279: Tom Palmer
Tom Palmer interviewed by Damien Kelleher
Queer as Comics: a guide to the new exhibition at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
Curator Paul Gravett takes us through the new exhibition.
The magic of words: the poetry world of John Agard
An interview with CLiPPA 2026 winner John Agard
Continuing the Story: A Summer with the GLL Literary Foundation
A summer update from the GLL Literary Foundation
Layers of Light and Hope: An Interview with Britta Teckentrup
Nicolette Jones interviews Britta Teckentrup
Beyond the Secret Garden: Reading Gender
Reading Gender by Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor
Letterbox Library Recommends We Are Family
Beyond Queer Parents
Picture This Widening the Net
Nicolette Jones discusses the visual poetry of inclusive picturebooks
Local Gods, Universal Truths: an interview with Melinda Salisbury
Melinda Salisbury interviewed by Joanne Owen
‘You Did Us Proud’ Children’s Hour Remembered
Nicholas Tucker remembers Children’s Hour
Mitch Johnson: I Wish I’d Written
Mitch Johnson chooses a book that transported him to a different kingdom.
Obituary: Geoff Fox
Obituary: Geoff Fox 20th April 1938 - 14th June 2026
Valediction 28: Jean-Pierre
Brian Alderson wraps up another precious book.
A Q&A interview with Laura Henry-Allain
An interview with the creator of the Maya and Marley stories.
Class, Clues, and Flawed Heroes: An Interview with Ravena Guron
An interview with bestselling author Ravena Guron

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