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BfK 72 January 1992

January 1, 1992/in /by Richard Hill

Our cover illustration this month is by Alan Lee from The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien. The first-ever colour illustrated edition is now available from HarperCollins (0 261 102230 3) at £30.00. We thank them for their help in reproducing the cover of the book.

Articles

Editorial 72: January 1992
News and comment from the Editor.
The Tolkien Centenniel
David Day discusses J R R Tolkien on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Authorgraph No.72: James Berry
James Berry interviewed by Morag Styles.
How safe is your Schools Library Service?
Margaret Smith outlines national changes and... Mary Hoffman describes a little local difficulty.
Old Lies Revisited: Young Readers and the Literature of War and Violence
Nicholas Tucker reviews a book with a message that's 'simply too uncomfortable in today's world'.
A Jostle of Poetries
Robert Hull assesses some new anthologies.
BfK News: January 1992
Awards
Moscow: August 1991
Judith Elkin in Moscow just as the August 1991 coup broke...
Dreams and Mysteries
Stephanie Nettell chooses recent Teenage Fiction.

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