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‘This is not the sort of book I ever expected to write’, says Anna Goodall of her debut, Maggie Blue and the Dark World, which has just been shortlisted for the 2021 Costa Children’s Book Award. Her book tells the story of a young girl called Maggie, who is living away from home with an […]
Utterly Dark has never been afraid of the sea, unlike the rest of the population of Wildsea. For them, the sea is where the Gorm comes from, and why there should always be a Watcher. But who – or what is the Gorm? And who is Utterly, found washed up on the beach as a […]
The shortlist for the 2021 Costa Children’s Book Award has been announced. The Costa is the only major UK book prize open solely to authors resident in the UK and Ireland and this is their 50th year. This year’s judges for the Costa Children’s Book Award are Gill Edwards, owner of The Little Ripon Bookshop; […]
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