“First of all I want my books to be entertaining, and for me that does mean that anything can happen. I also want my books to have a point and so I try to use the transformations or strange happenings to try to tell us something that the words don’t.” Anthony Browne has just finished [...]
Through the Magic Mirror, the World of Anthony Browne was launched at the Seven Stories gallery in Newcastle this weekend. Disappointed that the distance between hither and yon means I won’t be able to visit it, I was thrilled to stumble upon the retrospective in pictures on the BBC website. The exhibition spans the Children’s Laureate’s [...]
Each year CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, awards the Carnegie Medal for outstanding writing and the Kate Greenaway Medal for distinguished illustration. They are the UK’s most prestigious awards for children’s literature and, like our own Bisto Book of the Year award, there’s a shadowing scheme for young readers which you [...]
Booktrust’s ten best new illustrators were announced yesterday and are listed below. Click on each illustrator to see a preview of their work. Joe Berger Claudia Boldt Katie Cleminson Chris Haughton Alice Melvin Sara Ogilvie Levi Pinfold Salvatore Rubbino Viviane Schwarz Kevin Waldron Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne was one of the esteemed judges of the [...]
The Booktrust Teenage Prize winner was announced at the beginning of the week. Gregory Hughes‘s debut novel ‘Unhooking the Moon’ was awarded the prize which recognises and celebrates the best in contemporary writing for teenagers. You can read an interview with the jubilant winner on the Booktrust website. Also announced this week was the CILIP [...]
