My Lockdown Books: Six
I was invited along to the launch of The Keepers' Daughter by Gill Arbuthnott's agents and felt honour-bound to buy a copy of the book.…
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My Lockdown Books: Five
I read the Katy books by Susan Coolidge when I was a child. I have a vague idea that I also saw a BBC adaptation…
My Lockdown Books: Four
As a teenager I collected Bodley Head career novels. I had loads; they were easy to find. And then, in one of our moves, I…
My Lockdown Books: Three
My choice today is all about the illustrations. Around the World in Eighty Days has been published in many editions since Jules Verne wrote it…
My Lockdown Books: Two
Today's book is Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay, one of the Casson family series. This was the first one I read and I enjoyed it…
My Lockdown Books: One
Around half of the books I own in hard copy (so about 1000) were published for children and teenagers. They're an odd mixture of the…
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
If you were looking for a novel that captures the popular essence of Edinburgh in the 1930s, there's a fair chance you would light upon…
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Rose Campion and the Christmas Mystery by Lyn Gardner
I first came across Lyn Gardner's books when Nosy Crow sent me a copy of Olivia's First Term the first book in a contemporary stage…
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The Things That Will Not Stand by Michael Gerard Bauer
Last month Michael Gerard Bauer won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for his young adult novel, The Things That Will Not Stand. I should clarify…
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Kate Greenaway Medal
Alongside the Carnegie Medal sits its sister prize the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. The nominations list for it has also been published today. The nominating…
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