My Lockdown Books: Thirteen
I had the very great pleasure of meeting Dan Smith when I was asked if I would like to host a couple of events on…
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My Lockdown Books: Ten
I adore the Ottoline books, both as items and for the content. This one is my favourite, though, because it has Norway and the sea…
My Lockdown Books: Nine
Now this one really is random. Either Mum or I picked it up in a charity shop somewhere many years ago. There's nothing special or…
My Lockdown Books: Seven
The first books I seriously set about collecting were the Chalet School books by Elinor M Brent-Dyer. I acquired the first one (actually the seventeenth…
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…
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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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…
Carnegie Medal
The nominations for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were published today. As a former judge, I'm always excited, interested and sometimes disappointed. Like…
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