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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Adding to my Collection
Whilst I'm always on the lookout for books to add to my collection, there are times when I'm much more pro-active about it. The last…
Lily and the Rockets by Rebecca Stevens
I understand that some women are playing in a football competition somewhere. Honestly, I do know what the competition is but I genuinely have no…
Back to Barrington Stoke
Yes, I know. There's been an almighty break in service from me. My life has taken some interesting turns in the last six months but…
Christmas Day
DE Stevenson was a best-selling author of her day, the mid-twentieth century. She wrote romances and family stories often with a bit of an edge.…
Christmas Eve
If you’ve been reading this blog of mine for any length of time you’ll be familiar with my panegyrics on LM Montgomery. I make no…
23rd December
My friends Anna and Suzanne, who lived across the road from me growing up, owned a copy of Elizabeth of the Garret Theatre and kindly…
22nd December
Many years ago the BBC dramatised The Warden and Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. I watched them, loved them and immediately became a devoted reader…
21st December
Mabel Esther Allan has already appeared in this month’s posts in the guise of Jean Estoril, one of her many pseudonyms. In her own name…
20th December
The book I most associate Judith Kerr with is When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and it’s another of the very few primary school class books…
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