Voices by Sue Mayfield
I've been re-reading books recently. I shouldn't be as I have piles of proof copies and new books to get through but some days only…
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The Sandfather by Linda Newbery
I've never met a book by Linda Newbery that I didn't like and I see no sign of that changing. I've just read a proof…
Posy by Catherine Rayner and Linda Newbery
I almost never fall in love with picture books. There have been many that I've enjoyed and appreciated and thought excellent but few that I've…
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Exposure by Mal Peet
The lovely people at Walker Books have just sent me a copy of Mal Peet's new book, Exposure. I'm a huge fan of his books…
Morris Gleitzman
A few weeks ago, I was at the Youth Libraries Group conference in Lancaster. It was a great conference, probably the best YLG conference I've…
Anne on Film
Being in Canada has rekindled my desire to visit Prince Edward Island and re-awakened my passion for LM Montgomery's books. My long-suffering sister had to…
The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson
I've been reading books by Eva Ibbotson since I was about sixteen. Whilst browsing the adult fiction in Elgin Library (by this time I was…
New Old Books
I've just finished (in the last hour) reading Lady of Letters by Josephine Elder. It was excellent. Strictly speaking, it has no place in this…
A sense of community and place
Some time ago I wrote an article for Folly, a journal written and read by children's literature enthusiasts. It was one of a series of…
IFLA
Yesterday I met Anne Shirley. Well, not really, of course, but someone from Library and Archives Canada dressed up as her. This year, of course,…
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