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Real Rebecca | And By the Way | Irish Times

Mary Shine Thompson, in the Irish Times, reviews Anna Carey’s The Real Rebecca and Denise Deegen’s And by the Way… A Butterfly Novel. Their skill shows in their deft handling of plot and in their characters’ credible responses to their teen emotional crises. In particular, both writers have considerable insight into the minefields of adolescent [...]

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Philip Reeve | World Book Day

Philip Reeve talks World Book Day in the Telegraph/

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How kids read

A report from Dundee University indicates that children reading throughout primary and secondary education move away from difficult books from the age of 10 onwards.

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Indies Choice Book Awards | E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards

Check out the shortlists for both the Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards - votoing is only open to booksellers - but no harm in looking, right??

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Artichoke Hearts | Sita Brahmachari

Mary Hoffman reviews this years winner of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize - Sita Brahmachari’s Artichoke Hearts.

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And By the Way: A Butterfly Novel | Denise Deegan

Sarah Webb reviews Denise Deegan’s And By the Way: A Butterfly Novel - The dialogue is sharp (if a little too authentically littered with Joseph O’Connor “likes”), the writing tense, and emotion ripples through every page.Deegan nails Alex’s caustic teen voice, and leaves the reader rooting for her heroine throughout. Think 90210 with a sprinkling [...]

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Old stories for young readers

Who doesn’t look forward to reading Imogen Russell Williams’ posts on The Guardian Book Blog - this time it’s on Old stories for young readers… from Kevin Crossley Holland to Rosemary Sutcliff.

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Katharine Birbalsingh

Andrew Anthony talks to Katharine Birbalsingh.

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Irish Examiner | World Book Day

The Irish Examiner carried a great piece on World Book Day and reading with a special needs son.

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PW reviews

Check out a heap of PW reviews - including the very excellent Divergent!

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Ally Glynn’s Schuster preview

Check out Ally’s sneak peek into what’s coming from S&S this year - including the very excellent Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson’s Hellhole!

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Lost Book Sales

About to buy a book but decided against it? Tell the world.

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Anna Perera on writing

The very excellent Anna Perera discusses writing her latest book - based in Cairo - and following her debut Guantánamo Boy.

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Reading: join the debate

Is reading over rated? There’s a great debate blazing through The Guardian comments. Throw in!!

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I’m just a teenage dirtbag…

Charles McGrath gives his take on what’s happening in the YA fiction world… where dystopian futures abound.

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Sophia Bennett talks agents

Sophia Bennett talks about getting an agent - and offers her own 5 tips on how it’s done!

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Invisible disabilities

Alexandra Strick examines how less visible forms of impairment can be represented in children’s books. Makes for interesting reading!

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How to get boys writing… blog!

New research suggests blogging might help get boys writing! Who could argue with that?

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Quarry | Ally Kennen

Mal Peet reviews Ally Kennen’s Quarry.

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Mary Arrigan reviews…

Mary Arrigan reviews a heap of children’s titles in the Irish Examiner!

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SLJ | comics links

School Library Journal features some great kids comic book links.

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Reclaiming the comic

Kate Kelly discusses the reclaiming of comics for kids.

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USA Today | hope for the bookstore

USA Today covers Suzanna Hermans’ store expansion - it’s not all doom and gloom!

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iPad apps for Kids

The Washington Post covers some of their chosen best apps for kids.

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PW Comics Reviews

Get clicking to read PW’s latest comics reviews!

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PW Children’s Reviews

Publishers Weekly has a new round up of reviews!

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When You Reach Me | Rebecca Stead

Philip Ardagh reviews Rebecca Stead’s When You Reach Me - characters really come alive during those few months we spend with them, when their lives are shaped for ever.

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Comic Sales | US

The Beat examines comic sales figures for January - warts and all.

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An alternative to Bitch

The conversation over Bitch Media’s feminist reads list rages on -and is generating an interesting idea of how people register books. Check out Karen Healy’s alternative list - and reaction to the whole debate.

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Bitch gets bitchy…

The very smart ladies who read have a great post on the controversy over Bitch Magazine’s 100 Books for the Feminist YA Reader. Namely - the list was altered after certain books were re-read and were found to be… challenging. As is said elsewhere - Bitch, Please. No, really. Please.

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Goodnight Mister Tom

The Independent UK highlights the stage adaptation of Goodnight Mister Tom on it’s 30th anniversary!

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How kids decide what to read

Publishers services at Bowker/PubTrack presented a new study on how kids decide what to read - sponsored by Random House, Macmillan, Penguin, Scholastic, and Little, Brown in the US. The study examines consumer attitudes toward purchasing children’s books in  adults buying for children ages 0–6, adults buying for children ages 7–12, and teen consumers ages [...]

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Bedtime Stories

Julia Donaldson and Charlie Higson respond to a TalkTalk survey that highlights the death of the bdetime story.

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Tyme’s End | BR Collins

Linda Buckley-Archer reviews Tyme’s End - BR Collins’ latest book that spans 3 generations.

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Comics - things to stack in your school library

The Library Chronicles continue at the FP Blog - with comic and graphic novel recommendations flooding the intertubes (and postal service). Looking for some suggested reads? Or have a library to update? This is a great place to start!

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Mary Arrigan reviews more Children’s books

Mary Arrigan is back in the Irish Examiner with more reviews of Children’s Book., -

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10 years from now…

I like Brent Hartinger’s theory that fiction is 5 - 10 years ahead of TV…

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Library lendings

The Telegraph is reporting that more than one third of all books lent out by UK libraries are children’s titles. A whopping 69 million children’s books!

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Dublin Anime Society

Introducing the Dublin Anime Society. Go on. Give it a click.

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Books on Bullying

SLJ have a huge list on books covering bullying - a very handy resource!