An interview with new Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, in which he talks about his childhood and his writing. Plus my review of The Wonder Brothers.

The Carnegie Award 2024: the books, the winners, my reviews and some reviews from young Shadowers.

Caryl Hart, prolific and award-winning author, talks to me about the art of writing picture books that encourage empathy, learning and play.

Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs, talks about her new book, The Snow Girl, and her love of Slavic folk stories.

Find out about Tudor childhood and how children in the courts and on the streets of Henry VIII’s England lived, worked and were educated.

A new fantasy adventure novel by prolific author Nicola Davies. As well as my review, Nicola Davies tells how she created Skrimsli.

A review of Five Survive, the latest novel by Holly Jackson, the multi-million selling author of the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series.

A review of 2023 Carnegie Shadowers’ Award winner I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys and reviews of all shortlisted books by myself and my local shadowers.

My review of the gripping post-apocalypse novel The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros, winner of the 2023 Yoto Carnegie Award for Writing.

How to write a short story: golden rules plus tips, ideas and dos and don’ts for new writers or teachers writing short stories in the classroom.

Julia and the Shark and Leila and the Blue Fox, by bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave, explore issues of global warming and environmental damage to wildlife.

Hannah Gold, author of the highly acclaimed The Last Bear, The Lost Whale and now Finding Bear, talks to me about her writing.