Travelling Book Fairs

War Horse has been nominated in this year’s Olivier Awards as Most Popular Show...

Posted: 15 March 2010

Win a bike in our fabulous Conspiracy 365 Competition...

Posted: 04 January 2010

A complete Picture of the Universe. FREE Sky Guide, Star Maps, Giant Poster

Posted: 14 December 2009

Over 19 million copies worldwide & now a live-action film...

Posted: 27 November 2009

Things you didn't know about Joel Stewart

Posted: 23 November 2009

ALEX RIDER returns for another epic adventure.

Posted: 16 November 2009

Children are amazingly open minded, and will accept anything you catapult into a book...

Posted: 10 November 2009

This is the sequel that almost wasn’t...

Posted: 03 November 2009

These are books I've worn out more than one copy reading it!

Posted: 29 October 2009

Thank You from Book Aid International.

Posted: 07 October 2009

This year's National Poetry Day will be on Thursday, 8th October, its theme will be "Heroes and Heroines."

Posted: 07 October 2009

Things you didn't know about Anthony Browne

Posted: 15 September 2009

Catherine Rayner has won the Kate Greenaway medal 2009

Posted: 13 July 2009

I never got to be a very good rider, but retained my love for and interest in horses (especially wild horses!). When I started writing, they galloped into my books and back into my life.

Posted: 24 June 2009

The birth of the book

Posted: 19 June 2009

The award winning author - writing for children for over 25 years

Posted: 18 June 2009

We get to know....

Posted: 08 June 2009

UK–based Illuminated Films to produce NOT THE END OF THE WORLD

Posted: 02 June 2009

Behind the scenes Mustang Mountain & Wild Horse Creek

Posted: 01 June 2009

Derek Landy was the recipient of the Irish Children's Book of the Year

Posted: 22 May 2009

Catherine Rayner has been shortlisted for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal

Posted: 07 May 2009

Look for a magical selection of fairy books at the Book Fair

Posted: 06 May 2009

My main hobby is reading, I even read the labels on jars.

Posted: 24 March 2009

That story world is what I’d like the real world to be like!

Posted: 23 March 2009

It is fantastic to know that people in the big, wide world are getting pleasure from my characters.

Posted: 20 March 2009

The Gio is recruiting and it needs you now!

Posted: 19 March 2009

I used to do little drawings to amuse my classmates.

Posted: 14 March 2009

I love painting and drawing – and I get paid to do it!

Posted: 13 March 2009

When I’m thinking a story through, I like to sit on the sofa with a cup of tea and my notebook and pen.

Posted: 10 March 2009

I love animals of all kinds, but if I had to choose just one, I think it would have to be tigers.

Posted: 09 March 2009

I baby-sit various dogs around the village and my parents’ dog, Barney, a big black Labrador.

Posted: 06 March 2009

I think my favourite sea creature would have to be a lobster – they have such a lot of character.

Posted: 02 March 2009

Cinematic outing for the children's novel 'The Little White Horse' by author Elizabeth Goudge...

Posted: 02 March 2009

Lazy Ladybird, Little Tiger or Dirty Bertie, they are all here ready to be downloaded

Posted: 26 February 2009

When you least expect it, a story idea suddenly presents itself and off you go!

Posted: 26 February 2009

I like fruit most. I also like cakes and chips and ice-cream (but not all together).

Posted: 25 February 2009

Thursday 5th March 2009

Posted: 23 February 2009

Double helping of the loveable rascal whocontinues to entertain and delight children.

Posted: 20 February 2009

The Puffin Classics, staple selection of the old favourites, have recentlybeen given a new look. The new look has been two years in the making

Posted: 17 February 2009

My likes and dislikes

Posted: 12 February 2009

The Gruffalo's 10th birthday celebrations

Posted: 12 February 2009

The reasons we are big fans of Catherine Rayner...

Posted: 11 February 2009

Of all the books you've illustrated, which is your favourite?

Posted: 11 February 2009

The hero of Gullywith 'Olly Brown'

Posted: 11 February 2009

The winning stories Age 7 and Under

Posted: 04 February 2009

The winning story in the age 8 and over

Posted: 04 February 2009

My family is a lot like the Finney family; noisy, wacky

Posted: 04 February 2009

Tell-a Tale competition results.

Posted: 02 February 2009

Tallulah is basically a geek from Planet Ordinary

Posted: 30 January 2009

Congratulations to Pewithall Primary School in Runcorn

Posted: 26 January 2009

13 Facts about The Thirteen Treasures:

Posted: 13 January 2009

Author of the best-selling, award-winning Dragonkeeper series

Posted: 19 December 2008

I wanted to be an astronaut, later on a pilot or live with the Red Indians.

Posted: 19 October 2008

What sinks my boat: spiders, nasty smells, tidying up mountains of paper, cabbage, 'WHAM' hairdos!

Posted: 14 October 2008

My best ideas come when I'm daydreaming.

Posted: 03 October 2008

The hottest fantasy series for children featuring a pack of feral cats struggling to survive in the wild.

Posted: 02 October 2008

If writing hadn’t become my hobby years ago I would have acted and directed in amateur theatre.

Posted: 01 October 2008

I love my kids, but I get annoyed when I’m working on my writing and they’re standing at my shoulder asking me questions

Posted: 01 October 2008

Enjoy writing for its own sake as publication is a hit and miss affair.

Posted: 28 September 2008

'The book deals with issues that can’t be handled lightly.'

Posted: 22 September 2008

In 2007, he became the first man to fly a powered paraglider to a height above Mount Everest in the Himalaya.

Posted: 17 September 2008

My wastepaper bin is always full —

Posted: 12 September 2008

A little word from Michael Rosen, writer and broadcaster

Posted: 05 September 2008

He made his first book when he was 8, as a present for his father. It was all about road rage - but featuring a horse and cart.

Posted: 01 September 2008

Thousands of wacky dinosaurs to choose from...

Posted: 07 August 2008

Jack White and Alicia Keys will record the theme song for the upcoming 22nd Bond film, Quantum of Solace.

Posted: 30 July 2008

'I like Wally to have an air of mystery about him'

Posted: 24 July 2008

Charlie will discuss his latest Young Bond thriller By Royal Command and the SilverFin Graphic Novel.

Posted: 16 July 2008

How long does it take you to write the Jane Blonde books and get them published?

Posted: 12 June 2008

James Patterson on Maximum Ride

Posted: 18 May 2008

Being a panda seems like a sweet gig (lying around, eating leaves), unless you dream of being a martial arts master. Jack Black and Angelina Jolie star in the story of a panda who won't let having a soft, furry belly stop him from saving the world.

Posted: 16 May 2008

Everyone knows "Babe" thanks to the hit movie based on the book, but does anyone know much about Babe's creator? For instance, did you know that King-Smith has written lots of other great books about all kinds of charming characters besides Babe?

Posted: 09 May 2008

Coming Soon

Posted: 07 May 2008

"Like many children, I didn't want to do what was expected of me so I didn't read much except comics and Enid Blyton, which was banned!"

Posted: 02 May 2008

Our charity for this school year 2007-2008 is Book Aid International.

Posted: 01 May 2008

A note from Julia Donaldson...

Posted: 24 April 2008

Lauren Child has written and illustrated 16 picture books and three novels for children.

Posted: 22 April 2008

"An actress. That’s what I always wanted to be – but in a way I am because I do a lot of author visits where I act out my own stories."

Posted: 21 April 2008

Geraldine Giraffe by Colin West

Posted: 11 April 2008

Everyone's favorite archeologist adventurer returns for another globetrotting...

Posted: 15 March 2008

Linda Newbery author of Nevermore, answers our questions

Posted: 26 February 2008

Embark on a journey into the frozen north…

Posted: 13 November 2007

Deadly or friendly…what would dinosaurs be like in our world today? The life of these fascinating creatures is presented in a totally original way in an extraordinary new book ‘If Dinosaurs were Alive Today’.

Posted: 20 September 2007

Side-splittingly funny, nail-bitingly spooky, and thrillingly original, this is a breakneck tale of magic and adventure.

Posted: 12 September 2007