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BZRK Reloaded 27 Aug 2013 | 09:53 am
As I got to the end of Michael Grant’s BZRK Reloaded, I read the quotes from reviews of the first BZRK, and found that some Bookwitch reckoned she’d ‘never feel safe again.’ I can say that again! It’...
Some more Edinburgh author photos 26 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
As promised – threatened – here are more authors from that one, lone day in Charlotte Square. First out is Frances Hardinge, who is the kind of person who gets away with dressing dramatically. In fac...
Going places 25 Aug 2013 | 09:07 am
Sarah Garland might have been a regular at Lake Street. That’s where we took Offspring up to three times a week when they were fairly small. I suppose all playschools look similar, but Sarah’s picture...
Looking For JJ – 10 years on 24 Aug 2013 | 09:43 am
I can’t believe it’s been ten years since Anne Cassidy’s Looking For JJ was first published! (Perhaps I didn’t read it when it was brand new? Actually, I probably did. It’s when I started in the schoo...
Writing Children’s Fiction 23 Aug 2013 | 09:48 am
The trouble with a book like Writing Children’s Fiction: A Writers’ and Artists’ Companion, is that it makes someone like me believe that they can write a children’s book. It is that good, and it is ...
The Eye of Neptune 22 Aug 2013 | 09:20 am
With his Monster Odyssey The Eye of Neptune, Jon Mayhew has written a Jules Verne prequel. I wish I had thought of that, back in my most fervent Verne-reading years. Although I’m not sure I could have...
The Edinburgh author photos 21 Aug 2013 | 08:54 am
At last! I have a gap for the photos from the EdBookFest I so craved. I have already inserted Nicola Morgan into Sunday’s post where she belongs, but in case you don’t feel like going back to look for...
My modest and much admired visitor 20 Aug 2013 | 09:37 am
She’s going to kill me for that. Except Hilary McKay is too nice to kill anyone. She asked for balloons by the gate. Not too much to ask for, but whereas I do have balloons, I have no gate, so it was...
Lockwood & Co – The Screaming Staircase 19 Aug 2013 | 09:04 am
This is the kind of book you fall in love with at first sight. Even when the cover of the proof is all black and claims to harbour a Type II Apparition in the bottom right hand corner. As if that woul...
Monsters, Mayhew, Melvin, Morgan 18 Aug 2013 | 09:14 am
When Daughter sat down to hear what Jon Mayhew had to say about his Monster Odyssey on Saturday afternoon, my only option was open up the book and start reading. Admittedly, that’s a pretty good thing...
