After discovering Shaun Tan’s The Arrival in a school library as a teen, Charis fell in love with illustration. Since then she has drawn book covers, fantasy maps, board games, street protests, in the jungle, on a boat, by a glacier. Once a secondary school teacher, she still enjoys geeking out with teens and adults […]
Sunita Chawdhary is a British-Indian author-illustrator, doctor, and mum of two, based in Yorkshire. She studied art and design at Central Saint Martins. Sunita draws on her experience of growing up in Asia, America and Europe to create vibrant, multicultural worlds filled with diverse characters and stories. She believes that children of all cultures and
In an early preview, The Bookseller’s Charlotte Eyre named Keedie by Elle McNicoll as Children’s Book of the Month (19 January 2024). ‘McNicoll is one of the most exciting talents on the children’s publishing scene and, along with her publisher Knights Of, has transformed the representation of neurodivergent children in literature. This prequel to A Kind of Spark,
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The Branford Boase Award has announced the longlist for its 25th year including fantasy adventures, detective stories and YA romances. The prize celebrates the most promising book for seven-year-olds and upwards. It recognises a first-time children’s novelist and also highlights the importance of the editor in the development of new authors. The shortlisted authors
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Rochelle was born in Jamaica but grew up in Birmingham, the oldest of six kids, raised by her single mum. As a teenager her head was always in a book. She loved to write – and at school the art department was where she felt most at home. Rochelle studied graphic design – and has
Nikesh Shukla is a novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of Coconut Unlimited (shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award), Meatspace and the critically acclaimed The One Who Wrote Destiny. Nikesh is the editor of the bestselling essay collection, The Good Immigrant, which won the reader’s choice at the Books Are My Bag Awards.
Alexandra Sheppard is a children’s author from North London. Her debut novel Oh My Gods was published by Scholastic and featured in Buzzfeed, Refinery29 and The Guardian’s Summer Reading List. Alex then wrote Fly High Crew in collaboration with the Banjo Brothers, which was published by Scholastic in April 2021 Happy Here, an anthology of
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The Reading Agency is delighted to welcome Teresa Cremin, Kit de Waal, Aimée Felone, Michael Lewis, David Shelley and Sue Williamson to its Board of Trustees. With a breadth of experience in the areas of writing, publishing, academia and public libraries, the appointments of the new Trustees will help to guide The Reading Agency as
Knights Of has landed the first young fiction title by Nikesh Shukla. Eishar Brar, editorial director, acquired world rights to The Council of Good Friends from Julia Kingsford at Julia Kingsford Ltd. The book will be illustrated by Rochelle Falconer. Illustration rights were acquired by senior designer Sophie McDonnell from Justine Smith at Bell Lomax Moreton. The Council
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A Kind of Spark is a powerful, heart-warming live-action series about friendship, courage and self-belief based on the award-winning book by neurodivergent author, Elle McNicoll. Coming to BBC iPlayer on 31 March and CBBC from 17 April, it tells the inspirational story of an autistic teenager Addie. When she learns about the witch trials that
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