Guardian children's books podcast: Jenny Colgan writes Doctor Who novel
As a lifelong Doctor Who fan, author Jenny Colgan grabbed her chance to write a Doctor Who novel, which she called...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Tanya Byrne on Heart-Shaped Bruise
Tanya Byrne's first book is a young adult crime novel about a teenager who is out to get the girl who stabbed her...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Jacqueline Wilson on Four Children and It
Jacqueline Wilson reads from Four Children and It, her follow-up version of E Nesbit's Five Children and It, and...
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Steve Cole on time travelling cows, astrosaurs and Doctor Who
Cows-in-Action and Astrosaurs author Steve Cole is interviewed by children's books site member Patrick and talks...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Eoin Colfer on the last Artemis Fowl novel
Eoin Colfer reads from Artemis Fowl and The Last Guardian, and answers questions from Guardian Children's books site...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Rich Sylvester tells a story
Listen to Rich Sylvester tell a story at the Pop-Up Festival about an ant and a peacock cookingClaire ArmitsteadTim Maby
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Guardian children's books podcast: Malorie Blackman reads her story about twins clashing
Malorie Blackman reads her story for teenagers The Receiving End: all their young lives the twins didn't get on, with...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Jamila Gavin on Tales from India
Jamila Gavin reads from Tales from India at the Brighton Festival and answers questions from 12-year-old children's...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Norton Juster and The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster reads from and talks about his book The Phantom Tollbooth, which is still a favourite for children and...
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Guardian Children's Books podcast: Simon Mayo on his first book, Itch
Radio 2 presenter Simon Mayo introduces the geek teenage scientist who is the hero of his new novel for young adults,...
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Teen Book Club: Ally Kennen on Bullet Boys
Ally Kennen talks about her new novel for teenagers Bullet Boys and reads an extractClaire ArmitsteadTim Maby
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Guardian children's books podcast: Celia Rees on her new thriller for teenagers
The author of Witch Child, Celia Rees, tells Michelle Pauli about her new novel for teens - This Is Not Forgiveness,...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Terry Jones answers readers' questions
Children's author and former Monty Python comedian Terry Jones answers questions from readers about his children's...
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Michael Morpurgo sends a message to children in Christchurch, New Zealand
Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, makes a special promise to the Faultline Fiction reading group in...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Kevin Brooks on his punk rock teen novel Naked
Kevin Brooks talks to alfietheotter from the Guardian children's books website about his new novel Naked, which...
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Guardian Children's Books podcast: Michael Morpurgo on War Horse
Michael Morpurgo explains where the idea for writing War Horse came from and why it's so important to remember the...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Roddy Doyle on A Greyhound of A Girl
Roddy Doyle reads from and talks about his latest book for children, A Greyhound of A Girl, with Michelle Pauli, and...
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Guardian children's books podcast: Listen to the John Betjeman poetry competition winner 2011
Jennifer Burville-Riley, 11, reads the poem that has won her the 2011 John Betjeman poetry competitionTim Maby
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Guardian Children's books podcast: Book Swap
Lucy Snow goes to Angley School in Cranbrook, Kent, to find out how younger readers take to book-swappingTim Maby
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Guardian children's books podcast: Jackie Kay talks about writing for young people and reads a poem
Jackie Kay talks to children's books site member Luke Shore about her half-Nigerian, half-Scottish upbringing and her...
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