In the Reading Corner

JonArno Lawson is a Canadian writer who has published many books for children and adults, was born in Hamilton, Ontario and raised in nearby Dundas. He now lives in Toronto,

Lawson has won The Lion an…

Phil Earle was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal with When the Sky Falls.  his hard-hitting emotional story,  which highlights the plight of zoo animals during The Blitz.

Phil's latest book While the…

Polly Dunbar is an English author-illustrator. She is best known for her self-illustrated books Penguin, the Tilly and Friends series,  which was made into a television series.

She has illustrated Mar…

Jarvis studied graphic design and previously worked as a record sleeve designer, website designer, and animation director before becoming a children’s book illustrator.

His books include Mrs Mole, I’…

Legendarium is the final book in Jennifer Bell's gaming fantasy adventure duology, which began with Wonderscape.

This time our heroes are propelled into the future and tasked with preventing a villain…

Sophie Anderson is well-loved for her fantasy novels that draw on Slavic and Russian folklore.

Sophie dropped into the reading corner to talk about her latest novel The Thief Who Sang Storms and the …

With a long career in factual radio programming and podcasting,  and now working in the role of Commissioning Editor - Factual, BBC Radio 4, Rich Knight is well-placed to write about politics for you…

Justin Anderson is a wildlife and adventure filmmaker. He produced and directed the ‘Mountains’ segment of Planet Earth II which featured the first-ever fight between four snow leopards seen on scree…

Anthony Horowitz is well-known for his top-selling Alex Rider and for his television writing.  He is also the author of the brilliant Diamond Brothers mysteries, each one based on one of his favourit…

Jim Smith is the British children’s author and illustrator of the Barry Loser and Future Ratboy series. Before creating the hugely popular Barry Loser novels for younger children, Smith worked as a d…

Justyn Edwards graduated from Southampton University with a degree in archaeology. Since then he has worked as a caravan park attendant, a paperboy and a software engineer, but never as an archaeolog…

Sharna Jackson is an arts educator and author of children's books. She garnered critical acclaim with her first novel, The High Rise Mystery, featuring Nik and Norva, a pair of black sisters, who sol…

Mini Grey is one of the UK's best-loved illustrators with her witty visual and linguistic style that incorporates found objects and is characterised by playfulness and heaps of imagination. Her books…

Elizabeth Uviebinene studied Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick and then worked as a Marketing manager in the city. It was this experience that led to the writing, with c…

Children's author, Nicola Davies is a zoologist by training.  She was one of the original presenters of the BBC children's wildlife programme The Really Wild Show.  she is a prolific writer of nonfic…

Annaliese Avery is a former library manager and children's book editor who lives in Suffolk, England. She has an MA in creative writing and a lifelong interest in physics and astronomy and in 2017 sh…

Lucy Hawking is a journalist, writer and science educator. With her father, the late Professor Stephen Hawking, she co-authored a series of books, George's Secret Key to the Universe, which introduce…

Jennifer has always wanted to be a writer, but really started when she applied for a Creative Writing MA at Brunel University, which is where she first got the idea for Alex Sparrow and the Really Bi…

Katie Cotton studied English Literature at Oxford University before becoming an author and editor of children’s books. Her books Counting Lions and The Road Home were both published internationally a…

Lissa Evans has written books for both adults and children, including the bestselling Old Baggage, Their Finest Hour and a Half, longlisted for the Orange Prize, and Crooked Heart, longlisted for the…