In the Reading Corner

Tony Bradman's Viking Boy is a popular book in primary classrooms, often used to support a historical study of The Vikings. Now Tony has written a companion book, Viking Boy: The Real Story.

A scholar…

Emma Chichester Clark is one of the UK's foremost illustrators. She has published well over 60 books for children including her own very popular Blue Kangaroo series as well as stand-alone picture bo…

Lee Newbery's debut novel, The Last Firefox was recently published by Puffin.  It's a fantasy adventure in which another world bursts into the real world, in the form of a magical firefox and Charlie…

Kate di Camillo is an American children's author with over 25 novels on her backlist. Her first novel Because of Winn Dixie won her immediate critical attention. Further novels include The Tiger Risi…

Undiscovered Voices is an initiative from SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Illustrators and Writers) which gives a platform to up and coming voices in children's writing. An online anthology is publ…

Natasha Farrant has a long career in children's publishing and has her own literary scouting agency.

Her debut YA novel The Things We Did for Love was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award.   In 20…

Catherine Rayner is well-known for her glorious animal picture stories, but now she turns her skills to illustrating nonfiction. IN this episode she talks to Nikki Gamble about her narrative nonficti…

William Matthew Timothy Stephen Sieghart CBE is a British entrepreneur, publisher and philanthropist and the founder of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. He is the current chairman of the Somerset House…

Paul Jennings was born in 1943 in Heston, Middlesex and emigrated to Australia with his family in 1943.

After graduating, he became a teacher and speech pathologist and then a lecturer in special educ…

Actress Tmazin Merchant recently published her second children's book, The Map Makers, a second adventure for the sparky heroine, Cordelia Hatmaker. Like her heroine, Tamzin is a creator, a lover of …

Gill Lewis is a highly acclaimed author of children's books featuring animals, environmental concerns, wildlife protection with a strong sense of social justice.

In her recent novel, A Street Dog Name…

Former Children's Laureate, Anne Fine, is one of our finest novelists for children and teenagers. Characteristically her stories reveal acute observations of family life coupled with humour and a sen…

Literary agent and former bookseller, Sam Copeland has risen quickly to the heights of bestselling author with his blend of humour and emotionally engaging characters. His debut Charlie Changes into …

Sarah Ardizzone is an established and highly regarded literary translator of books from French into English. She has a particular interest in the translation of dialogue and in writers who have a soc…

Eoin McLaughlin is a writer of children's picturebooks.

His debut picture book The Hug (illustrated by Polly Dunbar) was named a ‘Book of the Year’ by The Guardian and shortlisted for The Children's B…

Lisa Thompson is a children’s novelist born in Essex, UK. 

Her debut novel, The Goldfish Boy, was published in the UK and North America in 2017 and went on to become a bestseller.  The Goldfish Boy h…

Lisette Auton is a disabled writer, activist, poet, novelist, spoken-word artist, actor, film & theatre-maker and creative practitioner. She's an award-winning poet who has performed at Northern Stag…

Roma Agrawal MBE FICE HonFREng is an Indian-British-American chartered structural engineer based in London. She has worked on several major engineering projects, including the Shard. Agrawal is also …

Andrew Pettie is a writer and editor at What on Earth Books and the recently launched Britannica Magazine.

Andrew joined Nikki Gamble for this episode of In The Reading Corner to tell us about the imp…

Original from California, Katherine Webber has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Maui and Atlanta but now lives in London. As well as being an established YA author, Katherine has also co-authored two s…