REVIEW: HIT LIST by Jack Heath

HIT LIST by Jack Heath Usborne Amazon link Ash and Ben are teenage thieves. With Ash in the field and techno-wizard Ben behind her at ever...

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SPRING ARMADILLO

The Spring Armadillo has emerged from its cosy armadillo house to tell you about books.  (This means that the new issue of Armadillo M...

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A BOY AND A BEAR (AND A HERMIT) IN A BOOK

Probably the greatest stage direction of all time is this, from Shakespeare’s  A Winter’s Tale : [Exit, pursued by a bear] That genius M...

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GUESTPOST: Miriam Halahmy - Writing a cycle of books – not a trilogy, not a series

Today I want to wish a very happy publication day to ILLEGAL by Miriam Halahmy.  ILLEGAL is the follow up to Miriam's wonderful first ...

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INTERVIEW: Richard Knight - THE COURT PAINTER'S APPRENTICE

"Paint what you see, Johann, not what you think you see." So says the court painter to his apprentice. But Johann possesses mor...

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Laugh your way through WORLD BOOK DAY: Three Funny Books

Today is...  ...so go tell all your books you love them and give them a cuddle. That’s something e-readers aren’t great for isn’t it ...

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