TeaIn the summer of 1976 he called for My Generation of Novelists. We don’t remember it, but we remember the texture of daily life in that era, and the heat wave putting daily life under the kind of pressure that fosters imagination. In Guardian journalist Charlotte Edwardes’s debut novel, Trouble Was, the scene is set
motorcycle sales statisticsFrom 1 January to 30 June 2026Australia – FCAI brand Australia’s FCAI-audited motorcycle and off-highway vehicle market recorded a strong first half in 2026, with 46,023 units recorded between January and June. This compares with 42,549 units in the same period last year, showing an increase of 8.2 percent. The headline number is
wWhen Patrice Lawrence got the call to become Britain’s next Children’s Laureate, her first reaction was disbelief. “I was absolutely shocked,” she says, laughing. She’s just beginning to process what it means to join a lineage that includes Jacqueline Wilson, Quentin Blake, Michael Rosen, Julia Donaldson, Mallory Blackman and, most recently, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. “So many
This summer is exciting for new kidlit releases with so many great things coming out soon that making a list of just nine felt like an impossible task. But I am here to keep trying to give you information about a small part of the new releases of July. I tried to capture a variety
Ever since my niece, Grace, was born, I’ve dreamed of sharing books with her, and now that she’s three years old, she’s discovering a whole new world of picture books with big ideas. In our family, Grace is surrounded by people with various disabilities. The people she loves think differently, move differently and learn differently.
The first conversation I remember having with my son about ghosts or death in general was a few years ago, when he was about 5 years old. We were heading south on I-5 from Los Angeles at night. I was driving, and he was behind me, strapped into his safety seat. We weren’t talking at
Jane Yolen, a children’s author who wrote about 450 books in practically every imaginable genre, including history, how-to, science fiction and poetry, and whose immensely popular children’s books, rich in folklore and fantasy, earned her the nickname “America’s Hans Christian Andersen,” died Thursday at her home in Hatfield, a town in western Massachusetts. She was
Every month, there’s a flood of new children’s books vying for a spot on your TBR. But with so much competing for your attention, it’s easy to lose sight of the ones you’re most excited about. And often, you only hear about the titles with the biggest marketing budgets. So, how do you keep up
Children’s Literature Festival criticized after request to remove comments on diversity books
Bath Children’s Literature Festival It is facing criticism after its founder emailed writers asking them to remove social media posts about the festival’s lack of diversity at the 2026 event. The authors said that their comments criticizing the festival for lack of representation under a post on the Instagram page were deleted, with the original