Tag Archives: middle grade
When the World Ends
Chapter Book of the Month (The Observer) Children’s Book of the Week (The Times) A pick of 2026 (School Reading List) You think it will be silent when it rises. But it comes in a thunder and rush, a clatter … Continue reading
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Tagged book-review, book-reviews, books, cli-fi, climate crisis, Fiction, Joanna Nadin, middle grade, reading
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World Book Day is going to be LITERALLY brilliant!
Last February, I had the kind of email a writer dreams of; the kind that comes from their lovely editor and begins with ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ in shouty capitals. It was telling me that Rikin and I had been chosen to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Joanna Nadin, Matt Lucas, MG, Michael Morpurgo, middle grade, Nadia Shireen, Simon Farnaby, WBD, World Book Day, Worst Class
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Want to write middle grade?
Want to know how to write middle grade fiction? Want to know what middle grade fiction is and why the bejaysus we keep stealing words from the Americans? Then join me (and Bloomsbury Publishing’s Writers and Artists Yearbook) in this 2.5 … Continue reading
Home alone?
I’m at the UKMG extravaganza next Saturday in Nottingham, celebrating books for 9-12 year olds, including my own Joe All Alone. But ahead of that, I’m getting shouty rather than celebratory. This went up over on Pewter Wolf’s blog today, … Continue reading
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Tagged child poverty, CPAG, Huckleberry Finn, Joanna Nadin, Joe All Alone, middle grade, UKMG
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