Scaring is caring: are frightening fairytales good for kids?
Don’t know about you guys, but I don’t find Halloween that scary any more. The main reason for that, of course, is that I’m a literal adult, capable of rationalising… Read more »
Tome-ward bound: museum shopper reunited with childhood book
Remember the chicken in trousers? You know, the chicken in trousers. From 2018. The chicken. In trousers. Okay fine here’s the link. Revel in it, then return. Anyway, the originators… Read more »
Australian football legend Tim Cahill to add to children’s book series
OK, I’ll level with you. Every week, we go through the books news looking for the most vital, interesting, controversial and otherwise blog-worthy stories. It’s fun! And the past couple… Read more »
How Coleen Rooney … got people talking about the ellipsis again
Oh god, how to explain this to an American audience… So, right, on Wednesday morning, Coleen Rooney, who is the wife of footballer Wayne Rooney (formerly of Everton and Manchester United,… Read more »
New series A Quick Ting On… foregrounds black British culture
This week saw the heartening launch of a new series of nonfiction books focusing on elements of black British culture, which will publish with Jacaranda Books in October 2020. According to… Read more »
Building in the moment: Lego launches mindfulness book
It has already teamed up with Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Jurassic Park. Now, Lego is taking the leap from screen to soul as it presents… Read more »
Indie bookshops to boycott David Cameron’s memoir
This week sees the release of David Cameron’s memoir For the Record, the former UK Prime Minister’s account of his political life, including the events leading up to and directly following the… Read more »
Gomer ceases publishing new books; focuses on printing
Sad news from the valleys last week, as one of the biggest publishers in Wales, Gwasg Gomer, announces it is ‘winding down’ its publishing operations to focus solely on printing. In a story… Read more »
Megan Rapinoe lands book deal following World Cup domination
Earlier in the summer, we wrote about the Women’s World Cup and its potentially transformative impact on the way society views the sport. We speculated on whether more books on… Read more »
The ‘Cats’ trailer: actually not a-paw-ling?
So, you might have heard that there’s a Cats film coming out in December? Directed by Les Miserables director Tom Hooper? Based on the long-running, wildly successful musical, which was in turn based on T.S… Read more »