WBD offers its first 'special editions'

World Book Day is making five special editions available to young people this year, including John Green's An Abundance of Katherines and Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah.

www.worldbookday.com/bookclubbing/

Have you got a Big Idea?

Publisher Chicken House is looking for a brilliant idea that can be turned into a great children's book. If you'd like to see your idea turned into a story by a well-known children's author then here's how to enter it.

thebigideacompetition.co.uk/

The funniest books for children!

If you like stories that make you laugh, then look out for the winners of the Lollies (the Laugh Out Loud Awards)!

The 500 Words competition is back!

The BBC's 500 Words short story competition is back! You can enter if you're aged between 5-13 years. The competition will close at 7pm on Thursday 22nd February.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4h26FXFQ4KfMV7VVSbJxY3g/500-words-2018

Young writers' competition opens

Don't forget the Wicked Young Writer Awards is still open, inviting those aged 5-25 years to test out their writing skills. Entries can be up to 700 words and include fiction, non-fiction, scripts and poetry. The closing date is 12th March 2018.

www.WickedYoungWriterAwards.com

Cressida Cowell headlines ReadingZone Festival

Cressida Cowell, bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon books, will join the 2018 ReadingZone Festival with a public event on Saturday 3rd February at Dorking Halls in Surrey, to talk about her new series The Wizards of Once.

www.dorkinghalls.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=33559&eventid=31175

Rock War giveaway!

We're featuring bestselling author Robert Muchamore as our Author of the Month - and just to make it even more exciting, we'll be giving away the whole Rock War set to a lucky member!

www.turn2page1.com/index.php?page=competition&compid=0

Plot revealed for Pullman's Book of Dust

One of the most talked-about books of 2017, Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust, is published today and after eight months of secrecy, the embargo is now lifted on the novel's plot.