Wicked Young Writers winners announced

Children from over 600 schools in the UK have taken part in the 2017 Wicked Young Writer Awards, with the winners announced today, Friday, at a ceremony at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, home of the award-winning musical WICKED.

Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal winners announced

Both the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals have been won by US writers, with Ruta Sepetys' refugee story Salt to the Sea (Puffin) taking the 80th anniversary Carnegie Medal, and illustrator Lane Smith winning the Kate Greenaway Medal category for his picture book, There is a Tribe of Kids (Two Hoots).

Poetry competition for 10-13 year olds

Budding poets - here's a great competition for those aged 10-13 years to write a poem on the theme of 'place' for the 2017 Betjeman Poetry Prize.

www.betjemanpoetryprize.co.uk

Teri Terry on ReadingZone Live

Teri Terry joined us on ReadingZone Live to talk about her writing, what inspires her and the development of her latest book, Contagion.

videocentralhd.lgfl.org.uk/Premium_Watch.aspx?vid=EPAwnvnwd5nZxn

Vote for your favourite Harry Potter character

Join the search for the nation's favourite Harry Potter character, as we celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter publishing!

www.nationalbooktokens.com/harry-potter-20#.WT6W9evyuUk

A boyband to die for!

Everything you have most to fear from boybands is brought hilariously to life in TOM NICOLL's latest novel, THE BOYBAND OF THE APOCALYPSE, about a boyband that plans to take over the world!

Philip Pullman's new three-part work

The first volume of Philip Pullman's three-part work The Book of Dust will be called La Belle Sauvage and it will be published on 20 October. The story will follow 11-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta. You can watch a short video of Pullman talking about The Book of Dust, below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kCJkg0xBbA&feature=youtu.be

Read an extract from the new Alex Rider!

Yes, there's a new ALEX RIDER novel publishing on 1st June - but you can read the first chapter from Alex Rider: Never Say Die (Walker Books) in advance here!