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>> NEWS 02/03/2017
The World Book Day booksWe hope you had a wonderful celebration of all things booky on World Book Day! Here's a reminder of the books available to buy from your local bookshops with your World Book Day book vouchers. 01/03/2017
Finish a story and win prizes!The 2017 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is now open, inviting anyone under the age of 19 to finish a story started by Branford Boase Award winner Horatio Clare. The closing date is Saturday 22 April 2017.www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/HBWC/HBWC_current/hbwc1.html 01/03/2017
McFall wins inaugural Scottish prizeBorders-based author Claire McFall has won the inaugural Scottish Teenage Book Prize for her third novel, Black Cairn Point. The book was voted for by young people across Scotland.www.scottishbooktrust.com/stbp 26/02/2017
Wicked Young Writers AwardCressida Cowell, bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon books, will be judging this year's Wicked Young Writers Award for those aged five to 25 years!www.WickedYoungWriterAwards.com 25/02/2017
Authors work collaboratively on YA novelSeven UK Young Adult authors will collaborate on a new novel called 'Floored', including Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and Eleanor Wood.23/02/2017
Michael Grant returns to GONE universeMichael Grant's new action-packed series will follow on from his bestselling Gone books. The first book in the new series, Monster, will be published in October this year with two more books in the series to follow.19/02/2017
Short story writing competitionCommercial company Print Express is backing children's creativity with its first children's short story competition, open to those aged five to 13 years, with a closing date of midnight on the 31st March.design.printexpress.co.uk/the-print-express-childrens-short-story-competition/ 26/01/2017
ReadingZone Festival 2017ReadingZone Festival 2017 ReadingZone will be visiting schools in Surrey as part of the ReadingZone Festival 2017, giving more than 3,000 children the chance to meet authors and find out about books and creative writing. |
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