On Saturday, I was lucky enough to attend the Red House Children’s Book Award ceremony. As part of my role on the Federation of Children’s Book Groups executive committee, I was involved in organising the day and it was great to see it all happen and to be there to witness Patrick Ness’ triumph as …
Patrick Nessfrom an original idea by Siobhan Dowd, with illustrations by Jim Kay(Walker Books) Connor has been having nightmares for a while. But one night, a monster, which seems to have been born from the yew tree in the churchyard opposite their house, comes to him at 12.07 am exactly and continues to do so every night. At first …
