Balloon to the Moon
Gill Arbuthnott‘s latest book – Balloon to the Moon – is a fascinating history of how space fascinated the human race through the ages until eventually they developed the [...]
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So you think you’ve got it bad…
It’s great news for Chae Strathie and illustrator Maris Morea – the first in a series of ‘So you think you’ve got it bad…‘ books about the Ancient Greeks has [...]
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Posted Walking Mountain by Joan Lennon
At various meetings with editors in London last week, amidst the pitching of FANTASTIC new books by writers and illustrators represented by Fraser Ross Associates, we found ourselves revisiting [...]
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Posted Bring us your manuscripts!
We’re teaming up with other literary agents and publishers based in Scotland, and the good people of XpoNorth for the third in our annual January Tweet Pitches. It’s a chance to pitch [...]
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Posted Other book festivals are available
The Edinburgh International Book Festival kicks off today – and as it’s our local, we’re particularly excited about it. FRA writers and illustrators appear at the following [...]
Going to war…
Gill Arbuthnott’s latest book is The Secret Diary of the First World War – the story of a teenager who enlists aged just 14. It’s illustrated throughout by Darren Gate and [...]
Volcanoes in the news…
Emily Dodd has written several books for the HarperCollins Big Cat series, and one, Volcanoes, may prove useful when news bulletins are full of volcanic eruptions, most recently in Guatemala, [...]
So You Think You’ve Got It Bad?
So you think you’ve got it bad? Well, award-winning author, Chae Strathie and illustrator, Marisa Morea are here to tell you that you really don’t – not compared with a kid [...]
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Posted The Bologna Children’s Book Fair
We’re just back from this annual trade fair – a gathering of people from all over the world who work in some way with books for young people. So, walking the long rows of colourful [...]
Nature Stories
Congratulations to illustrator, Kate McLelland on her beautiful new book, ‘Ich erzähl dir die Welt’ (I tell you the World) published by German publisher, Ars Edition. It’s a [...]