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The Authorfy website is full of great resources for young writers – and for teachers, librarians, parents and guardians. Vivian French – whose latest novel, The Runaways of Haddington [...]

Hurrah! We’re celebrating a new novel by Vivian French – The Runaways of Haddington Hall is published today by Walker Books, and it’s a corker. For those of you who loved The [...]

Vivian French has been working with the fitness coach (among so many other things!) Joe Wicks on a series of children’s picture books about the Burpee Bears. The illustrator is Paul Howard [...]

Werewolf alert! The nights are drawing in, Hallowe’en’s on its way and we’re celebrating the third in the Lottie Luna series by Vivian French – Lottie Luna and the Fang [...]

Lottie Luna and the Bloom Garden is the first in a new series of books for newly fluent readers by Vivian French, with illustrations by Nathan Reed. And excellent news is that the second Lottie [...]

The Steam Whistle Theatre Company is the latest novel by Vivian French, a pacey adventure set in Victorian times when train travel was something extraordinary. You may just have heard us waxing [...]

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 [...]

Scottish Book Trust has posted an interview with Exeter-based illustrator, Hannah Foley in which she reveals the story behind the story of How Billy Hippo Learned to Swim. Billy’s story is [...]

Beanstalk, the charity that recruits, trains and supports volunteers to provide one-to-one literacy support in early years settings and primary schools to children who have fallen behind with [...]

Congratulations to Vivian French and Hannah Foley – their gorgeous new picture book, How Billy Hippo Learned to Swim is published! Vivian has written around 300 books for children, and her [...]