The husband and wife team behind the bestselling Supertato stories recommend their favourite picture books of 2017
Amnesty International's Here I Stand anthology unites twenty-five unique voices on the theme of human rights under threat. The book is a searing, eye-opening collection of drawings, stories and poems by some of the world’s best-loved writers and illustrators. Here, Walker Books' Commissioning Editor Emma Lidbury explains how the project and the stellar line-up fell so completely into place.
Patrick Ness is the multi-award-winning author of The Knife of Letting Go, The Rest of Us Just Live Here and A Monster Calls, which has been adapted for the screen and will be released later this year. To many, his is the gold-standard of Young Adult fiction, beloved by a legion of fans. We asked his editor, Denise Johnstone-Burt at Walker books, and bookseller (and self-confessed Ness-devotee) Sarah Whitbread to explain what is it that marks Patrick Ness's work out for such unique affection
Former Children's Laureate Chris Riddell and multi award-winning author Neil Gaiman discuss Neverwhere.
Christmas is a magical time of year, the ideal occasion to chart the history of fairy tales. Bookseller Anne Haas explores our love of these ancient, traditional stories.
Because they're fantastic. A few of our favourite recent and classic collections.
Bookseller Reece Dinn from our Liverpool One shop shares his thoughts on the enduring love for fantasy novels.
Best known for his non-fiction work Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics and Making Comics, ‘comics theorist’ Scott McCloud’s discusses his new graphic novel The Sculptor.
It's the charitable craze that's taken the internet by ice-cold storm--er, wave. Amanda Stevenson clues us in on some of the book world's finest who, among the A-list celebrities, politicians, and your Facebook feed frenzied friends, have taken the #IceBucketChallenge for ALS...
Finnish author Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinenhas shares the inspiration behind his tale of a town more obsessed with literature than sport. Sounds appealing!
A festival in a bookshop? Rob Chilver was amongst hundreds of book-lovers as they descended on Waterstones Piccadilly on Wednesday night for the first ever Gollancz Festival. Spread over two rooms, this celebration of science-fiction and fantasy featured author readings, panels and question and answer sessions. From mooing at Neil Gaiman to a bizarre zombie wedding, there was really something for everyone.
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