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The Guardian Children's Books podcast

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This is the place for bibiophiles to meet and quiz their literary heroes. It’s a fun listen full of passionate young readers asking their favourite authors brilliantly insightful questions

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  1. Cecelia Ahern: ‘public shaming moved me to write Flawed’ - Guardian children's books podcast

    Cecelia Ahern explains how she was moved to write her first YA novel, Flawed, by her dismay at society’s increasingly finger-pointing culture. Guardian children’s books site members Harriet, Amy and Rebecca grill her on the book, which is s

  2. Jacqueline Wilson for Guardian children's books podcast: 'This is a story competition about your imagination'

    Jacqueline Wilson speaks to Michelle Pauli as she launches her creative writing competition for 7 – 12 year olds, where the prize is to have the winning story published in one of her books! Here she gives you tips about getting started, inv

  3. Gavriel Savit: 'I’ve never known the end of a chapter in my life' - children's books podcast

    Harrowing second world war tale Anna and the Swallow Man has taken teen readers by storm. Teen site members Lottie is Dottie and Ayesha got to ask the author about the mythologisation of the Holocaust, deep and dark things, stories without

  4. Women in fantasy – the children's books podcast

    Get a fascinating insight into the world of teen/YA fantasy in this podcast with four amazing fantasy authors. Samantha Shannon, Sally Green, Lucy Saxon and Alwyn Hamilton talk world building, feminism, sex and why we need to stop comparing

  5. Guardian children's books podcast with Owen Jones: 'there's a craving for an alternative to how things are run'

    Political commentator Owen Jones is grilled by teen site members CaraErica, Patrick and TheBookAddictedGirl on the writers who inspired his democratic socialist politics, the advice he’d give his 16-year-old self, and how young people shoul

  6. Jeff Kinney: 'the joke always comes first' – children's books podcast

    Find out what Jeff Kinney’s favourite Diary of a Wimpy Kid book is, why he really did wrap himself in toilet paper in Middle School and how he ALWAYS has writer’s block in this fabulous interview by the Eye Boggling Blurbs book group Win si

  7. Guardian children's books podcast with Sandi Toksvig: 'children disappear in history'

    Sandi Toksvig reads from and talks about her latest book, A Slice of the Moon, an action-packed story of one family's journey across the world as they leave behind their home in Ireland during the potato famine and travel to America

  8. Children's books podcast: Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers on their picture book, Imaginary Fred

    Eoin Colfer, author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl novels, and award-winning picture book creator Oliver Jeffers have paired up to create a book about imaginary friends, Imaginary Fred. Find out how they met by chance, collaborated across

  9. Celebrate Poetry Day with Joseph Coelho - children's books podcast

    Prepare to be thrilled as Joseph Coelho performs poems from his prize-winning collection, Werewolf Club Rules, and offers his suggestions for your own poetry writing

  10. Annabel Pitcher: 'we don't have to aspire for more, more, more to be happy' - children's books podcast

    The author of My Sister Lives on The Mantelpiece talks to site member The Dormouse about her new book, Silence is Goldfish, which she wrote for all the limelight-avoiding introverts out there

  11. Sally Gardner: I wandered so far into the dark, dark wood I forgot to come out again - children's books podcast

    On the 10th anniversary of her first book I Coriander, Sally Gardner talks to site member Patrick about writing historical novels, the power of fairy tales, dyslexia and why the school system needs a big shake up

  12. Ally Carter talks about her new Embassy Row series – children's books podcast

    The best-selling Gallagher Girls author spills the beans on All Fall Down, the first in her thrilling new Embassy Row series – and answers questions on her life and books from teen site members • Plus we have five signed copies of All Fall

  13. Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer talk about Off the Page - children's books podcast

    Mother and daughter writing duo Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer talk to Michelle Pauli about the premise behind their funny YA romance, Off the Page, in which a fairytale prince leaves his storybook to experience life and love in high sc

  14. Maria V Snyder talks Shadow Study and beyond - children's books podcast

    Site member Tashtastic caught up with Chronicles of Ixia creator Maria V Snyder, when the US novelist was on a rare visit to the UK – listen in to their conversation here!

  15. David Levithan: why I wrote my latest novel as a musical - teen books podcast

    The bestselling author talks to site member Muchbooks about Hold Me Closer, his new novel written in musical form starring Tiny Cooper, a book companion to Will Grayson, Will Grayson which David wrote with John Green. Read the first chapter

  16. John Hegley performs I am a Guillemot - children's books podcast

    Find out everything you would ever, ever need to know about sustainable, self-restrainable Guillemot, who uses its bill a lot, in this immortal poem by John Hegley

  17. Judith Kerr reads from When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

    Judith Kerr reads from her award-winning book, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, about her escape from Nazi Germany during the second world war • Judith answers questions from our group site members and shares the real life stories behind her

  18. Kate Saunders: why I wrote Five Children on the Western Front - children's books podcast

    The winner of Costa children’s books award 2014 talks to site members Noggin and Sailing46 about her sequel to E Nesbit’s Five Children and It, set in the first world war

  19. James Frey talks about Endgame

    James Frey is giving $3 million of his own money as a prize for those who can solve the puzzles that run through his new trilogy Endgame. Here he tells site member JBOO1698 all about his crazy, magical idea – and his obsession with hidden h

  20. John Agard reads his poem Half Caste and talks about race – children's books podcast

    Listen to John Agard read his well known poem Half Caste and talk about how his Guyanan upbringing helped him become the writer he is today

  21. RJ Palacio on the power of kindness - children's books podcast

    RJ Palacio reads from Wonder, and talks to Michelle Pauli about writing about a boy that has to face a world every day that can't face him back

  22. Dragons at Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett - children's books podcast

    Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from Terry Pratchett's new book Dragons at Crumbling Castle • Meet the cast of Dragons At Crumbling Castle – gallery • Take the Terry Pratchett quiz • Find out how Terry Pratchett wrote his first stories as a cub rep

  23. Kes Gray talks about his Daisy books - children's book podcast

    Site member Katiedoglovesbooks gets to ask Kes Gray just why he ate lollies off the floor when he was a child and about his latest book Daisy and the Trouble with Sports Day

  24. Michael Morpurgo: why we should remember the first world war – children's books podcast

    Michael Morpurgo explains to site members Orli and Fernando why he writes about war. Plus hear Michael read a moving contribution from Raymond Briggs for his WW1 anthology Only Remembered

  25. Kate Greenaway medal winner 2014 Jon Klassen shines a light on how he creates his illustrations - children's books podcast

    John Klassen talks us through the process of creating I Want My Hat Back and his collaboration with Lemony Snicket: The Dark

  26. Ansel Elgort on playing Gus in The Fault in Our Stars - children's books podcast

    Ansel Elgort, star of the film of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, answers questions from the Guardian teens' book community about reading, making TFIOS movie and how the one thing he wants people to take away from watching it is hope

  27. How does Jo Nesbø decide whether to write crime or children's fiction? - children's books podcast

    The Norwegian thriller writer talks about his obsession with farting, why he loves writing his Doctor Proctor books for children plus gives a lesson on how to pronounce his name this interview by children's reading group The Book Bunch

  28. Chris Bradford on the Bodyguard series - children and teen books podcast

    Young Samurai author Chris Bradford is grabbed by site member Freddy to talk about how he writes his Bodyguard series. Also hear a thrilling extract from Chris's latest book Bodyguard: Ransom

  29. Lauren St John rides a third One Dollar Horse - children's books podcast

    Lauren reads from Fire Storm, the third book in her One Dollar Horse series. She answers questions from site member Cookonthebrightside on her books and her belief in animal rights

  30. Guardian children's books podcast - Non Pratt on Trouble

    Non Pratt reads from her first book Trouble about a teenage pregnancy and then answers questions from site member Merle Nunnely Keep up to date with the rest of the club, including Non's top ten teens in trouble, her introductory blog and s

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