Monthly archive - December 2023

Children's Poetry Summit Poems

Thu, 21/12/2023 - 11:45am — Chris Holifield

18 December 2023

Children's Poetry Summit Poems website

A feast of fantastic new children's Christmas poems from the weekly blog of the Children's Poetry Summit

18 December 2023 - What's new

December 2023

‘I looked at it as a numbers thing. There were hundreds, if not thousands of authors, submitting to the same agents every week. And although I was getting feedback that was positive, for me that didn't make logical sense because the odds were not in my favour...

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Jill Krementz Photo Journal: A Celebration of Cats | New York Social Diary

Tue, 19/12/2023 - 3:25pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2023

Jill Krementz Photo Journal: A Celebration of Cats | New York Social Diary website

Writers and their cats

How augmented reality is reviving print textbooks

Tue, 19/12/2023 - 3:23pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2023

How augmented reality is reviving print textbooks website

Reports of the death of the textbook have been exaggerated, writes Eirik G Wahlstrøm

Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers | Books | The Guardian

Tue, 19/12/2023 - 1:56pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2023

Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers | Books | The Guardian website

A study from the University of Valencia found that print reading could boost skills by six to eight times more than digital reading

Copyright claim against Tolkien estate backfires on Lord of the Rings fanfiction author | JRR Tolkien | The Guardian

Tue, 19/12/2023 - 1:52pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2023

Copyright claim against Tolkien estate backfires on Lord of the Rings fanfiction author | JRR Tolkien | The Guardian website

Demetrious Polychron ordered to destroy all copies of The Fellowship of the King after claiming Amazon prequel infringed his copyright

‘It was smart to write when I was so angry’: Bonnie Garmus on the winning formula behind Lessons in Chemistry | Fiction | The Guardian

Tue, 19/12/2023 - 1:49pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2023

‘It was smart to write when I was so angry’: Bonnie Garmus on the winning formula behind Lessons in Chemistry | Fiction | The Guardian website

Her best-selling debut has sold 6m copies and been made into a hit TV series. The author discusses how a bad day in the office was the spark for worldwide success

The Bookseller - Author Interviews - Jordan Lees | 'What I really wanted to do was capture the spirit of the books that I loved as a kid'

Tue, 19/12/2023 - 1:41pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2023

The Bookseller - Author Interviews - Jordan Lees | 'What I really wanted to do was capture the spirit of the books that I loved as a kid' website

Jordan Lees' début children's fantasy, The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found, has been on an incredible journey over this past year. Read more

The Bookseller - News - Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65

Tue, 19/12/2023 - 1:37pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2023

The Bookseller - News - Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65 website

Benjamin Zephaniah has died aged 65.

An announcement made by his family on the poet's Facebook page stated that he died in the early hours of 7th December 2023, eight weeks after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

My First Thriller: Patricia Cornwell ‹ CrimeReads

Tue, 19/12/2023 - 1:34pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2023

My First Thriller: Patricia Cornwell ‹ CrimeReads website

"There was no call for him to be as unkind as he was," says famed author Patricia Cornwell, who single handedly created the forensic science crime fiction genre. Read more

Monthly archive - December 2023

Children's Poetry Summit Poems

18 December 2023 - What's new

Jill Krementz Photo Journal: A Celebration of Cats | New York Social Diary

How augmented reality is reviving print textbooks

Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers | Books | The Guardian

Copyright claim against Tolkien estate backfires on Lord of the Rings fanfiction author | JRR Tolkien | The Guardian

‘It was smart to write when I was so angry’: Bonnie Garmus on the winning formula behind Lessons in Chemistry | Fiction | The Guardian

The Bookseller - Author Interviews - Jordan Lees | 'What I really wanted to do was capture the spirit of the books that I loved as a kid'

The Bookseller - News - Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65

My First Thriller: Patricia Cornwell ‹ CrimeReads

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