Magic Fiction Since Potter

Cover: Russell Cobb ‘Oh my God, Noel, you’re magic! . . . that’s why I hang out with you : you’re different. You’re a complete misfit and y...

Cover: Rhi Winter ‘The mound was built and the great stones erected as signposts in the landscape, so people would never forget that this i...

Cover: Flavia Sorrentino ‘A snow-white lie. Scarlet-cloaked, with sharp teeth and yellow eyes.’ (p 75) Wilder than Fairy Tale Cerrie Burnel...

An important precedent Way back in the 1980s, when I was still teaching and later working to support other teachers, we were blessed with a...

Illustrations: Ayesha L. Rubino Euro  pean There is a delightfully eccentric, somewhat quirky quality about some of the best children’s fict...

Cover: Dan Mumford So far so ( very) good Alastair Chisholm has already given us two fine Sci-Fi fantasy novels for older children/teens. ...

‘Together the bird and I make a symphony.’  (p 88) Simply a favourite Katya Balen is one of my absolute favourite contemporary writers for y...