Interviews

During October Jasmine Fassl, Children's Programme Manager, met with the amazing Jonathan Stroud to talk about his new book The Ring of Solomon. We were delighted that Jonathan was able to take a few minutes out to meet with Jasmine to answer a couple of questions.

On a very sunny morning at the Edinburgh International Book Festival Hayley and Kiera from Beeslack Community High School interviewed Kevin Brooks in the bustling press tent. Kevin spoke to them about his work, his favourite novels and his plans for the future. This is a transcript of their interview.

At the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2009, one of our teen reviewers Amy interviewed Australian author Lili Wilkinson. Lili was at the festival to talk about her novel Scatterheart but Amy asked her about many other things as well, including the website Inside A Dog and what it's like having an author for a mum.

In September we will be embarking on a two-week long tour of the Highlands with the hugely succesful duo Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. But, before we venture North we thought we would give you a sneak-peek into their lives, the way they work together and how the whole creative relationship began.

This month we feature two poets Elspeth Murray, from Scotland and Amanda Lichenstein from Chicago USA who recently took part in a Cultural Exchange Programme between Scotland and Chicago. First Elspeth reflects on how the exchange helped develop her teaching techniques and build skills that can be transfered to our schools. We look forward to featuring an interview with Amanda who is currently working on an arts project in Tanzania.

This month we feature short interviews with all of the 2009 Royal Mail Award shortlisted authors. Here you can read about the thoughts of James Jauncey, Keith Gray and J.A. Henderson who were all nominated in the Older Readers (12-16) category.

You can also read the interviews with the shortlisted authors in the Early Years (0-7) and Younger Readers (8-11) categories.

This month we feature short interviews with all of the 2009 Royal Mail Award shortlisted authors. Here you can read about the thoughts of Lari Don, Joan Lingard and Charlie James (once she has a decent internet connection!) who were all nominated in the Younger Readers (8-11) category.

You can also read the interviews with the shortlisted authors in the Early Years (0-7) and Older Readers (12-16) categories.

This month we feature short interviews with all of the 2009 Royal Mail Award shortlisted authors. Here you can read about the thoughts of Lynne Rickards, Julia Donaldson and John Fardell who are nominated in the Early Years (0-7) category.

You can also read the interviews with the shortlisted authors in the Younger Readers (8-11) and Older Readers (12-16) categories.

Our interviewee for May works for Walker Books as an Art Director, and she's involved in the design and production of a huge variety of books. as she explains below.

This month's interviewee is Jude Evans, Associate Publisher for Little Tiger Press, who recently published Catherine Rayner's Sylvia and Bird - one of our Children's Books of the Month in March. Read on to find out what Jude's job entails, why she loves books and which fictional character she'd most like to be...