The Guardian Children's Books podcast
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The Guardian Children's Books podcast
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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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. Guardia...
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 winni...
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...
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 Sax...
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...
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...
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...
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 abou...
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...
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 th...
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...
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 o...
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 Pag...
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 the...
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 compani...
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 b...
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...
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...
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 tell...
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
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
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 th...
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...
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...
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
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, makin...
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 o...
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 f...
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 a...
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 t...
Oksa Pollock: Guardian children's books podcast
Oksa Pollock is a best-selling French teen book series about a girl with magical powers – it's being called the French Harry Potter. The series of six...
Laura Dockrill talks about Darcy Burdock - children's books podcast
Laura Dockrill, author of Darcy Burdock and Hi So Much, performance artist and shortlistee for the Waterstones children's book prize 2014, reads her h...
John Hegley on poems: Guardian children's books podcast
John Hegley has been at the Imagine Festival at the Southbank centre in London, reading poems and singing songs. He stopped off to talk to children's...
Guardian children's books podcast: Michael Rosen reads a schoolboy story
Michael Rosen reads a story from Ten of the Best: School Stories with a Difference. This is the last in a series of five stories shared on Guardian ch...
Guardian children's books podcast: How to Train your Viking by Toothless the Dragon
Cressida Cowell reads her book about Vikings and dragons from her series How to Train your Dragon. This is part four of five stories shared on Guardia...
Guardian children's books podcast: Roald Dahl's grandson reads Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Luke Kelly, grandson of Roald Dahl, begins the 50th anniversary year of Charlie and the Chocolate factory, by reading a passage from this classic stor...
Guardian children's books podcast: Francesca Simon reads Horrid Henry's Nightmare
Francesca Simon reads one of her Horrid Henry stories, Horrid Henry's Nightmare. This is part two of a series of five stories shared on Guardian child...
Guardian children's books podcast: Jacqueline Wilson reads from Paws and Whiskers
Jacqueline Wilson reads a cat and dog story from her new anthology Paws and Whiskers. This is part one of a series of five stories shared on Guardian...
Guardian children's books podcast: Susan Cooper reads from Ghost Hawk
Susan Cooper, author of The Dark Is Rising series, reads from her new book Ghost Hawk about two boys living at the time of the first European settleme...
Jonathan Stroud reads his Lockwood & Co story, The Dagger in the Desk
Author Jonathan Stroud teamed up with Guardian children's books site members to create a brand new scary story. Listen if you dare …