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September 26th, 2016

You're the voice: Hannah on the glamour of books

Glamour If you Google the word 'glamour', there appear several definitions. The first, more obvious examples speak of appealing qualities or beauty - the glamour of Monte Carlo or the glamour of a catwalk model. But right down the bottom, there's...

September 21st, 2016

You're the Voice: Welcome to the Disc

Last week I claimed I could go on for six hundred more words on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and last night, I had a brainwave. It was such; “hey, how ‘bout I write my next post on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld?” Genius. The Discworld is my...

September 15th, 2016

Brian Selznick: 2016 Inky Awards interview

Interview questions for Brian Selznick, proudly provided by 15 year old Inky Awards judge, Chloe. What is your book about? The Marvels is about family and friendship and love and the theatre and London and shipwrecks and dogs and mysteries and...

September 12th, 2016

You're the Voice: Hannah on The Transporting Power of Books

One of the greatest things about books is their ability to completely transport you - to a different country, time or state of mind. So this is my short shortlist of the three books that do this best, each from a different genre, but all possessing...

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