Illustrator Tim Hopgood talks about his love of colour, and how WOW! Said The Owl changed his life.
Queen of Comedy
With Book Day approaching prolific author Jeanne Willis is getting her bag ready for in person and online visits. Here Nicola Baird finds out more about her writing life.
Meeting readers where they’re at
A career teaching English often with SEN teenagers inspired Emma Steel’s move to publishing books that empower everyone to fall in love with reading. Interview by Nicola Baird
What larks: a life with books
Jane Walker from the publisher Barrington Stoke talks about books that empower reluctant readers to get to the end of a story are a big win for all readers. Interview by Nicola Baird Barrington Stoke is known for its super-readable, dyslexia friendly fiction designed to help every child become a reader. But how did they know what worked? “We were founded by a head teacher of a school for children with dyslexia and dyspraxia,” explains Sales & Marketing Director, Jane Walker. “As she was retiring everyone kept saying, ‘What are you going to do?’ She knew she wanted to …
Sarah Mears: finding empathy-boosting books
November is Empathy Action Month. Here Sarah Mears shares the many ways that EmpathyLab is helping tackle a societal empathy deficit by promoting reading.
Matt Dickinson: Everest reading challenge
Author, film maker, lecturer Matt Dickinson loves squirrels and libraries. Here he shares tips on using adventure – and in particular climbing Everest, the world’s highest mountain – to help students learn to love reading.