Mark Haddon

Patrick Ness beats established writers to Booktrust teenage prize

Teen favourite: Patrick Ness, winner of the Booktrust teenage prize 2008 Patrick Ness's first book for children has beaten a host of works by more established writers to win the Booktrust teenage prize. Ness, who received a...

Library Diva added the blog post 'Another Intriguing Protagonist'

I just finished the hot book of 2003, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon. Like Wallflower, the real driving force of the story is its narrator, 15-year-old Christopher Boone. While it's not...

Your '08 Observer/Cape Graphic Short Story Prize Winner: Julian Hanshaw

Animator Julian Hanshaw has won the 2008 version of the Observer/Cape Graphic Short Story Prize for Sand Dunes and Sonic Booms. The author won a cash prize and will have the story published in The Observer Review on Sunday....

The Kids' Book Club Book-review

“The Kid's Book Club Book” is a fantastic resource that includes reading ideas, recipes, activities, and tips for organizing book clubs for children. It was written by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp, who also coauthored “The...

Your Local Library: Used-book sale starts Thursday

The Friends of the Library used-book sale will start Thursday and continue through Saturday. Sales hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. All remaining books and materials...

Nov 4th : In the pink - in search of the non-weedy girl in children's literature

SANDI TOKSVIG, Writer and broadcaster **THERE ARE NO MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LECTURE** ; The fourth Fickling Lecture on Developments in Children’s Literature, in association with Seven Stories, The Centre for Children’s...