Blogs about: Jenny Valentine
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Ten Stations
There’s less to count these days, but I still do it. Whenever I leave a train, or a bus, and especially planes and airport lounges and the like. I count the bags and the people I brought with me… more →
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Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
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Trisha wrote 6 months ago: Two years ago, Rowan’s older brother died. Jack, who could light up the room. Jack, whom every … more →
Ten Stations
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bookwitch wrote 9 months ago: There’s less to count these days, but I still do it. Whenever I leave a train, or a bus, and e … more →
Shortlist announced for the 2009 Red House Children's Book Award
jaynehowarth wrote 9 months ago: Time travelling cows, a 17th century Japanese ninja and a young boy who mourns for his dead cat have … more →
Possible nominations
catalystadmin wrote 1 year ago: Any of these books could be shortlisted for the Catalyst Book Awards 2009. What’s your opinion … more →
Costa children's shortlist
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bookwitch wrote 1 year ago: My excuse is that I was a wee bit busy the day the shortlist for this year’s Costa award was a … more →
Costa Book Awards shortlist announced
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Dean Samways wrote 1 year ago: Some of the nominees in the running for the Costa Book Awards 2008 (picture by The Guardian) The sho … more →
teenagers and tiredness and tonight in Cork
veryhungrycaterpillar wrote 1 year ago: Cathy Hopkins and Jenny Valentine were excellent on Monday night in Pearse Street. They both shed co … more →
Jenny Valentine and Cathy Hopkins, Writing for Teenagers
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veryhungrycaterpillar wrote 1 year ago: A reminder that Jenny Valentine and Cathy Hopkins will be speaking at special event later this month … more →
Branford Boase Award 2008
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bookwitch wrote 1 year ago: The witch broomed to Vauxhall in Wednesday’s deluge, to rub shoulders with the good and the gr … more →
And the winner is
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bookwitch wrote 1 year ago: Derek Landy. I love Derek and I love Skulduggery, so the win was no surprise. But it would have been … more →
What is it with cats?
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bookwitch wrote 1 year ago: The cat subject was started inadvertently, I promise. But it now seems to have a life of its own. On … more →
Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
Sue@LRE wrote 1 year ago: The whole story starts with Violet Park. An old lady in a box on a cab office shelf. This book was h … more →
2008 Carnegie shortlist
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bookwitch wrote 1 year ago: Here, briefly, is the shortlist for the Carnegie, announced today. It looks very respectable, but I … more →
The latest reads
readabookonyou wrote 1 year ago: My reading is getting ahead of my attempts to keep track of things here so I thought I had better up … more →
Finding Violet Park
bookwitch wrote 2 years ago: It’s been a morbid week so far. I’ve gone from talking brain tumours and missing teenage … more →
