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Who is Charlie Mackesy, author of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse?

Charlie Mackesy is a British artist, illustrator and author

Wales Online · Dec 24, 2022

Kate and Greg Mosse look back: ‘The shirt I’m wearing has since been made illegal’

Writers Kate and Greg Mosse on how a brief encounter on a train changed their lives

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2022

Can you outwit Margaret Atwood? The bumper books quiz of 2022

Which author was this year elected to the US Senate? In what horror story does a vampire appear as a cat? Test your wits with questions set by authors

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2022

Barack Obama reveals list of his ‘favourite books of 2022’

‘I always look forward to sharing my lists of favorite books, movies, and music with all of you,’ former US President said

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

Review: Ensemble acting doesn’t get much better than in Sarah Polley’s brilliant ‘Women Talking’

For much of “Women Talking,” Sarah Polley’s suspenseful and galvanizing fourth feature, we are in the hayloft of a barn overlooking a remote stretch of farmland, with a lonely dirt road winding toward the horizon. The sunlight spilling in through the window seems to beckon to the eight women who…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 23, 2022

‘Tiger Who Came For Tea’ finds forever home at Newcastle's Seven Stories

Families can visit the iconic yellow kitchen from The Tiger Who Came to Tea and see the author's original drawings in Newcastle

Chronicle Live · Dec 23, 2022

What time should Christmas dinner be served? We ask an expert

Our festive food habits are based on tradition and imitating innovations by the wealthy, says historian Christopher Winn

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2022

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

The story of the Earth; an A-Z for language lovers; pop-up Egyptian mummies; an enslaved man’s journey to freedom; and the best YA

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2022

LZ Granderson: The lonely exit of Adam Kinzinger

In January 2011, the Chicago Tribune published a Q&A with Illinois' five freshmen in the U.S. House. Among them was Republican Adam Kinzinger, who had run for Congress after three tours in Iraq. When the quintet were asked, "Whom do you admire from the other side of the aisle?" four…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 23, 2022

‘How is this not the norm?’: The campaign to make picture books accessible to visually impaired children

For many of us, picture books are the entry point for a life of reading – but for blind and partially sighted children, they remain inaccessible. Illustrator Dapo Adeola tells Ella Kipling about his campaign to change that

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022