Step into the resplendent courts and forests of The Wolf and His King, the luscious adult fantasy debut from medieval historian and YA author Finn Longman...Bisclavret is cursed: to live his life in e...

Jodie Jones is out in the big bad world, and she is getting lots and lots of love. The launch was jubilant thanks to the amazing Rev and team at Waterstones King Road, the DFB team, and everyone who came along to celebrate. Anthony, my editor, gave the world's best and most complimentary speech. My oldest and bossiest friend came and spoke to everyone there, I think: I've known her since I was six (we walked to primary school and secondary school together every day, were besties at sixth form college, had kids around the same time, and have stayed in contact ever since).

A bothered bear; a great guide to drawing; a life of Josephine Baker; a role model daughter; a search for words and more

My Name is Jodie Jones yet what else is our narrator? A word collector? An observer? A survivor of an event that, and mother who, should not be hidden?

These stories for children were written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs and set in Wimbledon, London, where he grew up. Briggs is perhaps best known for Father Christmas, and The Snowman (which was ...