Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs by Jordan Stephens review – not so chill
The Rizzle Kicks star explores the fallout from fame in this candid portrait of the artist as a struggling young man
August 2022
Children's book roundup
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books
Estranged friends navigate a sleeping world, a boy discovers he is part-alien, and the hunt for a missing mother touches lightly on mental health issues
April 2020
Lockdown culture
'Thank goodness they made Jim Hawkins a lady!' Patsy Ferran on Treasure Island
As the National Theatre’s 2014 staging of the classic adventure is streamed online, its star remembers her breakthrough year
March 2020
Fiction for older children reviews: from sleuths to woolly mammoths
Gripping yarns spring from a submerged city, desperate street life and the jungles of Sri Lanka
September 2019
Children's book reviews round-up
Fiction for older children reviews: flying puns and dangerous games
Book clinic
Book clinic: can you recommend adventure novels for adults?
March 2019
Gripping refugee tale wins Waterstones children's book prize
I found all my childhood heroes in fantasy novels
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
September 2018
Children's book reviews round-up
Fiction for older children reviews – many happy book returns
With a host of popular characters back this autumn, picking up from where you left off has rarely been more fun
May 2018
Domestic dramas are crowding out adventures, warn children's book prize judges
Entries for this year’s Branford Boase prize show a preponderance of inward-looking family stories at the expense of more outward-bound storytelling, say judges
April 2018
Dare YOU face the orcs? 80s game books Fighting Fantasy return
The role-playing adventure books sold 20m copies in the 80s, before being eclipsed by video games. Now they’re back with a new story by Charlie Higson, can they captivate the web generation?
July 2017
Children's book reviews round-up
Fiction for older children reviews – tales of the cities
London and New York both feature strongly in stories from both sides of the pond, while Room author Emma Donoghue makes her children’s fiction debut
May 2017
Children's book of the week
Tilly and the Time Machine by Adrian Edmondson review – journey of discovery
The actor’s tale about a seven-year-old chasing her dad through history is engaging and insightful
January 2017
Children's book of the week
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans review – a riotously funny adventure
Recalling the magic of Dahl and Carroll, this tale of a tyrannical toy rabbit is the first must-read children’s book of the year
September 2016
Charlie Higson hands Fast Show scripts to UEA literary archive
Young Bond author was going to throw away manuscripts that will now sit alongside works by JD Salinger and Doris Lessing
July 2016
Children's book reviews round-up
Fiction for older children reviews – half-dead and dead funny
Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon fleshes out her teenage queen of hell, while Frank Cottrell Boyce’s screwball comedy has depth
Children's books
The Tree Climber’s Guide by Jack Cooke - review
Eligor: ‘This book shows you that there is such a thing as an urban paradise, just in the form of a tree top’
Children's books
Strange Star by Emma Carroll – review
Children's books
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach - review
Children's books
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness - review
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