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Enjoy a good book...

Share your opinions of your favourite books and find out some great new books to read in our book review section.

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Get advice from well-known writers and illustrators

"Always write about something you know very well - write from your heart. Write about something that's happened to you, or something that REALLY amuses you or that you feel PASSIONATE about. Trust yourself - if YOU like it, other readers will like it too!"          Hiawyn Oram

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We've asked Claire Rosemary Jane; Quentin Blake; Peter Dickinson; Anne Fine; Malorie Blackman; Robert Leeson; Jan Mark; Philip Pullman; Joan Aiken; Val Biro; Pat Hutchins; Mark Burgess; Philip Ardagh; David Clayton; Jacqueline Wilson; Helen Cresswell; Roger McGough; Berlie Doherty, Hilary Robinson, Kes Gray, Jeremy Strong, Tony Mitton, Hiawyn Oram, Alan Macdonald, Jonathon Long, Gwyneth Williamson, and more...

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