My lovely author, Ann Thwaite - who at 87 years old is quite frankly a treasure - is signing copies of #BeyondTheSecretGarden , dispatching colourful book plates to bookshops from her home. If you're a bookshop and would like signed bookplates, let me know. Ann will be delighted.
NEW issue #BfK247 out now. Spring reading includes Jon Agee, Elle McNicoll, Piers Torday, Em Norry, new #BeyondtheSecretGarden , libraries in lockdown, creative writing for children, George Butler, the best nature books for children and, of course, reviews.
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It's here, #BfK258 ! Our first issue of 2023 packed with interviews and articles PLUS new year predictions and your reading highlights for the year ahead. Features Sean Taylor, Duncan Beedie, Eve Ainsworth, #BeyondTheSecretGarden , Beverley Naidoo & more.
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And a huge thank you to the wonderful guys over at Duckworth Books for sending me a #gifted copy of #BeyondTheSecretGarden by #AnnThwaite
The Secret Garden is my all time favourite book so I am very excited to read this 💚
The latest #BeyondtheSecretGarden looks at stories set in school. Thread below. Article here: booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyond…
The last few years have seen an explosion of children’s & YA fiction where Black and other racially minoritised people are depicted as magical – and in non-stereotypical ways. NEW #BeyondTheSecretGarden feature by Darren Chetty Karen Sands-O'Connor in #BFK259
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Well it may seem old school to you… but with every new issue of Books for Keeps we print off this column, gobble it up and then store it away in its own special file.
#BeyondTheSecretGarden series Karen Sands-O'Connor & Darren Chetty
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Sanctuary? Contested Territory? Hostile Environment? Prison?
How have schools been depicted in children's & YA fiction?
Latest #BeyondtheSecretGarden with Karen Sands-O'Connor in @booksforkeeps booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyond… #ReflectingRealities #WeNeedDiverseBooks
I just reviewed Beyond the Secret Garden by Ann Thwaite. #BeyondtheSecretGarden #NetGalley netgalley.com/book/200518/re…
Our new issue #BfK262 will be out next week and it's a cracker! Featuring Derek Landy Sally Nicholls David Melling Neill Cameron new #BeyondTheSecretGarden and more plus lots of new book reviews. Don't miss out - sign up for our newsletter ⬇️
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If you haven't signed up to the Books for Keeps newsletter, it's so worth doing. Lots of really interesting and important articles. #BeyondtheSecretGarden is brilliant.
Hear what our publishing guru 📚 Matt Casbourne 📚 has to say about our latest title #BeyondtheSecretGarden . And check out the quiz too!
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I would recommend But Martin! by June Counsel the story of an alien who was so different from all the other children in his class. #BeyondtheSecretGarden
The latest #BeyondtheSecretGarden looks at JOY and includes books by Dean Atta Rashmi Sirdeshpande Zanib Mian Dapo Adeola and Patrice Lawrence (she/her)
New book: #BeyondtheSecretGarden . Today #ChurchillFellow Ann Thwaite has released a book exploring the life of Frances Burnett, the author of 1911 novel The Secret Garden. To celebrate, Duckworth Books are running a quiz. Details below ⬇️
Tune in to BBC Jo Good Show from 1.30pm to listen to award-winning author Ann Thwaite chat about her new book #BeyondtheSecretGarden , published today!
Ann (87 years-old!!) is a brilliant ball of energy. She's an inspiration to us, and I promise she'll inspire you too!
As always, the latest #BeyondTheSecretGarden column is an enjoyable and informative read. It mentions Onyeka and The Academy of the Sun, which I'm currently reading and it is an outstanding action-packed page-turner!
#BeyondtheSecretGarden looking beautiful in sunny Kenilworth Books🌱🌺🌻🦔. Lots of interest in the quiz too! 🌷
📚 Matt Casbourne 📚
In the secret garden of FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
So Karen Sands-O'Connor and I have been writing #BeyondtheSecretGarden since 2018.
In 2024, we’ll be continuing the Books for Keeps series, looking at representations of racially minoritised people in (mostly) British children’s literature. And publishing our book on the subject.