The shortlist for the 2010 Waterstones Children’s Bookprize has been announced!
This is an annual award from the largest high street book store chain in the UK, and is given to a work of children’s literature published during the previous year.
The purpose of the prize is to uncover emerging talent in children’s writing and so is [...]

I have a special treat here at Bart’s Bookshelf for you all!  If you visited the site earlier today, then you will know I was given the opportunity to read and review: The Purloined Boy, the wonderful new young adult novel from Mortimus Clay. Probably the only deceased author still writing books today!
Well, when I [...]

The fourth book in the Jennifer Scales series.

About the Book
Like most young women, Jennifer Scales is slowly coming into her own. But for her, this means reconciling two sides of herself. She’s half weredragon—and able to shift into that form at will But she’s also half beaststalker—the deadly nemesis of all dragonkind. So she’s an [...]

About the Book
Twelve year old Luke Garner, is not like most twelve year olds. He’s never been to school, and whilst for most kids this would be something to celebrate it also means he’s never spent time with friends – or had friends even.
You see, in the years before Luke was born, the government passed [...]

Do you believe in faeries? Not the soft, gentle kind, but the sinister, feral kind – the ones that wreak havoc on everything in their path…

We’re joined today for the second part of our interview with author James Bow (catch-up on part one, here), by two very special guests. Rosemary and Peter the two main characters from James Bow’s ‘The Unwritten Books’ trilogy, agreed to come along and talk to us about their adventures!

Rosemary and Peter, welcome to Bart’s Bookshelf, [...]

We have a fantastic guest today, here at Bart’s Bookshelf!
Canadian young adult author & blogger, James Bow joins us today to talk about his latest novel, The Young City, and the previous books in his Unwritten Girl Trilogy.
I just reviewed, The Young City, a couple of weeks ago, and you can also check out my [...]

I have been with the Court all my life, travelling with the King’s Progress.
About the Book
One of the main characters from Deep Secret, Fourteen year old Nick Mallory returns in this semi-sequel.
But the book opens with us meeting a new character, Roddy. A young page with the Kings Progress a neverending journey around the Isles [...]

Mailbox Monday
Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia, of The Printed Page.  Head over there if you want to see what everyone else got last week or you want to play along.

Library Loot
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the [...]

In a move that is sure to increase the size of many a reader’s wishlist (including mine!) UK national newspaper, The Guardian has announced the longlist for it’s annual Children’s Fiction prize.
The announcement of the winner of the £1,500 prize will be announced on 8 October 2009, following the unveiling of the shortlist in September.
A [...]