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Bolton Children's Book Award
The Bolton Children's Book Award is an annual award given to works of children's literature published in paperback during the previous year. The award is sponsored by Bolton Literacy Trust, The University of Bolton and Page Nation. List of prize winners Shortlists *2011 **''My So Called Haunting'' by Tamsyn Murry **''The Gates'' by John Connolly **'' Sparks'' by Ally Kennen **''Fightback'' by Steve Voake **''Crawlers'' by Sam Enthoven **''The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight'' by Jenny Valentine *2010 **''Lifegame'' by Alison Allen-Gray **''Zelah Green, Queen of Clean'' by Vanessa Curtis **''Bang, Bang, You're Dead!'' by Narinder Dhami **''Mondays are Murder'' by Tanya Landman **''The Pickle King'' by Rebecca Promitzer **''The Soul Trade'' by E.E. Richardson **''Forbidden Island'' by Malcolm Rose **''Wolven'' by Di Toft *2009 **''A Beautiful Place for a Murder'' by Berlie Doherty **''Crash'' by JA Henderson **'' Ways to Live Forever'' by Sally Nicholls **''The Eye of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's literature can be traced to traditional stories like fairy tales, that have only been identified as children's literature in the eighteenth century, and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were originally created for adults and later adapted for a younger audience. Since the fifteenth century much literature has been aimed specifically at children, often with a moral or religious message. Children's literature has been shaped by religious sources, like Puritan traditions, or by more philosophical and scienti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Enthoven
''The Black Tattoo'' is a 2006 young adult fantasy novel by Sam Enthoven. It deals with a boy, Charlie, becoming possessed by a demon that manifests itself in the form of a black tattoo on his body. The audiobook, read by John Lee, won a ''Publishers Weekly'' "Listen Up" Award in 2006 and was picked by YALSA as one of their "Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults" in 2008. Plot summary The story begins with Charlie, whose parents are recently divorced, meeting his father in a restaurant with his best friend Jack Farrell. They leave the restaurant, however, soon after entering. Soon afterward, Charlie is unknowingly possessed by a demon known as the Scourge. He also joins the society known as The Brotherhood Of Sleep, who imprisoned the Scourge in the roots of a tree until one of their own released him. With Charlie's help, the Scourge manages to first kill all the members of the Brotherhood, save for the girl Esme, who has trained all her life to kill the demon. Soon after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat Kin
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Gatti
Will may refer to: Common meanings * Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death * Will (philosophy), or willpower * Will (sociology) * Will, volition (psychology) * Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will People and fictional characters * Will (comics) (1927–2000), a comic strip artist * Will (given name), a list of people and fictional characters named Will or Wil * Will (surname) * Will (Brazilian footballer) Will Robson Emilio Andrade (born 15 December 1973), known as just Will, is a former Brazilian football player. Clubs Will played for Atlético Paranaense in Brazil, before moving to play in Japan. He spent three seasons in the J2 League with Oit ... (born 1973) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * '' Will: G. Gordon Liddy'', a 1982 TV film * Will (1981 film), ''Will'' (1981 film), an American drama * Will (2011 film), ''Will'' (2011 film), a British sports drama * ''Bandslam'', a 2008 film with the working title ''Will'' Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Geek, The Greek And The Pimpernel
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Bateman
Colin Bateman (known Mononymous person, mononymously as Bateman) is a novelist, screenwriter and former journalist from Bangor, County Down, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Biography Born on 13 June 1962, Bateman attended Bangor Grammar School leaving at 16 when he was hired by Annie Roycroft to join the ''County Down Spectator'' as a "cub" reporter, then columnist and deputy editor. A collection of his columns was published as ''Bar Stool Boy'' in 1989. Bateman has been writing novels since his debut, ''Divorcing Jack (novel), Divorcing Jack'', in 1994. ''Divorcing Jack'' won a Betty Trask Award in the same year and was adapted into a Divorcing Jack (film), 1998 film starring David Thewlis. Several of Bateman's novels featured the semi-autobiographical Belfast journalist, Dan Starkey. His book ''Murphy's Law'' was adapted from the BBC television series ''Murphy's Law (UK TV series), Murphy's Law'' (2001–2007), featuring James Nesbitt. Bateman explains on his website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titanic 2020
''Titanic 2020'' is the first novel of the ''Titanic 2020'' series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 19 July 2007 through Hodder Children's Books. Plot The novel is based in the year 2020 and follows a stowaway named Jimmy Armstrong and his journey on the brand new and purportedly "unsinkable" cruise ship ''Titanic''. Jimmys great-grandfather was on the original and drowned when it sank. During a school trip Jimmy misses his chance to see the newly built ''Titanic'' and so decides to return later that night to take a look by himself. The ship leaves port at this point, making Jimmy an unwitting stow-away on the ship's maiden voyage from Belfast to Miami. Discovered by a crew member, Jimmy is brought before the Captain and, given their distance from shore, is ordered to work his passage on the ship's newspaper, the ''Titanic Times''. At the same time, an incurable disease is quickly spreading around the world resulting in widespread rioting and panic. Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizou Corder
Louisa Young is a British novelist, songwriter, short-story writer, biographer and journalist, whose work has appeared in 32 languages. By 2023 she had published seven novels under her own name and five with her daughter, the actor Isabel Adomakoh Young, under the pen name Zizou Corder. Her eleventh novel, ''Devotion'', appeared in June 2016. She has also written three non-fiction books, ''The Book of the Heart'' (Flamingo, 2000) and ''A Great Task of Happiness'' ( Macmillan, 1995; Lulu, 2012). Her memoir, ''You Left Early: A True Story of Love and Alcohol'' (Borough Press, 2018), is an account of her relationship with the composer Robert Lockhart and of his alcoholism. Her most recent novel, ''Twelve Months and a Day'', was published in June 2022 (Borough Press) in the UK, and in the US in January 2023 (Putnam). She is currently working on a Musical Theatre adaptation. Prizes Young's work has been nominated and shortlisted for prizes that include the Orange Prize for Fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Bradford
Chris Bradford is an English author and black belt martial artist, best known for his children's fictional series, ''Young Samurai''. The first ''Young Samurai'' book, '' The Way of the Warrior'', was published by Puffin Books in 2008. Disney bought the rights in the same year and published in early 2009. Seven further books followed, with a ninth - ''The Return of the Warrior'' - being published for the series' tenth anniversary in 2018. In 2013, Bradford published the first book in his ''Bodyguard'' series, ''Hostage''. The first book involves a young teenage bodyguard Connor Reeves assigned to protect the daughter of the US president. The second book, ''Ransom'', was a Top Ten bestseller in the UK and followed Connor on a mission protecting twin daughters on a super-luxury yacht against Somali pirates. At an event in Abingdon in 2013, Bradford revealed that there are six books planned in the series, with an overarching conspiracy hinted at in the first book. Bradford has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way Of The Warrior
Way of the Warrior may refer to: * Bushidō ("the way of the warrior"), the way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry * ''The Way of the Warrior'' (documentary series), an eight-part 1983 BBC documentary series about Asian martial arts * "The Way of the Warrior" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), a feature-length episode of the television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' * ''Way of the Warrior'' (video game), a fighting game released in 1994 for the 32-bit 3DO * '' Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior'', a children's historical novel by Chris Bradford * The Way of the Warrior, a challenge from the 2002 Scottish television series ''Raven A raven is any of several larger-bodied bird species of the genus ''Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", common names which are assigned t ...'' See also * Path of the Warrior (other) {{disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Downes
Kit Downes is a BBC Jazz Award winning, Mercury Music Award nominated, solo recording artist for ECM Records. He has toured the world playing piano, church organ and harmonium with his own bands ('ENEMY', 'Troyka', 'Elt' and 'Vyamanikal') as well as artists such as Squarepusher, Thomas Strønen and Django Bates. He has written commissions for Cheltenham Music Festival, London Contemporary Orchestra, Stavanger Konserthus, Rewire Festival, Cologne Philharmonie, BBC Radio 3 and the Wellcome Trust, as well as collaborating with film-makers, video game developers and classical composers. Downes performs solo pipe organ and solo piano. He also plays in collaborations with saxophonist Tom Challenger, cellist Lucy Railton, composer Shiva Feshareki and with the band 'ENEMY'. He is also currently working with fiddle-player Aidan O'Rourke, composer Max de Wardener, Berlin-based jazz avant-gardist Oliver Steidle's 'Killing Popes' and with singer/photographer Paula Rae Gibson. He te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Caveney
Philip Caveney (born 1951) is a British children's author, best known for the Sebastian Darke, Alec Devlin and Movie Maniacs novels. He previously wrote a number of thrillers for adults. He was born in Prestatyn, North Wales but for many years lived in Stockport and co-ordinated the Manchester Writers' Workshop for over twenty five years, before moving to Edinburgh. Sebastian Darke The '' Sebastian Darke'' books are a fantasy series for children. They recount the adventures of Sebastian Darke, a failed jester, and his companions: Max, a talking (and endlessly complaining) "buffalope" (a huge, shaggy beast of burden), and Captain Cornelius Drummel, a tiny but powerful warrior and leading exponent of the lethal Golmiran Death Leap. The first book in the series, '' Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools'' was published by Random House Children's Books in 2007 and the second, '' Sebastian Darke: Prince of Pirates'', in 2008. A third title, '' Sebastian Darke: Prince of Explorers'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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