This week we're coming from The British Library, and the award ceremony for this year’s Yoto Carnegie Medal. Yusef Salaam tells... more

A Thriller Special! Scott Kershaw reveals how a spate of dog-nappings inspired his chilling high-concept thriller ‘The Game’. Femi Kayode transports us... more

This week we will be taking a look at more of the books short-listed for this year’s Yoto Carnegie Medal. Katya... more

This week we're celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Sarah, Duchess of York, will share some royal reminiscences and explore her own... more

Robert Kirkwood takes us to Dumfries House in Ayrshire for the Boswell Book Festival, the world's only festival of biography... more

The first of our Yoto Carnegie Medal specials! Julian Sedgwick blends prose and manga to revisiting the aftermath of the Fukishima... more

This week, we’re focussing on blind authors: Fiona Scott-Barrett charts the journey of her book ‘The Exit Facility’ from first concept... more

Ahead of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, we will be considering how children’s books approach some of the more sensitive topics... more

We’re investigating some novels inspired by the Golden Age of Crime-writing: Louise Hare takes us onboard the Queen Mary for a... more

This week we’ve got a crime scene special: Former CSI T Orr Munro reveals how her work in the field informed... more