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A brand new chapter for Frozen in Time!

July 17, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens

It’s hard to believe that four and a half years have shot by since Frozen in Time was first published in January 2009. For its launch I dressed up in a 50s style frock and convinced my family to clothe themselves similarly (the menfolk objected but the frocks didn’t look bad), hired a Wurlitzer jukebox and got some […]

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How writing saved my life: Janet Hoggarth on writing Gaby’s Angel

June 17, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens 1 Comment

I wasn’t supposed to be a writer. I was supposed to be an iconic artist or a world-famous DJ spinning the wheels of steel in front of a crazy festival crowd. Writing was a complete accident. It wasn’t an accident that I learned to actually write – we all have to do that. It was […]

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Horsing around: editing our bbbrilliant new pony series

June 7, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens

Life-long pony enthusiast and OUP Children’s Books Editorial Assistant Helen Bray joins us to talk about the experience of editing Che Golden’s brand new series for pony-mad children, The Meadow Vale Ponies. If someone had told me when I was a child that a job existed which satisfied both a love of books and a […]

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The Meaning of Life: Joanna Nadin on funny books

May 16, 2013February 16, 2024Oxford Childrens

I have always ‘done’ funny. Both as a reader, and a writer. As a child, I snorted through every page of every Dr Seuss, laughed until I cried at Russell Hoban’s inspired creation Aunt Fidget Wonkham-Strong in her iron hat cooking mutton sog, and the mere mention of the East Pagwell Canal from Professor Branestawm […]

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Fact and fantasy: Ali Sparkes and Unleashed

April 11, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens

My stories are a bit like a fairy with bunions. They are fantasy but they have their feet in the real world. What I really love is making startling, spooky or paranormal things happen in the ‘real’ world that we all know and recognize. When I started out with Dax Jones in the very first […]

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The warmth of ice: art in the Ice Age

April 4, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens

Sally Prue, author of Song Hunter , on the very beginnings of art and creative thinking, including her experience of visiting the British Museum exhibition on Ice Age Art . (This is an expanded version of a piece first posted on Sally’s Song Hunter blog .) Making up stuff is important. No, really: life and death important. Writing a story or painting a picture may […]

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Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2013: rights, camera, action!

March 27, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens 3 Comments

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is now in full swing. From Monday to Thursday this week our rights team have scheduled meetings every 30 minutes from 9.00am till 5.30pm with children’s editors from around the world. It’s our chance to showcase the OUP titles that we are planning to publish over the next year or […]

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The Life of Riley

March 19, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens

Celebrating the publication of The Rachel Riley Diaries: The Life of Riley , Joanna Nadin shares what she wanted to be when she grew up! I never wanted to be a writer when I grew up. That is to say, it didn’t occur to me that writing was a “real” job, much less one that I would be capable of, or derive enjoyment […]

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The secret world of smuggling: researching Smuggler’s Kiss

March 14, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens 2 Comments

Historical fiction author Marie-Louise Jensen introduces us to the hidden world of smuggling – the backdrop to her latest novel Smuggler’s Kiss. Isabelle is rescued from drowning by the crew of a notorious smuggling ship, and finds herself in a world of adventure, romance, and a thrilling fight for justice. Researching smuggling is a tortuous […]

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The Mammoth in the Room: Sally Prue and Song Hunter

February 6, 2013May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens 1 Comment

Sally Prue on the influence of her childhood on her latest novel,  Song Hunter : the story of a girl at the dawn of the Ice Age. ‘Hm,’ said my husband Roger. ‘This is a very autobiographical novel, isn’t it.’ Now the startling thing about Roger’s comment is that the book in question was my novel Song Hunter; and Song Hunter is not […]

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