News feed for turn2page1.comhttp://www.turn2page1.com/ReadingZoneChildren's author, comedian and actor Charlie Higson met Hampshire school students and talked to them about his Young Bond titles and his newest book, The Enemy. Hampshire Schools Library Service facilitated the visit by the children's author.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=785http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=785Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:54:00 GMT We hope that you enjoy browsing the website as part of your activities on World Book Day. See Latest Titles to download book extracts, read about our featured authors, and find out about the special World Book Day Flip books. http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=784http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=784Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:10:50 GMT Lord Sunday, the concluding book in the Keys to the Kingdom series, is published on 4th March by HarperCollins. You can watch a trailer for the book, below, and see Latest Titles to download the first two chapters of Lord Sunday.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=776http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=776Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:35:21 GMT The next title in the Hunger Games series has been unveiled - it's Mockingjay, but you'll have to wait until 24th August to read it! We can't wait.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=775http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=775Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:12:16 GMT YA author Patrick Ness has won the Costa Children's Book Award for The Ask and the Answer (Book Two of the Chaos Walking trilogy, published by Walker Books) which the judges acclaimed as 'a major achievement in the making'. The novel will now be up against four others to win the 2009 Costa Book Awards.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=742http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=742Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:33:37 GMT Neil Gaiman has won the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2009 for The Graveyard Book about Nobody 'Bod' Owens, a young boy abandoned in a graveyard. Challengers for the prize included Patrick Ness, Jenny Valentine and Keith Gray.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=726http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=726Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:19:22 GMT Crocodile Tears, the eighth title in Anthony Horowitz's internationally bestselling Alex Rider series, is being simultaneously released by Walker Books as a traditional hardback, an e-book and an iPhone application on publication, 12th November.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=722http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=722Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:34:32 GMT In Pastworld, Ian Beck's new thriller, people from the future go back in time to Pastworld to get a glimpse of authentic Victorian London. Some of them will wish that they had stayed at home. View the trailer, below.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=711http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=711Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:25:20 GMT Penguin Books and The National Theatre Discover Programme have launched The Big Break young scriptwriting competition, inviting young people aged 13 to 18 years to create a treatment and the first scene of a play based on Meg Rosoff's debut novel, How I Live Now.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=680http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=680Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:49:16 GMT The publisher behind the word-of-mouth hit novel, The Hunger Games, is holding a Hunger Games day on 4th September when you'll have the chance to support Katniss and Peeta's rebellion. Email arichardson@scholastic.co.uk to win a Mockingjay badge.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=678http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=678Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:50:12 GMT Charlie Higson, author of the Young Bond series, will be writing a new horror adventure series for teens which launches next month, September, with The Enemy. Find out more in our interview next month with Charlie Higson!http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=672http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=672Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:12:06 GMT Visit Latest Titles for some great reading suggestions and extracts to download. So if it's fantasy, real life, adventure or family stories you're looking for, start here!http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=668http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=668Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:50:11 GMT Bali Rai's latest title, City of Ghosts, is published this month. You can see Rai reading from the novel on the website, below. City of Ghosts explores the events that resulted in the massacre at Amritsar in 1919. The fictionalised account is based on real events and characters. http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=661http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=661Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:41:09 GMT BR Collins has won the Branford Boase award for her novel The Traitor Game (Bloomsbury). The novel recognises debut children's authors and their editors. Collins' editor is Emma Matthewson at Bloomsbury.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=660http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=660Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:32:24 GMT The Edinburgh International Book Festival has launched a competition for seven to 14 year olds to meet former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, in Edinburgh on Saturday 22 August and to meet the author backstage.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=654http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=654Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:27:17 GMT We are looking for a young person aged over 13 years to interview Cassandra Clare in person July. The author will be visiting a variety of locations in the UK in mid July.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=646http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=646Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:12:50 GMT The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2009 has been posthumously awarded to Siobhan Dowd for her fourth and final novel, Bog Child (David Fickling Books). The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2009 for illustrated books was awarded to Catherine Rayner for Harris finds his Feet.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=652http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=652Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:39:13 GMT Entertainment magazine Take a Break has launched a fiction competition for young writers aged eight to 18 years. Author Anthony Horowitz will head the judging panel. The three top prizes are a laptop plus £1000 of books for their schools. The winners will also have their stories published in the magazine.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=647http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=647Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:40:34 GMT Anthony Browne is the new Children's Laureate. During his acceptance speech at a ceremony in London on Tuesday, Browne pledged to support picture books and illustration during his two years in office. Read a full interview with the new laureate (SchoolZone Articles) and watch him explain the 'shape game', both links below.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=641http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=641Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:46:39 GMT Young adult author Sophie McKenzie has won the overall prize in the Red House Children's Book Award 2009 for her teen novel, Blood Ties. The award is voted for by young people.http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=637http://www.turn2page1.com/index.php?zone=te&page=news_full&id=637Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:37:32 GMT