Read our interviews with the best children's authors and illustrators.
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Interview with Michael Foreman
Madelyn Travis talks to Michael Foreman on the 50th anniversary of the publication of his first picture book.
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Love a Picture Book!
Rebecca Wilkie talks to Joyce Dunbar, about why picture books are so important.
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Teenage Prize Winner 2009 Neil Gaiman
Madelyn Travis talks to Neil Gaiman about his prize-winning novel, The Graveyard Book.
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Lauren Child Podcast
Listen to our interview with Lauren Child.
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Best Emerging Illustrator 2009
Describing her feelings about being named Best Emerging Illustrator in the Booktrust Early Years Awards, Katie Cleminson is momentarily lost for words.
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Happy Birthday Hungry Caterpillar!
Eric Carle talks to Madelyn Travis on the 40th anniversary of the publication of his classic picture book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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India's Dr Seuss
Madelyn Travis talks to Anushka Ravishankar, India's foremost exponent of nonsense verse for children.
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All That Jazz
Ed Vere talks to Madelyn Travis about his approach to picture books.
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A Portrait of a Fascinating Life
As a new exhibition of Judith Kerr's work opens at Seven Stories, Madelyn Travis meets the author of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
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Utterly Lauren
As Clarice Bean turns 10, Lauren Child talks to Madelyn Travis about her first, and favourite, character.
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From the Bard to Becks
Mal Peet tells Madelyn Travis about Exposure, his latest football novel and an adaptation of Othello.
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Teenage Prize Winner
Patrick Ness, winner of the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize, talks to Madelyn Travis.
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Marsh Award Winner 2009
As the sequel to the 2009 Marsh Award winner Toby Alone is published, Madelyn Travis talks to author Timothee de Fombelle and translator Sarah Ardizzone.
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Interview with Tanya Landman
Madelyn Travis talks to Tanya Landman, whose novel Apache was shortlisted for the 2008 Booktrust Teenage prize.
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Here Comes Tim!
Madelyn Travis talks to Tim Hopgood, Best Emerging Illustrator in the Booktrust Early Years Awards.
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Stand and Deliver
Celia Rees tells Madelyn Travis about her latest novel, Sovay.
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His Dark Materials
Madelyn Travis talks to best-selling author Philip Pullman about His Dark Materials and The Golden Compass.
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Stop the Pigeon!
Madelyn Travis meets Mo Willems, prolific creator of the Pigeon books and the Elephant and Piggie series.
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Just Michelle
Madelyn Travis talks to Michelle Magorian, category winner of the 2008 Costa Book Award with Just Henry and acclaimed author of Goodnight Mister Tom.
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Interview with Anthony Browne
Anthony Browne is one of the UK’s best-loved picture book authors and has written and illustrated over 30 children’s books.
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Love and Loss
Madelyn Travis talks to Sonya Hartnett, winner of the Astrid Lindgren Award, about her latest novel, The Ghost's Child.
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A Unique Art Form
Caldecott Medal winner, Brian Selznick talks to Madelyn Travis about The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
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The Bigger Picture
Publishers, booksellers and illustrators tell Madelyn Travis about the challenges facing picture books today.
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Smile Please
Leigh Hodgkinson talks to Madelyn Travis about her new picture book, Smile!
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Simply Satoshi
Satoshi Kitamura talks to Madelyn Travis about his work and his new book Millie's Marvellous Hat.
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High Flier
Madelyn Travis talks to Eoin Colfer about his new novel Airman
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Layers of Colour
Madelyn Travis talks to illustrator Angela Barrett about the challenges of interpreting a story.
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Retribution and Redemption
As the final volume of the Noughts and Crosses series is published in paperback, author Malorie Blackman talks to Madelyn Travis about the books.
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A Prize-Winning Partnership
Madelyn Travis talks to Gruffalo creators Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler about collaborating on Tiddler.
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Something Extraordinary
Madelyn Travis talks to Jan Pienkowski, the award-winning illustrator of the Meg and Mog books.
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Flying Across the Tyne
Madelyn Travis talks to David Almond about the inspiration behind My Dad's A Birdman.
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Mr McKee's Marvellous Adventures
Madelyn Travis meets David McKee as his most famous creation, Elmer the elephant, celebrates twenty years with Andersen Press.
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Learning Lessons from the Past
Malorie Blackman tells Rebecca Wilkie about her anthology, Unheard Voices, published to commemorate the 200 year anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act.
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A Different Kind of Princess
Meg Cabot, author of the Princess Diaries, talks to Madelyn Travis about completing the best-selling series.
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Meeting Mini
Mini Grey tells Madelyn Travis about her latest book, Traction Man Meets Turbodog.
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Writing and Me
Award-winning author Emily Gravett talks to Rebecca Wilkie
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Animal Attraction
Catherine Rayner talks to Madelyn Travis about her new book Sylvia and Bird.
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Prize Winner
Marcus Sedgwick, winner of the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2007, talks to Madelyn Travis about My Swordhand is Singing
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Polly and the Penguin
Madelyn Travis talks to Polly Dunbar about her book, Penguin, and the importance of picture books.
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You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two.
Catherine Johnson talks to Madelyn Travis about A Nest of Vipers, a crime caper set in Georgian London.
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Bursting with Joy
Madelyn Travis meets illustrator Brian Wildsmith as his work is exhibited in Britain for the first time.
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What She Saw
Madelyn Travis talks to Judy Blundell, author of America's National Book Award winner, What I Saw and How I Lied.
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From Beasties to Bears
Joel Stewart answers Rebecca Wilkie's questions about his career so far.
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