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Mortal Engines
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeves is set to be adapted for film by the director Peter Jackson. Read more!
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Dan Brown’s Inferno
The film adaptation of Dan Brown’s book Inferno will be out in cinemas soon. The release date is 14th October…
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Agatha Christie
Further adaptations of some of the works of Agatha Christie are to be made by the BBC.
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Noughts and Crosses
The Malorie Blackman book Nought and Crosses is to be adapted for television. Read more about this here.
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Carnegie winner just announced
The Carnegie medal winner is Sarah Crossan with her book One.
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Read Mrs French’s Review of Half Lost by Sally Green
Half Lost the conclusion to the Half Bad Trilogy. Will Nathan and the Alliance succeed in bringing down Soul and…
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Michael Morpurgo and Leicester City!
Leicester City football team’s success inspired Michael Morpugo to write a short story.
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World Book Night
See worldbooknight.org and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/world-book-night-2016-our-guide-to-the-books/.
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Carnegie 2016
The current shortlist is available here. The winning title will be announced on 20th June 2016.
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Shakespeare 400
This site lists talks, performances and exhibitions relating to Shakespeare’s birthday celebrations from April – December 2016. See also http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/birth-and-death-of-william-shakespeare-celebrated.…