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We've teamed up with Authors Live to help you get more out of your reading and writing.

  • Find out more about the authors and books that feature in our events.
  • Learn about plot, characters, settings and other parts of putting stories together.
  • Pick up some exclusive authors' tips to inspire your own writing and illustrations.

Dive into one of these articles to get more from some great reads.

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If All The World Were by Joseph Coelho and Allison Colpoys

Listen to Joseph Coelho read from his book 'If All The World Were' and find out how to use spider diagrams to spark ideas for your own stories and poems.

There's Broccoli In My Ice Cream! by Emily MacKenzie

Learn about writing and illustrating picture books with Emily MacKenzie, author and illustrator of 'There's Broccoli In My Ice Cream'.

Bumble and Snug and the Angry Pirates by Mark Bradley

How do you create comics and invent your own characters?

Find out with Mark Bradley, creator of the Bumble and Snug series of books.

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