Episode 1 - Dr Alexia Casale, author and Senior Lecturer and Course Leader on MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University.

A fascinating interview with Dr Alexia Casale, author and Senior Lecturer and Course Leader on MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University.  Her website can be found at http://www.alexiacasale.com/ 

Her books can be bought through these links: 

Sing if you Can’t Dance

The Bone Dragon

The Best Way to Bury Your Husband

And the books Alexi mentioned include:

Howl’s Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones

Daughter of Darkness, Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

We also talked about bookish things we had done and what we had been reading.

Ali visited:

Battersea Power Station World Book Day Lift 109 event (on until 28th March)

Battersea Book Shop

And was reading:

London Belongs to Me by Norman Collins

Katy attended:

Inclusive Books for Children Awards

And the winners and shortlisted books were:

Baby and Toddler Books for ages 1–3

Too Green! by Sumana Seeboruth, illustrated by Maribel Castells (winner)

Zeki Goes to the Park by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Ruth Hearson

Zeki Hikes with Daddy by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Ruth Hearson

Picture Books for ages 3–7

You’re So Amazing! by James and Lucy Catchpole, illustrated by Karen George (winner)

Dadaji's Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande, illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane

The Missing Piece by Jordan Stephens and illustrated by Beth Suzanna

To the Other Side by Erika Meza

Faruq and the Wiri Wiri by Sophia Payne, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat

Children's Fiction for ages 5–9

Meet the Maliks, Twin Detectives: The Cookie Culprit by Zanib Mian, illustrated by Kyan Cheng (winner)

Budgie by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by David Barrow

Lizzie and Lucky: The Mystery of the Lost Chicken by Megan Rix, illustrated by Tim Budgen

Sona Sharma, Wish Me Luck by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Jen Khatun

Too Small Tola Makes It Count by Atinuke, illustrated by Onyinye Iwu