Tag Archives: FCBG

Red House Children’s Book Award blog tour: Rachel Bright

October 23, 2013 · by · in Authors, Books and publishing, FCBG, Illustrators, Interviews, News · 5 Comments

Today I am absolutely delighted to be a hosting a post on the Red House Children’s Book Award blog tour, a very special award as the winners are voted for entirely by children.  It’s owned and run by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups and sponsored by Red House – check out the awesome illustration that […]

Current Story Seekers priorities

June 6, 2013 · by · in FCBG, Story Seekers · 2 Comments

I’ve found myself having a huge rethink about Story Seekers recently, but don’t get too attached to my ramblings as I’m sure there’ll be hundreds and thousands a couple more rethinks in the next two years 😉 The time issue is actually one of the major things that’s whizzing around in my mind and I […]

Fancy a chance to design a logo for the wonderful FCBG Festival of Children’s Literature…?

April 29, 2013 · by · in FCBG, Festival plans, Story Seekers · 3 Comments

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m a huge fan of the Federation of Children’s Book Groups (FCBG) and am in awe of the great work that they do at both national and local levels to promote a love of books and reading to children. The FCBG is run entirely by volunteers, a shiny, happy group of […]

Inspiration for Story Seekers – Zoe Toft from ‘Playing by the book’

April 5, 2013 · by · in Book bloggers, Inspiration, Interviews, Story Seekers · 4 Comments

As I think more and more about making Story Seekers a reality, I’m finding it very useful to look at those who are already doing similar things and from whom I can learn so much.  Thus, I’m so pleased to have the second interview in my ‘inspiration’ series here on the blog today. I first […]

One small step for Story Seekers…

August 2, 2012 · by · in FCBG, Research, Story Seekers, Storytelling sessions · 3 Comments

It feels as though quite a few exciting things have happened recently here in Story Seekers Land.  Logically I know that they’re not a huge deal, but they are little bits that actually feel quite significant to me. Firstly, I’ve decided to do a very small (and incredibly biased) trial run of some potential Story […]