School story wins Guardian prize
Andy Mulligan follows Philip Pullman and Anne Fine to win £1,500 award for Return to RibblestropA teacher's vision of life at the most inappropriate boarding school he could imagine – think tots of rum to keep the pupils warm, regular circus trainin...
Guardian Children’s Fiction prize: the shortlist
The chair of the judging panel introduces the four contenders for the 2011 awardEstablished in 1967, the Guardian Children's Fiction prize – which over the years has gone to such writers as Alan Garner, Joan Aiken, Ted Hughes, Philip Pullman and Jacq...
Children’s fiction prize book club: My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
Annabel Pitcher's funny and heartbreaking first novel is the next, and final, book for you to consider, and as ever there's lots of ways to get involvedEvery week we are featuring one of the brilliant books in the running for the Guardian children's fi...
Annabel Pitcher says, ‘Review my book!’ – video
Watch Annabel Pitcher tell you why you should review her book, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Francis Hardinge says, ‘Review my book!’ – video
In this short video Francis Hardinge hopes to persuade you to review her book, Twilight Robbery
Children’s fiction prize book club: Twilight Robbery by Frances Hardinge
Frances Hardinge's rollicking adventure is the next book for you to consider, and as ever there's lots of ways to get involvedEvery week we are featuring one of the brilliant books in the running for the Guardian children's fiction prize. This week it'...
A bucketful of whimsy
The author of Fly by Night and Twilight Robbery explains how 18th century England and modern day Romania combined to inspire the vividly imagined, conspiracy-riven world of her booksFrances Hardinge has her friend, the children's author Rhiannon Lassi...
Extract: Twilight Robbery by Frances Hardinge
As the rain pours down in Grabely, things look as if they're taking a turn for the worse for Mosca Mye in this extract from Frances Hardinge's Guardian children's prize-longlisted Twilight Robbery
Andy Mulligan says, ‘Review my book!’ – video
Andy Mulligan tells you why you should review his book, Return to Ribblestrop
Andy Mulligan’s school rules
The author tells us about the fictional Ribblestrop, a school where 'any elf would be stamped on and barbecued very quickly'Andy Mulligan grew up reading tales of boarding school life, from Malory Towers to Jennings, but his own creation, Ribblestrop, ...
Children’s fiction prize book club: Return to Ribblestrop by Andy Mulligan
Andy Mulligan goes back his extraordinary boarding school in the next selection for the Guardian children's fiction prize, but what will you make of it?Every week we are featuring one of the brilliant books in the running for the Guardian children's fi...
Extract: Return to Ribblestrop by Andy Mulligan
Millie breaks all the rules about hitch-hiking in this extract from Any Mulligan's Guardian children's fiction prize-longlisted book, Return to RibblestropChapter oneRules about hitch-hiking, when you're a child: rule number one – don't hitch-hike. R...
