In children's mental health week we talk to Rachel Fuller about her picture book Bee which explores how it feels to be misunderstood and celebrates difference. We also talk to Tanya Goodin about The Teenage Guide to Digital Wellbeing which offers lots of useful advice and activities to help achieve a balance between being in the digital world and the real world (something not just teenagers could benefit from!).

Books in this episode:

Bee by Rachel Fuller, illustrated by Emilia Wharfe

More information about Bee the ballet can be found here

The Teenage Guide to Digital Wellbeing by Tanya Goodin

More information about Tanya's work can be found here

The other book mentioned in this episode is People Like Stars by Patrice Lawrence.

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We have an interview with Susan Brownrigg about her new book, Wrong Tracks, and with Publisher, Hazel Holmes from UCLan about the importance of regional voices and regional publishing.

Here are Susan's books:

Wrong Tracks

Gracie Fairshaw and the Mysterious Guest

Gracie Fairshaw and the Trouble at the Tower

Gracie Fairshaw and The Missing Reel

Kintana and the Captain's Curse

Website: https://www.susanbrownrigg.com/

BlueSky: @susanbrownrigg.bsky.social

Instagram: @susanbrownrigg

And UCLan can be found here:

Website: https://uclanpublishing.com/

BlueSky: @uclanpublishing.bsky.social

Instagram: @uclan_publishing

Other books mentioned:

The History of Information by Chris Haughton

Cane Warriors, by Alex Wheatle

Beyond the Secret Garden, Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O'Connor

When the Sky Falls, by Phil Earle

Resist, by Tom Palmer

The Line They Drew Through Us by Hiba Noor Khan

Birdie by J P Rose

Yours from the Tower, by Sally Nicholls

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Join us for Episode 19 where we have an interview with Lucy Ann Unwin and talk about her new book How to be a Revolutionary. We also discuss our New Year’s reading resolutions and do some book reviews of our holiday reading.

Here are Lucy's books:

How to Be a Revolutionary by Lucy Ann Unwin

The Octopus, Dadu and Me by Lucy Ann Unwin, illustrated by Lucy Mulligan

Lucy can be found here:
Instagram @lucyannunwin
BlueSky @lucyannunwin.bsky.social

https://www.lucyannunwin.com

Here are the books we talked about:

Children's and YA

Darkly by Marisha Pessl

Reek by Alastair Chisholm, illustrated by George Caltsoudas

Little House by Katya Balen, illustrated by Richard Johnson

Pernickety Boo by Sally Gardner, illustrated by Chris Mould

Adults

The Switch by Lily Samson

The Burial Place by Stig Abell

I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron, with an introduction by Dolly Alderton

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

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