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Malorie Blackman, Double Cross interview, November 2008
Set in a futuristic dystopia where racism and terrorism prevail, Double Cross is the fourth novel in the Noughts and Crosses series. Malorie was in Edinburgh for a Scottish Book Trust event and Jasmine Fassl took the opportunity to discuss the book with her, as well as asking how it feels to have had one of her books made into a play by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Listen: Malorie Blackman Interview
Malorie Blackman Interview
Royal Mail Awards, November 2008
The winners of the 2008 Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books were announced in a truly exciting ceremony at The Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen on 18th November. Paul Gallagher was on hand to speak to the winning authors, as well as interviewing a selection of the 600+ Scottish pupils in attendance. Listen to them all on our special podcast episode!
Podcast contents:
Winning author interviews
1. Alan Durant & Ross Collins (Billy Monster's Daymare)
2. D A Nelson (DarkIsle)
3. J A Henderson (Bunker 10)
Pupil interviews
1. Cameron (Robert Gordon's Primary, P3)
2. Aiden, Jodie (Torry Academy, S2)
3. Anna, Shona (Robert Gordon's Primary, P5)
4. Kyle (Robert Gordon's Primary, P3)
Listen: Royal Mail Awards Interviews
Royal Mail Awards Interviews
Chris Ryan, Twister interview, November 2008
Chris Ryan, ex-SAS Commander, TV broadcaster and author of the Alpha Force and Code Red series' for teenage readers, was in Edinburgh for a Scottish Book Trust/Big Issue event promoting his new book Twister. Chris Newton, who seems to be making a habit of only interviewing people with the same name as him, was on hand to talk to Chris about his journey from fighting in Iraq to writing adventure fiction and much more.
Listen: Chris Ryan Interview
Chris Ryan Interview
Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book interview, October 2008
Neil Gaiman needs no introduction to his thousands of fans worldwide, so we were delighted to have the opportunity to talk to him about his new book for children at a special event in Edinburgh Filmhouse. Listen in now!
Listen: Neil Gaiman Interview
Neil Gaiman Interview
Chris Mould, Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour of Argyll & Bute, October 2008
Something Wickedly Weird author and illustrator Chris Mould was interviewed by Scottish Book Trust's Chris Newton while they were touring schools in Argyll & Bute. Listen now to hear the Chrises discussing the tour, the importance of creativity, why it's good to scare children and more!
Listen: Chris Mould Interview
Chris Mould interview
Royal Mail Awards event, North Ayrshire, 26 September 2008
Bunker 10 author J. A. Henderson kept a group of 12-16 year old readers engaged and entertained for a full 50 minutes with his off-beat take on writing and inspiration. You can listen to the full session here, plus hear the responses of four pupils from Garnock Academy and listen to an in-depth interview with J. A (Jan).
If you want to download the MP3's just click on the relevant links.
Listen: J. A. Henderson's full Royal Mail Awards session
J. A. Henderson session
Listen: Garnock Academy pupils discuss J. A. Henderson's session
Pupil's responses
Listen: J. A. Henderson interview
J. A. henderson interview
