Biblio-buzz 2023: Alexandra Palace Children’s Book Award ceremony

The Alexandra Palace Children’s Book Award is very close to my heart as I am part of the team of local school librarians who initially created it as the Haringey Children’s Book Award. It has grown into a magnificent annual event hosted by Alexandra Palace and managed by their Creative Learning Team while we continue…

Sue Klauber visit

Sue Klauber has an extraordinary family history, and she has drawn on this for her debut novel Zinc. Her grandparents were originally from Hungary, but her father, uncle and aunt grew up in North London. The stories of these three siblings at the time of the second world war are the basis of the story:…

SF Said visit

What could be more inspiring than a visit from one of the very best children’s authors writing today? SF Said is the multiple award-winning author of Varjak Paw, The Outlaw Varjak Paw and Phoenix. His latest book, Tyger, is currently shortlisted for the Alexandra Palace Children’s Book Award. It is listed by both the Times…

HWS Book Award 2023 winner!

The votes are in, both online and in our voting box, and I am delighted to announce that the winner of the HWS Book Award 2023 is Gay Club! It’s a big-hearted, funny, exciting story which addresses serious issues about school culture with humour and sharp observation. I am also very excited to say that…

National Reading Champions Quiz

Congratulations to our Reading Champions Quiz teams! Last month, more than 60 students competed for 10 places on our two teams for the National Literacy Trust’s Reading Champions Quiz. The top scorers won places on our teams and competed this morning in the regional heat against 23 other local teams. They performed extremely well, placing…

World Book Day door decorations

This is obviously a very creative school full of booklovers! This year we invited our tutor groups to decorate their doors for a World Book Day door decorating competition and the results are fabulous. The overall winner was a spiderman-themed door showcasing book covers. Each book cover is the current or favourite book of each…