Judy Blume’s Superfudge was in our tiny school library, and I wolfed it down at the age of eight. From then, I was side-by-side with all of Judy’s kids, right the way up to 17-year-old Katherine in Fo

At the age of five, the celebrated children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson attended London’s Festival of Britain – a summer of activities and exhibitions around the South Bank to throw off the postwa

Susan Pitter is a cultural heritage producer and co-founder of Leeds-based Out of Many People, a non-profit organisation that curates and promotes Black storytelling through arts, heritage and cultural programming in the North. This month it is producing Likkle Lit Fest – a new festival of Black literature for children and young adult readers in Yorkshire

IT MAY BE 2026, BUT MANY HARD-WON RIGHTS FOR WOMEN ARE UNDER THREAT. WE ASK GROUNDBREAKING ACTIVISTS, STORYTELLERS AND A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER HOW TO MAINTAIN HOPE AND EFFECT CHANGE, EVEN WHEN THE WAY FORWARD IS UNCLEAR

The “Naijamerican” author is the proud owner of a teeny-tiny library

As a child, I loved the Milly-Molly-Mandy books written by Joyce Lankester Brisley and of course I wanted to be that little girl in her perfect pink and white striped dress! I think what appealed to m