In this episode we have an interview with Darren Chetty and Karen Sands O'Connor about their book Beyond the Secret Garden - Racialised Minorities in British Children's Books.

It's published by the English and Media Centre (a great resource too) and is available here.

It is based on Darren and Karen's regular column in Books for Keeps which is also well worth a read.

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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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