The Guardian Children's Books podcast

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This is the place for bibiophiles to meet and quiz their literary heroes. It’s a fun listen full of passionate young readers asking their favourite authors brilliantly insightful questions

  1. 04/29/2016

    Cecelia Ahern: ‘public shaming moved me to write Flawed’ - Guardian children's books podcast

    Cecelia Ahern explains how she was moved to write her first YA novel, Flawed, by her dismay at society’s increasingly finger-pointing culture. Guardian children’s books site members Harriet, Amy and Rebecca grill her on the book, which is set in a powerfully realised society in which perfection is valued above humanity

    20 min

  2. 04/07/2016

    Jacqueline Wilson for Guardian children's books podcast: 'This is a story competition about your imagination'

    Jacqueline Wilson speaks to Michelle Pauli as she launches her creative writing competition for 7 – 12 year olds, where the prize is to have the winning story published in one of her books! Here she gives you tips about getting started, inventing characters and what the judges will be looking for Find out more about the competition and enter here! Plus check out the first chapter of Jacqueline Wilson’s newest book, Rent a Bridesmaid

    12 min

  3. 03/15/2016

    Gavriel Savit: 'I’ve never known the end of a chapter in my life' - children's books podcast

    Harrowing second world war tale Anna and the Swallow Man has taken teen readers by storm. Teen site members Lottie is Dottie and Ayesha got to ask the author about the mythologisation of the Holocaust, deep and dark things, stories without end and the meaning of life Also read Remembering the people of the Holocaust

    28 min

  4. 02/26/2016

    Women in fantasy – the children's books podcast

    Get a fascinating insight into the world of teen/YA fantasy in this podcast with four amazing fantasy authors. Samantha Shannon, Sally Green, Lucy Saxon and Alwyn Hamilton talk world building, feminism, sex and why we need to stop comparing all female characters to Katniss Everdeen – however wonderful she is! Enter our signed fantasy books giveaway!

    35 min

  5. 12/16/2015

    Guardian children's books podcast with Owen Jones: 'there's a craving for an alternative to how things are run'

    Political commentator Owen Jones is grilled by teen site members CaraErica, Patrick and TheBookAddictedGirl on the writers who inspired his democratic socialist politics, the advice he’d give his 16-year-old self, and how young people should get involved in politics – and why… The Establishment is our current Teen book club read – find out what else is happening here

    20 min

  6. 12/11/2015

    Jeff Kinney: 'the joke always comes first' – children's books podcast

    Find out what Jeff Kinney’s favourite Diary of a Wimpy Kid book is, why he really did wrap himself in toilet paper in Middle School and how he ALWAYS has writer’s block in this fabulous interview by the Eye Boggling Blurbs book group Win signed copies of the complete set of 10 Diary of a Wimpy Kid books

    8 min

  7. 11/19/2015

    Guardian children's books podcast with Sandi Toksvig: 'children disappear in history'

    Sandi Toksvig reads from and talks about her latest book, A Slice of the Moon, an action-packed story of one family's journey across the world as they leave behind their home in Ireland during the potato famine and travel to America

    23 min

  8. 11/11/2015

    Children's books podcast: Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers on their picture book, Imaginary Fred

    Eoin Colfer, author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl novels, and award-winning picture book creator Oliver Jeffers have paired up to create a book about imaginary friends, Imaginary Fred. Find out how they met by chance, collaborated across continents by skype, and, of course, whether they have their own imaginary friends Buy Imaginary Fred at the Guardian bookshop

    14 min
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This is the place for bibiophiles to meet and quiz their literary heroes. It’s a fun listen full of passionate young readers asking their favourite authors brilliantly insightful questions

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  • Creator
    The Guardian
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2016
  • Episodes
    82
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Guardian Children's Books podcast

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