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In Episode 28 of The Book Chain Project, our last interview episode of Series 1, Kate Gilby Smith interviews Sade Fadipe, author of 'A Bouncy 123'.  Sade started writing in 2009 and just a few months after had signed her first book contract with Cassava Republic Press. She started out her career as a linguist and later followed her passion by taking on a post-graduate in Education. After teaching in London for close to two decades, she spent time out in Nigeria where she initiated a training program for teachers on the skill of reading.  Her bi-cultural identity weaves through the realistic-fiction picture books She creates for primary-aged readers.   

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Sade Fadipe's Website: https://sadefadipe.com

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In Episode 27 of the Book Chain project Melissa Welliver, author of 'The Undying Tower', chats with Kate Smith, author of 'The Astonishing Future of Alex Nobody '.  Kate Gilby Smith was born on the sunny island of Guernsey. It was while daydreaming during a philosophy of time travel seminar at The University of Edinburgh that she first had the idea for her debut book, The Astonishing Future of Alex Nobody. In 2015 she moved to London where she works as a publicist for science, philosophy and history books. Her writing for children is inspired by her love of all three of these topics. When not writing, her favourite things are basketball, swimming in the sea and eating ice cream. 

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Melissa Welliver's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melliver/

Melissa Welliver's Website: https://melissawelliver.com/

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In Episode 26 of The Book Chain Project, Chrissie Sains, author of 'An Alien in the Jam Factory', chats with Melissa Welliver, author of 'The Undying Tower'. Melissa writes speculative fiction about how the End Of The World is never really the end of the world. After studying Creative Writing at the University of Manchester, she went on to complete Curtis Brown Creative’s Writing for Children course. Her work has listed in Bath Novel Award, Mslexia, the Hachette Children’s Novel Award and the Wells Book for Children Competition. She has been published in two short story collections and is an avid member of the twitter writing community.  

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Links Chrissie Sains's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrissie_sains/

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In Episode 25 of #TheBookChainProject Natascha Biebow, author of 'The Crayon Man: the true story of the invention of crayola crayons', interviews Chrissie Sains who debuted 2021 with ‘Alien in the jam factory’.   Chrissie grew up in Essex where she spent much of her childhood pretending that she was Indiana Jones and is a highly experienced cushion walker (little known skill of hopping across the floor on cushions in case of lava sharks). Chrissie has worked as a marketing and events planner, a chalet host, a ski guide and a (pretty rubbish) dry-stone wall builder. She now loves turning the daydreams of her childhood into stories. Chrissie enjoys hiking up the fells of the Lake District and skiing down the mountains of the French Alps. She lives in Essex with her husband, two bookworms and two rabbits. Chrissie’s An Alien in the Jam Factory, illustrated by Jenny Taylor, is shortlisted for the Teach Primary Book Awards 2021. Chrissie is also co-author with Cara Mailey of Cara’s debut children’s novel, I Got This, inspired by Cara’s experiences living with achondroplasia.  

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Natascha Biebow's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataschabiebow/

Natascha Biebow's Website: https://www.nataschabiebow.com/

Buy 'THE CRAYON MAN: THE TRUE STORY OF THE INVENTION OF CRAYOLA CRAYONS' : https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/natascha-biebow 

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Chrissie Sains's Website: https://www.chrissiesains.com/

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In Episode 24 of the Book Chain project, Nadine Kaadan, author of 'Tomorrow', chats with Natascha Biebow, author of 'The Crayon Man: the true story of the invention of crayola crayons'(2019), winner of the Irma Black Award for Excellence in Children’s Books, Elephants Never Forget and Is This My Nose?, winner of the Booktrust Best Book for Babies. She has several other writing projects underway, including non-fiction picture books and chapter book series. She has over 25 years’ experience commissioning and editing pre-school novelty books, picture books, early readers, young fiction, and (pop-up) non-fiction at ABC, Dorling Kindersley and Random House Children’s Books in London. She is the founder of Blue Elephant Storyshaping, a coaching, editing and mentoring service aimed at helping children’s authors and illustrators shape their picture books, young fiction and novels pre-submission. She has been the Regional Advisor of the British Isles Region of the Society of Children’s Book Writers since 1998. In 2018, she was awarded an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). The honour is conferred by Her Majesty The Queen in recognition for her services to children’s writers and illustrators. She was the recipient of the 2019 SCBWI Stephen Mooser Member of the Year Award. She was born in Johannesburg, R.S.A., and grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she attended the American school. She has lived in London since 1993, where she moved after completing a B.A. in Developmental Psychology from Smith College, MA.  



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In Episode 23 of the Book Chain project, Candy Gourlay, author of 'Ferdinand (First names series)', chats with Nadine Kaadan, author of 'Tomorrow'.  Nadine Kaadan is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator from Syria now living in London. She is published in several countries and languages and her mission is to champion empowered and inclusive representation in children’s books so that every child can see themselves in a story.  Nadine’s work with young refugees in mitigating post-conflict trauma has captured the attention of CNN and the BBC, both of which have broadcast special features on her books ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘The Jasmine Sneeze’. She has been nominated for a Kate Greenaway Medal, and is the 2019 winner of the Arab British Centre Award for Culture. Nadine was selected as one of The BBC 100 Women 2020’s ‘most influential and inspiring women’, and was featured on their BBC 100 Women masterclass.  

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 Candy Gourlay's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candygourlay/ 

Candy Gourlay's Website: https://www.candygourlay.co.uk/ 

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Nadine Kaadan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadine_kaadan/ 

Nadine Kaadan's Website: https://nadinekaadan.com/site/ 

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