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September
2011
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The Swedish edition of the revised,
updated, redesigned and combined one-volume Bocker inom och
omkring oss (Tell Me with The Reading Environment),
translated by Katarina Kuick, has been brought out by X Publishing.
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An Italian translation of a selection
of my essays on reading, literature and education, Siamo
quello che leggiamo: crescera tra lettura e letteratura,
has been published by Equilibri.
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Noguer have issued a new edition
of Reto en el colegio, the Spanish translation of my
children's novel The Present Takers.
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Dit is mijn dag, the Dutch
translation of my collection of short stories The Kissing
Game, has been published by Queridos, who are reissuing
my novel Dit Is Alles (This Is All) to accompany
the stage adaptation of parts of the book, which will open at
HetPaleis theatre in Antwerp on 21 October and will then tour
a number of towns in Flanders, with Marieke Dilles playing Cordelia
and Sam Wauters playing Will.
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Oxford
Brookes University have awarded me an Honorary Doctorate of
Literature.
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A
French edition of The Toll Bridge, La Maison Du Pont,
was published by Editions Thierry Magnier in 2010. Those with
a sharp eye will notice that my first name has been spelt on
the cover after the Welsh fashion (Aiden) instead of my preferred
Celtic fashion (Aidan).
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Thimble Press has published The
Hidden Teacher: Ideology & Children's Reading by Peter Hollindale,
which includes seven chapters on the hidden signals, values,
beliefs, and attitudes that inevitably inhabit all writing for
the young, and provides examples of how to discern them. ISBN
9 780903 355551. Details, and order from www.thimblepress.co.uk
REMINDERS
of recent publications
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The Kissing Game, published
in USA and UK earlier this year: the reviews have been exceptionally
favourable. For samples and information click on The
Kissing Game.
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Tell Me with The Reading Environment
published by Thimble Press in January replaces the two separate
titles Tell Me and The Reading Environment. Details
on Tell Me and available from
www.thimblepress.co.uk
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Reading the Novels of Aidan Chambers,
published by Thimble Press, includes seven essays by a variety
of critics and readers. Click: Reading
the Novels of Aidan Chambers. Available from www.thimblepress.co.uk
All
contents are ©Aidan Chambers unless otherwise stated.
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