April 2012

My latest youth novel, Dying to Know You, has been published in USA by Abrams Amulet Books and in UK by Bodley Head / Random House. German rights have been acquired by Knesebeck. The Italian edition will be issued by Fabbri Editori in June. For more information click on Dying to Know You.

 

The UK paperback edition of my book of short stories, The Kissing Game, has been published in their Definitions series by Random House UK.

 

La penna di Anne Frank, an Italian translation by Georgia Grilli, edited by Gabriela Zucchini, of my essay 'Anne Frank's Pen', included in Reading Talk, has been published by Equilibri as a very attractive short book with witty colour illustrations by Alessandro Sanna. Equilibri also publish a selection of my essays on reading, literature and education, titled Siamo quello che leggiamo: crescera tra lettura e letteratura.

 

A Hebrew translation of Postcards from No Man's Land has been published by Sifriat Poalim - Hakibbutz Hameuchad.

 

 

Raben & Sjögren has reissued Dance on My Grave (Dansa på min grav) and The Toll Bridge (Tullbron) in newly designed hardback editions.

 

 

 

 

Tien-Wei Publishing Company has reissued their Chinese translations of The Reading Environment and Tell Me: Children, Reading & Talk in completely redesigned editions with photograph and graphic illustrations and highlighted passages in colour.

 

 

An essay on Postcards from No Man's Land by a young Argentinian critic, María Paula González, can be read on Readers Write.

 

REMINDERS of recent publications

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

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

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