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In the Reading Corner

by Nikki Gamble

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JonArno Lawson: Wise Up!! Wise Down!

May 24, 2025 · 20 min

Nikki Gamble talks to CLiPPA shortlisted poet JonArno Lawson about his co-authored poetry collection (with John Agard) Wise Up! Wise Down! Jon talks about why writing poetry excites him and his thoughts about performing poetry. About Wise…
Brian Bilston: Let Sleeping Cats Lie

May 20, 2025 · 24 min

In the second of our podcasts with CLiPPA shortlisted poets, Nikki Gamble talks to Brian Bilston about his collection of pet poems, Let Sleeping Cats Lie. Brian talks about why he writes, his thoughts about performing and reflects on…
Jane Newbery - CLiPPA shortlisted poet

May 3, 2025 · 18 min

Nikki Gamble talks to Jan Newbery about her CLiPPa shortlisted collection, Big Red Dragon, and writing verse for very young children and their adults. Support the show Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast, please support…
Jenny Downham and Louis Hill: Let the Light In

January 26, 2025 · 33 min

Jenny Downham and Louis Hill are the mother and son writing partners of the YA novel Let the Light In. In this interview, they talk with Nikki Gamble about the discoveries made when writing together. They reflect on the complexities of…
The Pinchers with Anders Sparring and Per Gustavsson

October 12, 2024 · 26 min

Anders Sparring and Per Gustavsson are the creative duo behind The Pinchers. Originally published in Swedish, the books have been translated into English by Julia Marshall and are published by Gecko Press. About The Pinchers The Pinchers…

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Jeremy Strong: Fox Goes North

October 10, 2024 · 21 min

Jeremy Strong's final novel, Fox Goes North, is a beautifully written fable about a brave, loyal and quirky group of friends who travel together in a topsy-turvy caravan on a quest to see the Northern Lights. For the old, wise fox, this…
Elle McNicoll: Keedie

June 22, 2024 · 23 min

In this episode, Elle McNicoll talks to Nikki Gamble about her novel, Keedie, the prequel to her novel, A Kind of Spark, now a BBC television series. About Keedie Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark comes a powerful…
Clare Pollard: The Untameables

May 11, 2024 · 25 min

In this episode, Nikki Gamble talks to award-winning poet, novelist, playwright, and literary critic Clare Pollard about her debut children's novel, The Untameables. About the Untameables Under the bloody rule of King Arthur – as the…
Jodie Lancet-Grant: The Wild West Twins

May 10, 2024 · 18 min

Jodie Lancet-Grant is the author of The Pirate Mums and The Marvellous Doctors for Magical Creatures. and The Legend of the Wild West Twins, The Pirate Mums made history as the first book with a two-mum family to be read as a Cbeebies…
Lucy Strange: The Island at the Edge of Night

May 6, 2024 · 25 min

After training as an actor and working as an English teacher, Lucy published her first novel, The Secret of Nightingale Wood, which won the 2014 Montegrappa First Fiction Prize; further novels, Our Castle by the Sea, The Ghost of…
Maya Wei-Haas: What a Rock Can Reveal

May 4, 2024 · 27 min

Nikki Gamble talks to science journalist and author Maya Wei-Haas about her recently published book, What A Rock Can Reveal. The discussion ranges from the creation of volcanic rock to stromatolites, the earliest known form of life on…
Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent

December 21, 2023 · 27 min

It's 20 years since the publication of Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men, the first book in the Tiffany Aching arc within the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. To celebrate, Terry's daughter Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent have…

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About the show

In the Reading Corner is created by Just Imagine for anyone interested in children's books and reading. It is hosted by Nikki Gamble, author of Exploring Children's Literature and co-author of Guiding Readers. Listening to this podcast, you will learn about the latest children's books, learn more about the creative processes of writing and illustrating, discover different viewpoints about topical issues and more. Whether you are a teacher, librarian, parent, bookseller, publisher, writer or illustrator, this podcast is made with love for you.