The Ted Talk led me to Jarrett's graphic novel autobiography, a National Book Award Finalist. Moving, sad, uplifting. Highly recommend...

By Candy Gourlay I was SO excited to see the shortlist for the Crystal Kite Award last week! Every year, members of SCBWI (Society of...

Recently, I opened a blog post with this: Growing up, books were my windows to other places, other people, and other ways of life. I trave...

Greetings from the Philippines where I have been launching the Filipino editions of Is It a Mermaid (Sirena ba Yan?) and Bone Talk. It wa...

Back in November, I was so pleasedwhen I found out that Bone Talk got a nomination for the Carnegie Medal and Francesca Chessa, who illustr...

I have been through Hong Kong many times but always on the way to somewhere else or stopping quickly for a meeting. I've never really s...

By Candy Gourlay With children from Telford Priory School in Telford. Thanks to the TPS photographer. Last week, I went on my first-e...