Children's writing

In my opinion, one of the most brilliant and powerful things about poetry is that it can be a vehicle for children to write in their voice, about their life.  Read more

Text-generating AI Creativity Engine claims that writer's block "could soon be a thing of the past for young authors".

The app uses the digitised archives of children's authors, including former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, Valerie Bloom and John Agard, to "drive young writers' imaginations". The young person starts writing a story and then take turns writing with the AI.  Read more

The history of children's books and literature, and the genre as a whole, has been the subject of many different debates: what makes a good children's book, whether adults should read children's books, and the ways that children's literature has been overlooked, denigrated, or considered ‘not real literature'.

Harriet Muncaster is the bestselling author of the Isadora Moon series and the middle-grade Victoria Stitch series (Oxford Children's Books). Her new book, Emerald and the Ocean Parade, was published on 2 March and introduces Emerald, Isadora's mermaid friend.

The popular author and illustrator of Dogger and the Alfie series has died. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute