Book prizes used to be rare honours. Now they’re everywhere - from international juggernauts to niche gongs for every genre and age group. In this insightful (and slightly cheeky) blog, I explore how this prize culture reshapes publishing, boosts authors, powers marketing machines like The Bookseller, and raises the question: are we celebrating excellence - or just addicted to applause?

While creatives can value originality, art, and the emotional resonance that is in their work, some CEOs and business leaders prioritise metrics, scalability, and efficiency. Originality can be seen as time wasting. This divergence of points of view can lead to creative contributions being dismissed as "generic," undervalued, or treated as interchangeable. 

Learn how to write a children’s publishing press release that sounds human, not hysterical. Practical tips, common pitfalls, and why "thrilled" is the biggest giveaway of all.

Discover why graphic novels are essential reading for children – boosting literacy, critical thinking and visual comprehension.

In children's books, where visual appeal is just as important as the text, getting the layout right can make the big difference.

The 1993 Commercial Agents (Council Problems withDirective) Regulations (CARs) were introduced to bring UK law into compliance with the EEC.

Dr. Elesa Zehndorfer is an award-winning leadership and academic researcher, consultant, TEDx speaker, and writer.

We’ll explore the secrets to writing Christmas stories for children, with practical tips, a list of inspiring examples.

Young children are remarkabl visual readers. They can absorb busy scenes and bold, simple images with the same ease.

Shirley Willis Salariya has worked in a variety of art styles and always embraced experimentation.

There are many tools out there that it can be overwhelming. I will take you through some of the best software options for designing a children's book to kickstart your creative process!

To create interactive e-books for children, start with a well structured story, and integrate audio narration, animations, games, and sound

Illustrator and Writer Carolyn Scrace chooses her Top Ten Books from her wide portfolio of published work.

A Beta reader is an English term from the information technology and software industry, where beta testers attempt to identify problems in a

A children's book manuscript typically ranges from 100  to 1,000 words for picture books aimed at preschoolers, to early reader chapter book

People who work with children aren't usually considered to be less skilful than those who do the same work with adults, so why is it the...