Red Ink by Julie Mayhew – review

Beth – Millennium RIOT Readers: 'I found this novel to be disjointed and a little boring'

Children take over the Southbank Centre for mass sleepover

The Imagine festival is back, putting children and storytelling centre stage on London's South Bank with a line-up of authors including Quentin Blake, Jacqueline Wilson and children's laureate Malorie Blackman

Your Stories: Between Hello and Goodbye by TheBookThief

TheBookThief: 'There was always rain. There is always rain in my life, yet it only brings happiness'

Reader reviews roundup

Calling all explorers, adventurers and intrepid investigators! Your reviews are heading into uncharted waters this week (and peeking their noses into some VERY top secret diaries...)

The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher – review

Beth, Millennium RIOT Readers: 'I quite liked this book but I think it could have been a bit shorter as some bits seemed to drag for me'

Looking For Alaska by John Green – review

Chloe, Millennium RIOT Readers: 'The characters are so interesting and well presented, it's almost like they're real'

Robin Etherington’s top 10 comic books

The comic book creator picks his favourite graphic novels from the genre's 'oodles of awesomeness' encompassing Asterix to Akira

Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy – review

Beth, Millennium RIOT Readers: I have loved every single book in the series and this was one of the best so far

Fear by Michael Grant – review

Hannah – Millennium RIOT Readers: 'Fear had me smiling one minute, then on the edge of my chair the next'

Emily Feather and the Secret Mirror by Holly Webb – review

Beth - Millenium RIOT Readers: 'I haven't read the first book in this series but I enjoyed this story nonetheless. I liked Emily and the story was pretty good'

Bartolome – The Infanta’s Pet by Rachel Van Kooij – review

Theo WolfTiger 'One of the main points of this book is to show how dwarfs were thought of and discriminated against, and a main theme seems to be bullying'

Video interview: Liz Pichon on drawing and writing Tom Gates

Liz Pichon talks about her Roald Dahl funny prize-winning creation Tom Gates, revealing where she finds inspiration and who she bases her characters on