Supreme court’s Lady Hale becomes star of children’s book
Equal to Everything celebrates judge’s journey from a girl in Yorkshire to UK’s highest court
Paul Birkbeck obituary
Other lives: Prolific artist and illustrator for BBC children’s television
Jacqueline Wilson: Young care leavers thought Tracy Beaker should be more aspirational
The children’s author on why she made her now grownup eponymous character more successful in life
Harriet the Spy helped me come to terms with my queer identity
As a kid who already felt left out, Harriet was the blue denim baby butch I needed among endless ballerina narratives
Wicked wonder: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events at 20
Packed with alliteration, literary references and mystery, Daniel Handler’s series did something other books would not: took children seriously
Philip Pullman attacks politicians claiming to know the ‘will of the people’
Dark Materials author says that power based on what ‘cannot be questioned’ is ‘extremely dangerous’ at launch of new book The Secret Commonwealth
‘Give up and go to the pub’: Australia’s top authors on beating writer’s block
Nominees for the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary awards share their tips on tackling the monster that plagues all writers
Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novels
Inspirational life stories, from a pioneering balloonist to Greta Thunberg; plus Greek gods, a fox’s loss and more
Fiction for older children reviews: flying puns and dangerous games
Fowl play with the brothers of Artemis, a risky dream game and a Russian bear-girl mystery
Bearmouth by Liz Hyder review – a captivating YA debut
A distinctive voice propels this coming-of-age fable set in the harrowing confines of a coalmine
‘What’s taking so long?’: children’s books still neglect BAME readers, finds study
Although picture has improved since 2017, research shows that last year only 4% of books for the youngest readers featured a minority ethnic hero
Michael Morpurgo on fighting Brexit: ‘I’ve been spat at. It’s almost civil war’
The world’s getting nastier, says the writer, and Britain no longer cares. So he’s hitting back – with a Gulliver’s Travels update that targets Trump, Brexit and the refugee crisis
Will my cat eat my eyeballs? How Caitlin Doughty teaches kids about death
In her new book, the undertaker and YouTube star answers children’s questions about mortality. She explains why we shouldn’t fear talking about it
‘I am proven joyously wrong’: picture book about trans child wins major prize amid moral panic
In a week of LGBTQ-hostile news, the £5,000 Klaus Fugge award for illustrated books goes to Jessica Love’s Julian Is a Mermaid
Enid Blyton had racist views. But I still read her
Criticising past authors for their views doesn’t mean we must consign their books to the scrapheap, says Guardian books editor Sian Cain