Fiction, like life, tells disabled people their lives have less value

Post-apocalyptic books, films and video games tend to avoid disabled characters or kill them off because it wouldn’t be ‘realistic’ for them to survive. Corinne Duyvis, who also happens to be autistic, is ringing the changes

Lois Lane is far more than ‘just’ Superman’s girlfriend

Lois Lane is a brave, smart, fearless, ambitious journalist who always goes after the story – and it’s time to put her famous love interest to one side argues teen author Gwenda Bond

Save dragons, save books! Three authors give tips on children’s writing

Children’s author Philip Ardagh, Cressida Cowell and Laura Dockrill on how to write for an audience with short attention spans, ‘spongier’ brains and parents who demand morals over laughs

LA Weatherly: ‘It’s interesting how often people actually live up to their star signs’

The author of the Angel series speaks to site member Scoutingforbooks about Roald Dahl, Adolf Hitler, film noir, astrology and her new book Broken Sky

Seth Rogen to make live-action Where’s Wally? movie

Star of The Interview is set to produce a film based on the series of children’s books with his creative partner Evan Goldberg

Top 10 invented worlds in teen books

World building isn’t just limited to fantasy. Dystopian, sci-fi, alternate history and paranormal stories all have the job of convincing the reader that this is a world that could really exist, somewhere, out there. Alwyn Hamilton picks her favourites, from Legend and Leviathan to the Grishaverse

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren – review

EpicEmily: ‘The pictures are drawn by Lauren Child so they are very creative’

Perfect Days by Raphael Montes – review

Pedro: ‘the book has an electrifying pace, full of shocking and macabre twists and turns’

Book lovers smash quiz world record for World Book Day

Over six thousand readers take a new Guinness World Records title for World Book Day

Axel Scheffler: the Gruffalo wouldn’t exist without UK in EU

The German illustrator and creative partner of Julia Donaldson has written that their collaborations would have been impossible in a less open Europe

How to enter the Guardian children’s fiction prize 2016

Submissions are now open for publishers to enter the Guardian children’s fiction prize 2016. The closing date is 22 March 2016 so enter ASAP!

Top 10 adventure stories inspired by Wales

To celebrate St David’s Day Jenny Nimmo has chosen her 10 favourite children’s adventures stories inspired by the landscape of Wales, from Alan Garner’s The Owl Service to Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach

What are the best children’s fantasy book series?

From Ursula K le Guin’s Earthsea sequence to Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom trilogy, the Book Doctor recommends epic fantasy books to tweens and young teens who want something like Game of Thrones but without the sex and violence

Nothing review – gospel of teen nihilism is finely executed

This adaptation of Janne Teller’s dark novel by David Bruce and Glyn Maxwell shows that Glyndebourne’s education wing leads the field

How fantasy can inspire us to live in the real world

In a children’s literary universe dominated by dystopian governments and terminally ill patients, don’t be afraid to get lost in a completely different world (possibly with dragons) – here’s what you might learn!