In the Reading Corner

In this interview, Jewell Parker Rhodes talks to Nikki Gamble about the impetus behind her novel Ghost Boys and why this novel is as relevant today as it would have been 50 years ago.

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In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. 

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In this interview, Lissa Evans gives us a tour of the land of Wimbley Woos. Listen in to discover some of the secrets of Lisa's book, Wed Wabbit.

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In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. It is produced by Alison Hughes.

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In this interview, Vita Murrow talks to Nikki Gamble about reimagining princesses in the context of girl power. Vita's book Power to the Princess is illustrated by Julia Bereciartu

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If you enjoyed this podcast, please support us by subscribing to our channel. And if you are interested in the books we have featured, purchasing from our online bookshop Bestbooksforschools.com

In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. It is produced by Alison Hughes.

Follow us on Youtube for more author events YouTube.com/@nikkigamble1

For general news and updates, follow us on Twitter @imaginecentre

Full details about the range of services we provide can be found on our website www.justimagine.co.uk

In this interview, Janina Ramirez talks to Nikki Gamble about her interest in the Viking world and her new historical mystery series for children.

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In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. 

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In this magazine-style edition of our podcast, we explore different facets of reading in different media formats. Joe Devlin from UCL Institute of Education talks to us about some fascinating new research,; Author Jeff Norton explains how different media were important to his childhood reading and now to his writing; Anne Horemans talks to Jessica Tarrant from Hachette Children's Books about publishing audiobooks; Emma Madden and Gerry Johnson from Fox Primary tell us about their school's approach to cineliteracy; teacher Ben King reviews a new titles and we hear from the Reading Gladiators at Edenthorpe Hall Primary School in Doncaster.

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In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. It is produced by Alison Hughes.

Follow us on Youtube for more author events YouTube.com/@nikkigamble1

For general news and updates, follow us on Twitter @imaginecentre

Full details about the range of services we provide can be found on our website www.justimagine.co.uk

Join Rob Biddulph in conversation with Nikki Gamble. Rob talks about the influence of his design background and introduces us to his latest project Dinosaur Juniors.

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In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. 

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Full details about the range of services we provide can be found on our website www.justimagine.co.uk

James Clements introduces the latest magazine-style edition of In the Reading Corner. The children of St Mary's in Dunmow tell us about their favourite nonfiction books Christopher Lloyd tells Nikki Gamble about his history of Absolutely Everything. Sara Stanley asks Nicola Davies why it's important to read nonfiction with children Sam Hutchinson gives us a publisher's insight.

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If you enjoyed this podcast, please support us by subscribing to our channel. And if you are interested in the books we have featured, purchasing from our online bookshop Bestbooksforschools.com

In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. It is produced by Alison Hughes.

Follow us on Youtube for more author events YouTube.com/@nikkigamble1

For general news and updates, follow us on Twitter @imaginecentre

Full details about the range of services we provide can be found on our website www.justimagine.co.uk

In this interview Philip Reeve talks about his Railhead series.

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In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. 

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Dianne Hofmeyr talks to Nikki Gamble about her picture book The Glassmaker's Daughter.

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In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. 

Follow us on Youtube for more author events YouTube.com/@nikkigamble1

For general news and updates: follow us on X @imaginecentre  Bluesky  https://bsky.app/profile/justimaginecentre.bsky.social  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/justimagine_books/

Full details about the range of services we provide can be found on our website www.justimagine.co.uk

In this interview, Benji Davies talks about his picturebooks, the influence of animation and his interest in light and colour.

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If you enjoyed this podcast, please support us by subscribing to our channel. and by purchasing books from our online bookshop, Bestbooksforschools.com

In the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. 

Follow us on Youtube for more author events YouTube.com/@nikkigamble1

For general news and updates: follow us on X @imaginecentre  Bluesky  https://bsky.app/profile/justimaginecentre.bsky.social  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/justimagine_books/

Full details about the range of services we provide can be found on our website www.justimagine.co.uk