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Francesca Simon

February 2019

  • Marta Fontanals-Simmons (Hel) in the World Premiere of The Monstrous Child by Gavin Higgins and libretto by Francesca Simon @ Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House. Directed by Timothy Sheader. Conductor, Jessica Cottis. (Opening 21-02-19)

    Francesca Simon: how I turned The Monstrous Child into ‘Wagner for teens’

    The Horrid Henry author’s YA novel about a smart-talking Norse goddess has become an opera – what will young audiences make of it?

June 2018

  • Hay Festival 2018

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Hay festival 2018: the Golden Booker, Akala, Tishani Doshi and more

    We discover the five best Booker winners, listen in to a smart rap on racial prejudice, and find out what #metoo means in India

July 2017

  • detail from one of Tony Ross’s illustrations of Horrid Henery by Francesca Simon.

    Horrid Henry artist Tony Ross named UK libraries' most borrowed illustrator

    In the first ranking of its kind, the Public Lending Right showed Ross clocking up more than 1m loans last year

December 2016

  • Various - Aug 2009<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jeff Blackler / Rex Features ( 993533q ) Internet user in public library, London, England, Britain. Various - Aug 2009

    Authors stamp new library strategy 'too little, too late'

    Val McDermid, Joanna Trollope and Francesca Simon among writers and campaigners questioning what the £4m Libraries Deliver plans will provide

September 2016

  • Philip Pullman.

    Philip Pullman calls for UK to adopt EU plans to protect authors' royalties

    His Dark Materials author has appealed for EU directive to be introduced in Britain, to block ‘unfair practices that currently prevent authors making a living’

July 2016

  • Francesca Simon

    Children's book reviews round-up
    Fiction for older children reviews – half-dead and dead funny

  • Alex Hahn

    Harry Potter and the curse of middle age: should fictional children ever grow up?

June 2016

  • Stars of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Paul Thornley as Ron Weasley, Noma Dumezweni as Hermione Granger and Cherrelle Skeete as Rose Granger-Weasley.

    Children’s authors’ debt to JK Rowling: ‘She brought back storytelling’

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    Children's books
    Highlights of the Hay festival as told by a reader

May 2016

  • Francesca Simon, children's author Photographed near Millennium Bridge and Tate Modern London By David Levene 20/8/13

    Children's books
    Francesca Simon: 'I love writing in the first person'

  • I want to win: Little Princess cover

    Children's books
    Books to get children through sports day

January 2016

  • rows of books

    Children's books
    Authors share their reading resolutions for 2016 – now share yours!

    From ‘bookending’ every day, to full digital detox to reading more books in translation, authors including Louise O’Neill, Meg Rosoff, Katherine Rundell, Philip Reeve, Francesca Simon and Juno Dawson (nee James) reveal reading-related resolutions

December 2015

  • Children's books
    Horrid Henry's Revenge by Francesca Simon – review

    Kaie, The Talented Tallanders: ‘Horrid Henry is my favourite. I like him because he is very rude and mean’

November 2015

  • Steven Butler

    Children's books
    World Book Day 2016's Biggest Book Show On Earth lineup announced!

  • Horrid Henry

    Children's books
    The Children's Book Award – shortlist 2016

October 2015

  • Beastly: The fearsome three-ton spider, featured in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

    Children's books
    Spiders in children's books - quiz

    Why don’t you stop scuttling around on the world wide web and try our creepy crawly quiz?

May 2015

  • Yummy Scrummy Day

    Children's books
    Family books reviews - in pictures

    This month our family reviewers have been thinking deep and looking long, from pondering the rules of summer to enjoying a seriously scrummy picnic… For serious topics and serious fun, here are their top tips on what to read with younger children

April 2015

  • Children's books
    Horrid Henry's Krazy Ketchup by Francesca Simon - review

    Breakdancer: 'One of my favourite Horrid Henry books'

March 2015

  • 140x84 trailpic for World Book Day: children's authors get grilled by their own creations – video

    Children's books
    World Book Day: children's authors get grilled by their own creations – video

  • Where's Wally

    Children's books
    World Book Day 2015: what to wear

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