It turns out Twitter isn’t always a waste of time after all…
Back in January, sixteen year-old Franky Rogers sent a tweet to her local Waterstones bookshop in Folkestone. Just two months later, she was guest of honour at the Waterstones Children's Book Prize ceremony...
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Florentyna Martin, Lead Bookseller at our Covent Garden bookshop, takes a closer look at The King of Space by Waterstones Children's Book Prize winning author Jonny Duddle.
We're pleased to announce the shortlists for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013. Now in its ninth year, and covering three categories of children's writing the prize was created to reward and champion new and emerging talent in children's writing. Bookseller Florentyna Martin takes a closer look at the books that made the cut... 



