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MAD ABOUT MODIANO
Who on earth is Patrick Modiano? He's a French writer, and his birthday is 10 days after mine. Oh, and he won the 2014 Nobel Prize in...


SKKF Guest Post by Gabby Dawnay: Books, pictures and memories
Gabby Dawnay, one half of Dawnay and Barrow, will be joining us at the South Ken Kids Festival 2015 and bringing their tales London Calls...

Krazy about Kerangal
I have two very important reasons for writing this blog: 1) The last one I wrote about Maylis de Kerangal was washed away with the last...


SKKF Partner Le Muz Organise an Auction!
South Ken Kids Festival 2015 partner organisation, Le Muz, is an online museum of children's artwork dedicated to the conservation of art...


OUR MUST-READ BOOK: VINCENT MAHE'S 750 YEARS IN PARIS
This month we fell in love with Vincent Mahé's beautiful book 750 Years in Paris published by Nobrow and released in September this year....


TRAM 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujilla
Jacaranda Books give us a look into this week's Book of the Week, Tram 83: Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s debut novel, Tram 83, took France by...


Children's Book of the Week
French author and illustrator Magali Le Huche uses quirky humour to create a range of books and comics. She’s bringing her merry band of...


Children's Book of the Week
Bridget Marzo is a bilingual French/English illustrator and author who has recently moved back to London. She’s just published her new...


Children's Book of the Week
French illustrator Marjolaine Leray has her own unique scribble style that makes her immediately recognisable! She scribbled her first...


Children's Book of the Week
The Amazon forest has the richest diversity of plants and animals on the planet, but deforestation threats this biodiversity paradise....
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