Book News

Following on from yesterday's post about Harry Potter, the Guardian's Phil Maynard discusses why Harry Potter must die; I am quite unconvinced by his argument.

There's an interview with one of the picture book world's favourite illustrators Alan Ahlberg also in the Guardian.

There's an interesting article in the Guardian's Blog about whether or not Enid Blyton's books should be updated. Apparently Blyton's biographer, Barbara Stoney, has objected loudly, but Guy Dammann thinks the changes are necessary.