Children's Books podcast

Norton Juster reads from and talks about his book The Phantom Tollbooth, which is still a favourite for children and adults, even though it was first published 50 years ago

Radio 2 presenter Simon Mayo introduces the geek teenage scientist who is the hero of his new novel for young adults, Itch

Ally Kennen talks about her new novel for teenagers Bullet Boys and reads an extract

The author of Witch Child, Celia Rees, tells Michelle Pauli about her new novel for teens - This Is Not Forgiveness, a political thriller and a twisted romance

Children's author and former Monty Python comedian Terry Jones answers questions from readers about his children's books.

Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, makes a special promise to the Faultline Fiction reading group in Christchurch, New Zealand, after hearing about how the city's bookshops and libraries were destroyed

Kevin Brooks talks to alfietheotter from the Guardian children's books website about his new novel Naked, which features life in a punk band

Michael Morpurgo explains where the idea for writing War Horse came from and why it's so important to remember the suffering of the first world war

Roddy Doyle reads from and talks about his latest book for children, A Greyhound of A Girl, with Michelle Pauli, and answers questions from readers

Jennifer Burville-Riley, 11, reads the poem that has won her the 2011 John Betjeman poetry competition

Lucy Snow goes to Angley School in Cranbrook, Kent, to find out how younger readers take to book-swapping

Jackie Kay talks to children's books site member Luke Shore about her half-Nigerian, half-Scottish upbringing and her creative process

Kevin Crossley-Holland talks to Michelle Pauli about his novel Bracelet of Bones, the story of a Viking girl who follows her father down a Russian river to Istanbul

The author of Once, Then, Now and Two Weeks With the Queen, talks about his new book, Too Small to Fail, a funny and exciting tale centred around the banking crisis

Australian writer and illustrator Shaun Tan has won the richest prize in the world for children's books, the Astrid Lindgren prize. Michelle Pauli joined him in Sweden to find out what young Swedish fans think about his work