Teacher Book Club

Welcome to the eighteenth episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of one of our most recent Instagram live special author chats, with author, Lisa Thompson! This episode is in partnership with Scholastic AD | PR Tara had the pleasure of speaking to Lisa about her new book, ‘The Skeleton Puzzle’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions plus a few extras! It was...

Welcome to the seventeenth episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of one of our  recent Instagram live author chats, with the wonderful children’s author, Andy Shepherd! We read her beautiful new book ‘The Wood Where Magic Grows’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was great hearing all about the ideas behind the story and which characters ...

Welcome to the sixteenth episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of one of our most recent Instagram live special author chats, with  author, Nadine Aisha Jassat! Tara had the pleasure of speaking to Nadine about her new book, ‘The House at the Edge of the World’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions plus a few extras! It was great hearing all about the ide...

Welcome to the fifteenth episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of one of our most recent Instagram live author chats, with new children’s author, Beth O’Brien! We read her brilliant new book ‘Wolf Siren’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was great hearing all about the ideas behind the story, Beth’s love for twisted tales and which charac...

Welcome to the fourteenth episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of a throwback Instagram live from 2022 with the wonderful author Onjali Raúf - a Teacher Book Club legend! We read the brilliant book ‘The Lion Above the Door’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was great hearing all about where the ideas for the story came from and which cha...

Welcome to the thirteenth episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of one of our most recent Instagram live author chat, with the amazing children’s author, M.G. Leonard! We read her fab new book ‘Hunt for the Golden Scarab’ (the first in the Time Keys series) and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was great hearing all about the ideas behind the...

Welcome to the twelfth episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of a throwback Instagram live from 2021 with author Amy Wilson! We read the brilliant book ‘Lightning Falls’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was great hearing all about where the ideas for the story came from and which characters she liked best. We hope you love listening to i...

Welcome to the eleventh episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of our most recent Instagram live author chat, with the amazing children’s author, Anna James! We read her brilliant new book ‘Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was great hearing all about the ideas behind the story and its magi...

Welcome to the tenth episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of a throwback Instagram live that from 2021 with author M.G. Leonard! We read the fantastic book ‘Twitch’ - the first in the series, and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was great hearing all about where the story came from, her knowledge of birds and which characters she liked best...

Welcome to the ninth episode, season 2, of the Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of our most recent Instagram live author chat, with the wonderful children’s author, Hannah Gold! We read her gorgeous book ‘Turtle Moon’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was great hearing all about where the story came from and which characters the author liked best. We hope you...

Welcome to the eighth episode of the NEW, Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of our most recent Instagram live author chat, with the fab children’s author, P.G. Bell! We read his brilliant book ‘The Beanstalk Murder’ and asked him our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was great hearing all about where the story came from and which characters the author liked best. We hope you lo...

Welcome to the seventh episode of the NEW, Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of one of our most recent Instagram live author chats, with the brilliant children’s author, Onjali Raúf and the lovely author & illustrator, Pippa Curnick! Tara got to speak to them both all about their latest book together (Onjali’s first picture book) in this special episode! Their wonderful book is ca...

Welcome to the sixth episode of the NEW, Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of one of our most recent Instagram live author chats, with the brilliant children’s author, Ian Eagleton! Tara got to speak to Ian all about his latest book in this special episode! It was truly insightful hearing all about how OCD plays a big part in the story, as well as the fun Ian had writing a spooky stor...

Welcome to the fifth episode of the NEW, Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of our most recent Instagram live author chat, with the wonderful children’s author, Kiran Millwood Hargrave! Tara got to speak to Kiran all about her latest book in this special episode! It was amazing hearing all about where the story came from and which parts Kiran most enjoyed writing. We hope you love list...

Welcome to the fourth episode of the NEW, Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of our most recent Instagram live author chat, with the amazing children’s author, Jasbinder Bilan! We read her brilliant first ever historical fiction book, ‘Nush and the Stolen Emerald’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was amazing hearing all about where the story came from and whic...

Welcome to the third episode of the NEW, Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of our second ever Instagram live author chat, back in 2021, with the brilliant author, Sarah Hagger-Holt! We read her fantastic LGBTQ+ themed book, ‘Proud of Me’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was amazing hearing Sarah’s thoughts on our opinions on the story, as well as her own! We...

Welcome to the second episode of the NEW, Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of our most recent Instagram live author chat, with the incredible  children’s author, Onjali Q. Raúf! We read her beautifully emotional and heart-warming book, ‘The Letter with the Golden Stamp’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was amazing hearing all about where the story came from...

Welcome to the first episode of the NEW, Teacher Book Club Podcast! This is a recording of our very first Instagram live author chat, back in 2021, with the wonderful children’s author, Onjali Q. Raúf! We read her brilliantly emotional and heart-warming book, ‘The Night Bus Hero’ and asked her our Teacher Book Club questions about it! It was amazing hearing all about where the story came from and...