Marcus Sedwick held by Ransom

In an interview in the Independent, Marcus Sedgwick discusses his forthcoming novel, Blood Red, Snow White and his fascination with Arthur Ransom, of Swallows and Amazons fame.
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Pullman wins Carnegie of Carnegies

The Guardian have just announced the Pullman has won the Carnegie of Carnegie vote ahead of Phillipa Pearce’s Tom’s Midnight Garden. He joked that the initials were right but perhaps it was the wrong book.
Will Northern Lights last another 60 years though and still be influential?  I suspect so, and rather more than Harry Potter. [...]