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Code Name Kingfisher ★★★★★

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Code Name Kingfisher ★★★★★

Liv is a year-eight student in present-day UK. She's shy and uncertain and currently navigating between wanting to fit in and wanting to be herself. She's been tasked with creating a family tree, which leads to all sorts of problems when she realises her only port of call is her stern Bubbe…

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Callout to creatives for a Jewish children's book prize

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Callout to creatives for a Jewish children's book prize

The Jewish Children’s Book Awards is calling for entries for its annual award that aims to bring attention to new Jewish literature for children. The awards were set up in 2021, born from Green Bean Books publisher Michael…

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Adam Kay: Undoctored ★★★★

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Adam Kay: Undoctored ★★★★

Upon enetering the auditorium, we're faced with a big exit sign from the cover of Adam Kay's new book, Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients, as well as a large heart rate monitor flashing in bright showbiz lights. Beneath them stand three pill bottle podiums – one…

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Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps ★★★

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Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps ★★★

When Aaron Simmonds decided to do the Edinburgh Fringe this year, he had no clue what he was going to get up and say. But he knew one thing for sure: he was going to do it standing up. For those of you furrowing a brow right now, we should add that Simmonds has cerebral palsy. Since he…