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The Phoenix Weekender – Talking to the dead with the Murphys
The Phoenix Comic is, in my humble opinion, the very best children’s comic out there in my humble opinion. You can find The Phoenix at your local comic shop (if they don’t stock it, well that probably...
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The Phoenix Weekender – perplexing puzzles, creative comics…. this is Von Doogan
The Phoenix Comic is, in my humble opinion, the very best children’s comic out there in my humble opinion. You can find The Phoenix at your local comic shop (if they don’t stock it, well that probably...
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Young People’s Comic Awards 2017 – get your school or group involved!
The Young People’s Comic Awards 2017 is looking for schools and youth groups to take part in a major comic award. You and your school or youth group can get involved, get to read the shortlisted...
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Le petit Nicolas in comics
René Goscinny is without a doubt one of the absolute giants of Eurocomics. He was the writer of two of the best known series (Astérix and Lucky Luke), but also one of the founders of the seminal...
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Learn how to read with Donald Duck
A school in Rotterdam has decided to give their younger pupils a free subscription to the Dutch weekly Donald Duck to help them with their reading and with expanding their vocabulary. The idea for this...
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The Phoenix – USA
For us here in the UK we know all about the great kids comic, The Phoenix. And here on the FPI Blog, we’ve been telling you all about it ever since that very first issue came out. David Fickling and...
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Awards: the 2018 Excelsior Awrds shortlist is out!
Paul Registar, a man who received a radioactive papercut as a child enabling him to become a superpowered librarian, drops us a line to let us know the 2018 Excelsior Awards shortlist is out. As...
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Reviews: yar, me hearties, all aboard for rollickin’ Pirate Fun!!!
Pirate Fun, Colin Bell & Neil Slorance, Do Gooder Comics Ohhh, where to start with this one? It was sooo much fun that after finishing reading it I am sitting here with a huge grin on my face just...
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Reviews: the Beano 80 Years of Fun!
The Beano: 80 Years of Fun Box Set, DC Thomson The Beano has now been in print for an astonishing eighty years. In the fickle world of comics and publishing, this is nothing short of an incredible...
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The Edinburgh International Book Festival 2018
I’ve just been enjoying a couple of weeks at the world’s largest literary festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, seeing a number of fascinating author events and also being fortunate...
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