Melvin Burgess's Books
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Huffington Post, October 23, 2009
...it began with a disconcerting image of a girl spoken to by her reflection in a mirror. For Melvin Burgess, it was a mother told by a passing elderly woman that her babies weren't human. The two award-winning children's authors have both begun to dabble...
Guardian Unlimited, October 23, 2009
...Neil Gaiman and Melvin Burgess are the latest authors to explore the potential of storytelling in 140-word bursts For Neil Gaiman, it began with a disconcerting image of a girl spoken to by her...
Guardian Unlimited, October 23, 2009
...Neil Gaiman and Melvin Burgess are the latest authors to explore the potential of storytelling in 140-word bursts For Neil Gaiman, it began with a disconcerting image of a girl spoken to by her...
BCLocalNews.com, October 15, 2009
...paths, Mary begins to uncover details about the long-ago disaster that created the Unconsecrated. ? For adventurous readers, Melvin Burgess?s disturbingly violent Bloodtide will shock, revolt and utterly transfix you. This horror tale is based on the...
Guardian Unlimited, September 3, 2009
...dark stuff is neurotic PC Emo-ism? Intriguingly, Kemp asked authors to come up with ten novels of aspiration. Melvin Burgess proposed his own book Junk: 'It has been criticised for talking about drugs, but I have letters from lots of kids who find it...
Guardian Unlimited, August 31, 2009
...Green's An Abundance of Katherines, 'It is about a search for identity, but it never feels patronising.' Melvin Burgess chose:His own book Junk. 'It has been criticised for talking about drugs, but I have letters from lots of kids who find it...
Times Online, July 31, 2009
...I did.? Her latest book, Jumpy Jack and Googily, is illustrated by Sophie Blackall and published by Puffin Melvin Burgess ?I was 35 before I got any breaks in writing at all. My first children?s book, The Cry of the Wolf, was accepted in a letter...
The Stage, July 17, 2009
...Children?s author Melvin Burgess is to make his television debut, with a thriller aimed at teenagers called The Well. It is being made by Conker Media, part of Lime Pictures, and will air...
Mail & Guardian Online, July 15, 2009
...her debut, A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy, was its title.) Controversial award-winning children's author Melvin Burgess, who saw his novel Doing It described as 'vile [and] disgusting' in the Guardian, agreed. 'I've managed to resist the...
Daily Nonpareil, July 11, 2009
...always been and will always be interested in sex. This list explores teens? favorite obsession.? ?Doing it? by Melvin Burgess ?All the way? by Andy Behrens ?Pop? by Aury Wallington ?Ready or Not? by Meg Cabbot Just to name a few ?...
Guardian Unlimited, July 1, 2009
...her debut, A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy, was its title.) Controversial award-winning children's author Melvin Burgess, who saw his novel Doing It described as 'vile [and] disgusting' in the Guardian, agrees. 'I've managed to resist...
Guardian Unlimited, June 30, 2009
...her debut, A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy, was its title.) Controversial award-winning children's author Melvin Burgess, who saw his novel Doing It described as 'vile [and] disgusting' in the Guardian, agrees. 'I've managed to resist...
Helium, June 24, 2009
...Write now Article Tools Melvin Burgess is one of the big names in teen fiction. When I did my MA in Writing for Children, I was required to read not one, but two of his...
Guardian Unlimited, June 8, 2009
...Telling it like it is ... the novelist Melvin Burgess. Photograph: Murdo Macleod He's courted controversy for more than a decade with his bestselling tales of underage sex and teenage heroin addicts, but Melvin Burgess has finally found...
Tiscali, February 21, 2009
...You'd be surprised how many controversial issues are addressed in children's books,' Perera said. 'Look at Melvin Burgess's 'Junk'. There is prostitution and underaged sex presented to teenagers. They have this information on television and the Internet...
Yahoo! News Australia, February 20, 2009
...You'd be surprised how many controversial issues are addressed in children's books,' Perera said. 'Look at Melvin Burgess's 'Junk'. There is prostitution and underaged sex presented to teenagers. They have this information on television and the Internet...
Reuters UK, February 20, 2009
...You'd be surprised how many controversial issues are addressed in children's books,' Perera said. 'Look at Melvin Burgess's 'Junk'. There is prostitution and underaged sex presented to teenagers. They have this information on television and the Internet...
Tiscali, February 20, 2009
...You'd be surprised how many controversial issues are addressed in children's books,' Perera said. 'Look at Melvin Burgess's 'Junk'. There is prostitution and underaged sex presented to teenagers. They have this information on television and the Internet...
Reuters Canada, February 20, 2009
...You'd be surprised how many controversial issues are addressed in children's books,' Perera said. 'Look at Melvin Burgess's 'Junk'. There is prostitution and underage sex presented to teenagers. They have this information on television and the Internet...
Guardian Unlimited, January 30, 2009
...extra topical. A straw poll of two 11-year-olds throws up these names: Jacqueline Wilson, Louis Sachar, Judy Blume, Melvin Burgess, Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman, Anthony Horowitz, Stephanie Meyer - and a hot debate about JK Rowling. Then someone...
The Independent, December 12, 2008
...mainly there to challenge traditional taboos in children's literature now seems out of date. Explicit sexual imagery (Melvin Burgess's Doing It), delinquent parents (Jacqueline Wilson's The Illustrated Mum), drug taking (Kevin Brooks's Candy) and...
The Independent, December 11, 2008
...mainly there to challenge traditional taboos in children's literature now seems out of date. Explicit sexual imagery (Melvin Burgess's Doing It), delinquent parents (Jacqueline Wilson's The Illustrated Mum), drug taking (Kevin Brooks's Candy) and...
Books: Books blog | guardian.co.uk, September 18, 2009
...all been represented and rewarded. From the gently pastoral (Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-pig) to the ruthlessly hard-hitting (Melvin Burgess's Junk), the prize sifts the huge array of kids' books which come out every year, retaining only the mind-snaring...
bookshelves of doom, August 27, 2009
...hasn't she gone off about this before? Oh, wait. I'm thinking of her blistering review of Melvin Burgess' Doing It . Which I really liked. The book, I mean. It was amazingly raunchy, yes, especially towards the beginning, but I remember the...
The Writers' Guild of Great Britain blog, August 25, 2009
...Speaking on the same panel at the Festival, Fine's concerns were rejected by bestselling children's writer Melvin Burgess: “I have had letters talking about the humanity of my books, even when the situations the characters are in are very dark and...
Bookwitch, August 10, 2009
...do a special blog on the subject of sex in teen books. I have read Doing It by Melvin Burgess, but that is about the limit of my sexy reading by the looks of it. The good thing about me being late, is that now you can click here...
The Book Bench, June 9, 2009
...gorillas, is the new Children’s Laureate of the U.K.. A memoir by the Carnegie Medal-winning author Melvin Burgess has been dropped by his publisher over legal fears. An Israeli politician will introduce a bill that would freeze the price of books...
Cynthia Leitich Smith's MySpace Blog, May 26, 2009
...Literary Agent ; Jo Unwin, Conville and Walsh ; and Emma Young, Macmillan Children’s Books. In addition, award-winning author Melvin Burgess will serve as the honorary chair. The first anthology in 2008 helped many of its authors take the next steps...
Blogging Black Miami, May 14, 2009
...00 at the box office day of show. "The Christopher Baker Musical", inspired from the book Billy Elliot by Melvin Burgess . The Christopher Baker Musical is about an eleven year old boy who is fascinated by the grace and magic of ballet - but is...
What Was I Reading?, May 9, 2009
...of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky (Not Rated) The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (A) Doing It by Melvin Burgess (Not Rated) Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle (Not Rated) Looking for Alaksa by John Green (A) Twisted by Laurie...
Chicklish, May 1, 2009
...a meeting with some fabulous YA authors at the UK's Hay Festival. The authors are Lucy Christopher , Melvin Burgess and Anna Perera , and there are more details here . (Closing Date is 18th May 2009.) 3. The brilliant Maureen Johnson has a new book out...
Becky's Book Reviews, April 29, 2009
...Printz) 9. Maus I by Art Spiegelman; Maus II by Art Spiegelman (Pulitzer Prize) 10. Doing It by Melvin Burgess (Los Angeles Times Book Prize) 11. The House of the Scorpion . (National Book Award; Printz Honor; Newbery Honor) © Becky Laney of Becky's...
What Was I Reading?, April 1, 2009
...Title: Smack Author: Melvin Burgess Genre: YA Literary Fiction Rating: A Abbreviated Summary (from BN.com ): "Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down--not to anyone or anything. Gemma wants...
Bookninja, January 30, 2009
...extra topical. A straw poll of two 11-year-olds throws up these names: Jacqueline Wilson, Louis Sachar, Judy Blume, Melvin Burgess, Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman, Anthony Horowitz, Stephanie Meyer - and a hot debate about JK Rowling. Then someone...
