Geoff Fox

Profile

Children's Books (Author)

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  Dear Mr Morpingo: Inside the World of Michael Morpurgo
  Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
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Articles

Nina Macdonald’s War-Time Nursery Rhymes	BfK No. 209 (November 2014)	WW1 literature for children put into context by Geoff Fox.
Lot-o’-Fun: Comics for children published during the Great War	BfK No. 208 (September 2014)	Little known texts published for young readers during the Great War.
How the King’s Scout Fared in the Great War	BfK No. 207 (July 2014)	Geoff Fox on texts for children published during the Great War.
Brave Boys and Girls in Wartime	BfK No. 206 (May 2014)	Geoff Fox on texts for children published during the Great War
From Story to Stage	BfK No. 202 (September 2013)	Geoff Fox on an inspirational story-telling project
Boneland: the continuing story	BfK No. 196 (September 2012)	Boneland: the continuing story. Geoff Fox reads and rereads Alan Garner's new novel.
Pigeon English – Suitable for Teenagers?	BfK No. 191 (November 2011)	Geoff Fox on Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
True Grit Revisited	BfK No. 187 (March 2011)	Geoff Fox discusses the enduring appeal of Charles Portis’s novel.
OBITUARY: Adrian Jackson	BfK No. 186 (January 2011)	Adrian Jackson (1951-2010)
Authorgraph No.174: Mal Peet	BfK No. 174 (January 2009)	Mal Peet interviewed by Geoff Fox.
Authorgraph No.164: Philip Reeve	BfK No. 164 (May 2007)	Philip Reeve interviewed by Geoff Fox.
Authorgraph No.160: Tim Bowler	BfK No. 160 (September 2006)	Tim Bowler interviewed by Geoff Fox.
Useful Organisations No.33: Children's Literature in Education	BfK No. 146 (May 2004)	International journal about children's books.
Authorgraph No.144: Garth Nix	BfK No. 144 (January 2004)	Garth Nix interviewed by Geoff Fox.
Popping Up All Over	BfK No. 135 (July 2002)	Geoff Fox on movable books.
The Snicket Letters	BfK No. 134 (May 2002)	Geoff Fox and John McLay disagree on Lemony.
Authorgraph No.130: Aidan Chambers	BfK No. 130 (September 2001)	Aidan Chambers interviewed by Geoff Fox.
Authorgraph No.102: Philip Pullman	BfK No. 102 (January 1997)	Philip Pullman interviewed by Geoff Fox.
May We Recommend... Philip Pullman	BfK No. 74 (May 1992)	Geoff Fox looks at the novels of Philip Pullman.

Reviews

Colour Me In	Reviewed in BfK No. 232 (September 2018)
The Starman and Me	Reviewed in BfK No. 231 (July 2018)
Ella on the Outside	Reviewed in BfK No. 231 (July 2018)
Child I	Reviewed in BfK No. 230 (May 2018)
The Girl in the Broken Mirror	Reviewed in BfK No. 230 (May 2018)
The Wild Folk	Reviewed in BfK No. 230 (May 2018)
Children of Blood and Bone	Reviewed in BfK No. 229 (March 2018)
Running on Empty	Reviewed in BfK No. 229 (March 2018)
The Unpredictability of Being Human	Reviewed in BfK No. 229 (March 2018)
The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club	Reviewed in BfK No. 228 (January 2018)
Ballad for a Mad Girl	Reviewed in BfK No. 228 (January 2018)
Potter's Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 227 (November 2017)
A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars	Reviewed in BfK No. 226 (September 2017)
Spellbook of the Lost and Found	Reviewed in BfK No. 226 (September 2017)
A Change Is Gonna Come	Reviewed in BfK No. 226 (September 2017)
Everybody Hurts	Reviewed in BfK No. 226 (September 2017)
Rook Anthony McGowan	Reviewed in BfK No. 225 (July 2017)
Encounters	Reviewed in BfK No. 225 (July 2017)
Goodnight, Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 225 (July 2017)
Beyond the Wall	Reviewed in BfK No. 224 (May 2017)
What Not to Do if You Turn Invisible	Reviewed in BfK No. 223 (March 2017)
Who Let the Gods Out?	Reviewed in BfK No. 223 (March 2017)
The Bookshop Girl	Reviewed in BfK No. 223 (March 2017)
Unconventional	Reviewed in BfK No. 222 (January 2017)
Girl Detached	Reviewed in BfK No. 222 (January 2017)
The One Memory of Flora Banks	Reviewed in BfK No. 222 (January 2017)
Holding Up the Universe	Reviewed in BfK No. 221 (November 2016)
I’ll Be Home for Christmas	Reviewed in BfK No. 221 (November 2016)
The Bone Sparrow	Reviewed in BfK No. 220 (September 2016)
Born Scared	Reviewed in BfK No. 220 (September 2016)
How Not To Disappear	Reviewed in BfK No. 220 (September 2016)
Goodbye Stranger	Reviewed in BfK No. 219 (July 2016)
Sweet Pizza	Reviewed in BfK No. 219 (July 2016)
Eden Summer	Reviewed in BfK No. 219 (July 2016)
Raymie Nightingale	Reviewed in BfK No. 218 (May 2016)
The Square Root of Summer	Reviewed in BfK No. 218 (May 2016)
Knights of the Borrowed Dark	Reviewed in BfK No. 218 (May 2016)
Sophie Someone paperback	Reviewed in BfK No. 218 (May 2016)
How Hard Can Love Be?	Reviewed in BfK No. 217 (March 2016)
Needlework	Reviewed in BfK No. 217 (March 2016)
Anything That Isn’t This	Reviewed in BfK No. 216 (January 2016)
Waiting for Callback	Reviewed in BfK No. 216 (January 2016)
How to Look For a Lost Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 216 (January 2016)
The Shepherd’s Crown	Reviewed in BfK No. 215 (November 2015)
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain	Reviewed in BfK No. 215 (November 2015)
The Big Lie	Reviewed in BfK No. 215 (November 2015)
Only We Know	Reviewed in BfK No. 214 (September 2015)
Sophie Someone	Reviewed in BfK No. 214 (September 2015)
The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo	Reviewed in BfK No. 214 (September 2015)
Almost Grace	Reviewed in BfK No. 214 (September 2015)
These Shallow Graves	Reviewed in BfK No. 214 (September 2015)
Minus Me	Reviewed in BfK No. 213 (July 2015)
We Are All Made of Molecules	Reviewed in BfK No. 212 (May 2015)
An Island of Our Own	Reviewed in BfK No. 212 (May 2015)
Love Hurts	Reviewed in BfK No. 212 (May 2015)
Joe All Alone	Reviewed in BfK No. 212 (May 2015)
Looking-Glass Girl	Reviewed in BfK No. 211 (March 2015)
The Astounding Broccoli Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 211 (March 2015)
The Art of Being Normal	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
The Dogs by Allan Stratton	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
Crog	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
The Brockenspectre	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
Give the Ball to the Poet – A New Anthology of Caribbean Poetry	Reviewed in BfK No. 209 (November 2014)
First Light	Reviewed in BfK No. 209 (November 2014)
Only Remembered	Reviewed in BfK No. 209 (November 2014)
Stories Inspired by Objects from The Great War	Reviewed in BfK No. 209 (November 2014)
Five Children on the Western Front	Reviewed in BfK No. 208 (September 2014)
Night Runner	Reviewed in BfK No. 208 (September 2014)
The Obsidian Mirror	Reviewed in BfK No. 207 (July 2014)
I Predict a Riot	Reviewed in BfK No. 207 (July 2014)
The Tin Snail	Reviewed in BfK No. 206 (May 2014)
Girl With a White Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 206 (May 2014)
Trouble	Reviewed in BfK No. 206 (May 2014)
Echo Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 206 (May 2014)
Amy and Matthew	Reviewed in BfK No. 205 (March 2014)
Heart Shaped	Reviewed in BfK No. 205 (March 2014)
Blood Family	Reviewed in BfK No. 205 (March 2014)
Never Ending	Reviewed in BfK No. 205 (March 2014)
Jake and Lily	Reviewed in BfK No. 204 (January 2014)
Just One Year	Reviewed in BfK No. 204 (January 2014)
The Boy on the Porch	Reviewed in BfK No. 204 (January 2014)
Gabriel’s Clock	Reviewed in BfK No. 203 (November 2013)
Stay Where You Are and then Leave	Reviewed in BfK No. 203 (November 2013)
Love in Revolution	Reviewed in BfK No. 203 (November 2013)
Geek Girl - model misfit	Reviewed in BfK No. 203 (November 2013)
One Moment	Reviewed in BfK No. 202 (September 2013)
Only Ever Always	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
Kite Spirit	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
The Diaries of Bluebell Gadsby: After Iris	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
The Last Minute	Reviewed in BfK No. 200 (May 2013)
After Tomorrow	Reviewed in BfK No. 200 (May 2013)
The Fate in the Box	Reviewed in BfK No. 200 (May 2013)
The day I met Suzie	Reviewed in BfK No. 199 (March 2013)
Escape Theory	Reviewed in BfK No. 199 (March 2013)
Dodger	Reviewed in BfK No. 199 (March 2013)
The Claws of Evil	Reviewed in BfK No. 199 (March 2013)
Just One Day	Reviewed in BfK No. 199 (March 2013)
The Great Unexpected	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
Hostage Three	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
The Fire Chronicle	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
The Fire Chronicle	Reviewed in BfK No. 197 (November 2012)
Such Wicked Intent	Reviewed in BfK No. 197 (November 2012)
Hollow Pike	Reviewed in BfK No. 196 (September 2012)
Reflections on the Magic of Writing	Reviewed in BfK No. 195 (July 2012)
Dying to Know You	Reviewed in BfK No. 195 (July 2012)
Fizzlebert Stump The Boy Who Ran Away From the Circus and Joined the Library	Reviewed in BfK No. 195 (July 2012)
The Double Shadow	Reviewed in BfK No. 195 (July 2012)
Slated	Reviewed in BfK No. 194 (May 2012)
Vixen	Reviewed in BfK No. 194 (May 2012)
Soonchild	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
Kiss Date Love Hate	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
Fallen in Love	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
The Demon's Watch	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
Psychosilly	Reviewed in BfK No. 192 (January 2012)
The Song of Achilles	Reviewed in BfK No. 192 (January 2012)
Gamerunner	Reviewed in BfK No. 191 (November 2011)
Bruised	Reviewed in BfK No. 191 (November 2011)
The Kissing Game	Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
Monacello, the Little Monk	Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
Killing Honour	Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time	Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
Forge	Reviewed in BfK No. 188 (May 2011)
Wreckers	Reviewed in BfK No. 188 (May 2011)
Macbeth ¦ Romeo and Juliet ¦ The Tempest ¦ A Midsummer Night's Dream	Reviewed in BfK No. 187 (March 2011)
By Sun and Candlelight	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
Boy vs. Girl	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
The Midnight Zoo	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
Maisy’s Show	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
I Shall Wear Midnight	Reviewed in BfK No. 185 (November 2010)
Annexed	Reviewed in BfK No. 184 (September 2010)
A Web of Air	Reviewed in BfK No. 184 (September 2010)
Monsters of Men	Reviewed in BfK No. 184 (September 2010)
School Blues	Reviewed in BfK No. 184 (September 2010)
Sisters Red	Reviewed in BfK No. 184 (September 2010)
My Summer on the Shelf	Reviewed in BfK No. 183 (July 2010)
Mortlock	Reviewed in BfK No. 183 (July 2010)
Reading the Novels of Aidan Chambers: Seven Essays	Reviewed in BfK No. 182 (May 2010)
Calamity Jack	Reviewed in BfK No. 182 (May 2010)
The Left Hand of God	Reviewed in BfK No. 182 (May 2010)
Stolen	Reviewed in BfK No. 182 (May 2010)
Thief!	Reviewed in BfK No. 181 (March 2010)
Salem Brownstone – All Along the Watchtowers	Reviewed in BfK No. 181 (March 2010)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula	Reviewed in BfK No. 181 (March 2010)
The Bride’s Farewell	Reviewed in BfK No. 180 (January 2010)
The Willoughbys	Reviewed in BfK No. 180 (January 2010)
The Thornthwaite Inheritance	Reviewed in BfK No. 179 (November 2009)
Ganglands: Brazil	Reviewed in BfK No. 179 (November 2009)
Toby and the Secrets of the Tree	Reviewed in BfK No. 179 (November 2009)
Renegade	Reviewed in BfK No. 179 (November 2009)
Saving Rafael	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
Wolf Cry	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
Sharp Shot	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Just Jealous	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
Charles Dickens; Poets of the First World War; William Shakespeare	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
Operation Storm City	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
Tim the Tiny Horse at Large	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
Swap	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
The Hunger Games	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
Fish in the Sky	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Mothstorm	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Outside Beauty	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Possessing Rayne	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
The Toymaker	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
The Demon Assassin	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
The Ghost's Child	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
The Last of the Warrior Kings	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
Once Upon a Time in the North	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
Three's a Crowd	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
The Book of a Thousand Days	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
The Master of the Fallen Chairs	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
Dragon Horse	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Starcross	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
The Geat: The story of Beowulf and Grendel	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
The Cure	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
Slam	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
Minna's Quest	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
Fearless	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
Time of the Eagle	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
City of Bones	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Hunting Season	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
The Lost Art	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
Desert Crossing	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
Sea Change	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
Ophelia	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
The Little Fish who cried Shark!	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Silverhorse	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Here Lies Arthur	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Cassandra's Sister	Reviewed in BfK No. 162 (January 2007)
A Nicer Way to Die	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
The Princess and the Captain	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
Tanglewreck	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
Shining On	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
War With Troy: Teacher's Guide; War With Troy: The Story of Achilles	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
High King, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
Twilight	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
Firestarter	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
Charley Feather	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
Blown Away	Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
Flush	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Chasing Vermeer	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Return of Death Eric, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Innocent's Story, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Writers and their tall tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Shakespeare's Globe	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
Surrender	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
Boy Soldier	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
The Dream Merchant	Reviewed in BfK No. 153 (July 2005)
Daniel Half Human	Reviewed in BfK No. 153 (July 2005)
His Dark Materials Trilogy - A Reader's Guide	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
Back to The Divide	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
The Printer's Devil	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Sugar Rush	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Fat Kid Rules the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Tread Softly	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Dunno	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Useful Idiots	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
The Pack	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
The Tale of Despereaux	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
Lirael; Abhorsen	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
The City of Ember	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
The Alphabet Room	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
The Lastling	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
Tell the Moon to Come Out	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
Grass	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
Friction	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
big mouth and ugly girl	Reviewed in BfK No. 142 (September 2003)
The New Yellow Digger	Reviewed in BfK No. 142 (September 2003)
The Tempestuous Voyage of Hopewell Shakespeare	Reviewed in BfK No. 142 (September 2003)
The Silver Bead	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Follow Me Down	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Happy	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Malka	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Climbing a Monkey Puzzle Tree	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Animal Fair - A Spectacular Pop-up	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
Wonder Goal!	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
Pirate Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
Comic Adventures of Boots	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
Great Expectations	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
Frankenstella and the Video Shop Monster	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
At the Crossing-Places	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
In the Dark, Dark Wood	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
Can We Play?	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
The Lucky Sovereign	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
Ivor the Invisible	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Remarkable Animals	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Tiny	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Bathtime PiggyWiggy	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Creepy Castle	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
Tintin: The Complete Companion	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
Ug	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
The Lost Thing	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
The Snail House	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
The Night You Were Born	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Ultraviolet	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Lulu's Holiday	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)

History

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