Kids’ Lit Quiz does what it says on the tin. It spans the globe and involves hundreds of schools in the UK alone. There are heats all over the country and they always include teams of authors and librarians as well as loads of pupil teams.
The author teams are easy to spot: they’re the ones looking nervous about being beaten by their juniors!
Strident authors are almost always involved and this year you can catch them at the following heats (in date order):
West Scotland (Cumbernauld) on 28 Oct:
- Kirkland Ciccone (YA – Conjuring The Infinite, Endless Empress and (shortly, North of Porter).
- Linda Strachan (Teen – Spider, Dead Boy Talking and Don’t Judge Me).
- Keith Charters (9+ comedy-adventure, Lee and the Consul Mutants, Lee Goes For Gold, Lee’s Holiday Showdown, Lee on the Dark Side of the Moon).
East Scotland (Liberton, Edinburgh) on 29 Oct:
- Linda Strachan (Teen – Spider, Dead Boy Talking and Don’t Judge Me).
- Kirkland Ciccone (YA – Conjuring The Infinite, Endless Empress and (shortly, North of Porter).
North East Scotland (Aberdeen) on 30 Oct:
- Gillian Philip (YA – Bad Faith, Firebrand, Bloodstone, Wolfsbane and Icefall)
And there are probably a few more that we don’t know about!