What's happening in children's books in 2015? A literary calendar

Want to know when your favourite author has a new book out? What festivals are lighting up your holidays? When the awards are being dished out? Check out our literary calendar for 2015, the year the new Children’s Laureate is announced…

Have we missed anything? Email us at childrens.books@theguardian.com or tell us on Twitter, @GdnChildrensBks. We’ll add to it as more dates become available!

Who will take over from Malorie Blackman as the new Children’s Laureate and other key children’s books events in 2015. Photograph: Tom Pilston/Tom Pilston

Tuesday 20 January 2015 - The Guardian

January

19 Guardian children’s book site’s #Gdnbluemonday Twitterchat @Gdnchildrensbks with Matt Haig, Jennifer Niven, Nicola Morgan, Sita Brahmachari, Madeleine Kudrick, Gayle Forman and James Dawson plus Rethink and Young Minds UK.

27 The Costa Book Award book of the year 2014 to be announced.

27 I Was Here by Gayle Forman and Fairest by Marissa Meyer released

February

5 Harry Potter book night - look out for lots of fun stuff on the site.

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5 The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black released.

5 North East teenage book awards announced.

9 Imagine children’s festival at London’s South Bank centre (till 22) - the festival ideas cloud kids will be taking over the Guardian children’s books site from 14-22 of February so look out for that!

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