The magazine for pre-teen readers - tBkmag is published quarterly and is packed with . . .

• extracts from several new books in each issue
• articles and features about and by a variety of authors
• readers' reviews

You'll find plenty to interest you in tBkmag - and you can apply for an introductory copy on this website.

To get an idea of the treats in store, take a look at the contents of our latest issue . . .

Issue 21 is a fun-filled book bonanza with extracts, activites, author interviews, reviews, book group news and includes:

Extracts from:

• Cosmic

An out of this world adventure from the author of Millions and Framed.

• The Name of this Book is Secret

Can you keep a secret?

• Custardly Wart, Pirate (Third Class)

Meet Custardly Wart in the History of Warts series

• The Misadventures of Benjamin Piff

Read the first book in this new series

• Hero.com and Villain.net

Hero or villain, which side are you on?

• Cheese Galore!

Boxtrolls, cabbageheads and cheese in this quirky series

• Shoot to Win

Fast-paced footie action in the sequel to The Kick Off

• The Bare Bum Gang

Join the gang with this hilarious caper

• Deeper

The sequel to best-selling Tunnels takes you further underground

• Puppet Master

Pull the strings of this mysterious marionette tale

• Traitor!

Action and adventure in Elizabethan England

• Archaeology Detectives

See inside this fact-packed new title

• The Last Free Cat

A feline fast-paced thriller

• The Fire Eternal

The new novel from Chris d'Lacey is a fire-breathing tale

Activities

• tBkmag Trivia Test

Take the quiz

• Complete the Picture

Get drawing: Chris Riddell's character Ottoline

• Activity: Magical Wordsearch

A Fairy Secrets wordsearch

• Make a tBkmag door hanger

Get creative with this tBkmag make

• Got it Covered!

Design your own book cover

Features

• Author Talkback: Chris Riddell

Meet the creator of Ottoline and illustrator of the Edge Chronicles

• Reading Groups

Read all about the Fastest Story in Milton Keynes

• From the Author's Mouth:

This time we asked them what they couldn't live without

• Score!

Top sporty reads and some author footie stats

• If you like...

Can't decide what to read next? Try these on for size.

• Carnegie and Greenaway Shortlist

See the books on the shortlist for this year's awards

• The tBkmag Book Club

Reading group activities, what we're reading and review sheet

• Out and About

Authors snapped and spotted

• tBkmag Sketch Pad

A new page of fantastic illustration

• Reviews

New books and reader reviews

• Time of His Life

Skulduggery Pleasant author Derek Landy shows us his photo album