Contents

COVER : Window by Jeannie Baker
CONTENTS this issue : Book ENDS; The CBCA Shortlist for the Book of the Year awards 2004; Working with the 2004 Book Week Theme Doorways (Book Week 2004 21st - 27th August); Doorways into local history; doorways into other times via Historical fiction and fantasy; ideas for displays on doorways; booklists of historical and fantasy fiction involving time-slip portals; doorways in the lower school; doorways in dialogues and dramas : reading, writing and language activities; Year of the Built Environment (Kevin Steinberger discusses ways in which to explore the six key themes chosen by the YBE to investigate built environment issues and to celebrate heritage and worthy practice of built environments : towards suitable communities, healthy environments, excellence in building, our built heritage, imagining the future, design for all); Tips for writing poetry : (Poet Lorraine Marwood shares ideas for writing dialogue poems);