26 January 2015
When you think of books, what pops into your mind? Harry Potter? Fifty Shades of Grey? Biography? I’d hazard a guess that you didn’t say children’s non-fiction. Think back to your childhood. Remember those books with wonderful colour illustrations of dinosaurs roaming the Earth, Romans invading Britain, the inner workings of a power station, the life of Henry VIII or a thousand other topics? Britain used to lead the world with these books, but they now occupy a Cinderella corner of publishing that is in danger of disappearing.