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Kate Oldfield
"It’s a chance to immerse yourself in a different world, an escape from the everyday grind."
Joelle Wellington on her new YA slasher horror novel, The Blonde Dies First
"I feel like I would largely describe this book as a love letter to horror films and the place I was raised, Brooklyn."
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B.K. Borison on Business Casual and the end of the Lovelight series
"I hope this is a place readers can return to again and again whenever they need comfort."
Laura Jane Williams on her new teen series, Taylor Blake is a Legend
"I also wanted to write about somebody really grabbing life with both hands, and sometimes I think teens are better than this than adults!"
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Adam Sass on his new YA novel, Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts
"As I wrote Grant’s story, what began as a sweet-n-simple second chances romance turned into something shockingly personal."
Seema Yasmin on the power of abortion stories
"Abortion is healthcare, they were saying, without uttering a word."
Rufaro Faith Mazarura’s Let the Games Begin inspired playlist and giveaway
"Making playlists for my characters was one of my favourite parts of the writing process"
Elliot Fletcher on the Grumpy x Sunshine trope and her debut rom-com, Whisky Business
"I believe the beauty of a truly great grumpy-sunshine story lies in the healing journey the characters are unwittingly walking."
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Rachael Fernandes on musicals and her new YA novel, The Mercury in Me
"Being able to turn up every week to see the same faces gave a sense of belonging, and helped me tie to something in my early twenties"
K.A. Linde shares her top bookish retellings
"The feeling that you can know exactly where a story is going and have no idea at the same time. That’s the beauty of a good retelling."
Jennifer Hennessy on her adult rom-com debut, Degrees of Engagement
"For a YA audience intimacy is much more about feelings versus physical sensation, so I had to make that distinction deliberately as I wrote."