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"From beginnings to endings and everything in-between, here are our favourite YA books of 2023."
Best YA sci-fi & fantasy books of 2023
2023 100% delivered with these incredible YA sci-fi/fantasy titles.
WIN 1 of 5 copies of A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft
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15 must read YA fairytale retellings
From Cinderella to The Goose Girl and everything in-between, these fairytale retellings are a bookshelf must have.
WIN 1 of 3 proof copies of Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
Ahead of its March release, we're thrilled to be giving three readers the opportunity to win an early proof copy of one of 2024's most exciting sci-fi reads, Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis. From the author of Frontier, this upcoming cosy…
Danielle Paige on her dark Fairy Godmother origin story, Wish of the Wicked
"I fell in love with fairy tales as a kid like so many children do, and I just never let them go."
Lynn Painter on her newest YA rom-com, Betting On You
"There is no serotonin for me quite like the slow burn of romance, paired with the fun cringe of a romcom."
Akshaya Raman on the world building process for The Ivory Key duology.
"Sometimes part of world building is realizing a really cool or fun element might not be working and needs to be removed or modified in some way to serve the story."
Margot Harrison on true crime and her new YA thriller, Only She Came Back
"A lot of people, especially women, say their true crime fixation is a coping mechanism, a way to deal with their own fears of becoming a victim of violence."
Kylie Lee Baker on her dazzlingly dark new YA fantasy novel, The Scarlet Alchemist
"I also really enjoy historical fiction because it lets you imagine history from the perspective of marginalized people, who historically didn’t leave much of a paper trail."
Win 1 of 3 Christmas romance book bundles
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Susan Lee shares her must watch K-Dramas for fans of The Name Drop
"There is something so incredibly addictive to how K-dramas manage to weave tension into every episode and how the relationships between characters in these shows leave you hungry for more."
Amber Smith on the inspiration behind her new YA novel, The Way I Am Now
"I wanted to show what healing and love and justice can look like through the lens of this relationship, between these two people who each have known their own traumas."
Asha Ashanti Bromfield on her powerful new YA novel, Songs of Irie
"I decided to be my own hero – and it’s helped me create characters with so much more nuance, heart and real guttural strength."
Kathryn Purdie on the timeless beckoning of fairy tales and her new YA fantasy, The Forest Grimm
"Their magic and influence is, and will forever be, limitless."