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We had the honour of chatting with Marie Lu about all the fun she had researching for Stars and Smoke.
Win the entire Carnegie Medal for Writing 2023 shortlist
We are back with more exciting news about the UK’s longest running and best-loved book awards for children and young people, The Yoto Carnegies.
Melissa Welliver chats finding humour in her dystopian novel My Love Life and the Apocalypse
My Love Life and the Apocalypse is a YA sci-fi with slowburn romance and vintage 90s-00s culture references.
21 Debut Novels from January to March 2023
We love supporting debut authors, so today we are recommending you 21 debut novels that came out in January to March this year.
Roland Chambers tells us 5 facts about Charles Darwin and The Rage of the Sea Witch
This guest post is written by Roland Chambers, author of The Adventures of Billy Shaman: The Rage of the Sea Witch.
Alexandra Bracken on the folklores that inspire Silver in the Bone
"Isn’t it amazing how certain stories just creep into your cultural awareness and take root?"
Maureen Johnson chats the challenges of writing a manor house murder for Nine Liars
Following Stevie Bell and her friends' journey abroad in England, Nine Liars brings readers back to a double-murder cold case set in 1995.
Tia Fisher chats consulting the Children’s Society on Crossing the Line
We had the honour of chatting with Tia Fisher on her novel-in-verse, Crossing the Line.
Daisy Hildyard convinces you to read Emergency
"Let’s say my book offers 75% extra stories free."
Susan Dennard chats Twitter poll behind the Luminaries
Ever since her father was exposed as a witch and a traitor, Winnie and her family have been shunned. But on her sixteenth birthday, she can take the deadly Luminary hunter trials and prove herself.
Abi Elphinstone chats Peter Pan retelling Saving Neverland
We chatted with Abi Elphinstone about her Peter Pan retelling, Saving Neverland.
Liz Flanagan chats foster kittens that inspired Wildsmith: Into the Dark Forest
We had the honour of chatting with Liz Flanagan on Into the Dark Forest.
Celebrate the Yoto Carnegies 2023 Shortlists
The UK’s longest running and best-loved book awards for children and young people, The Yoto Carnegies, has two categories -- the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration.
Danny Wallace chats kids being The Boss of Everyone
The Boss of Everyone is Danny Wallace's latest standalone that explores what happens if you give a very serious ten-year-old the power to be the boss.
Maxine Mei-Fung Chung recommends Non-Fiction Books by Phenomenal Women
This guest post on non-fiction books is written by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung, author of What Women Want