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From YA books that are heavily inspired by Asian folklores to biographies and translated works.
Lucie Arnoux chats telling her personal stories in Je Ne Sais Quoi
Growing up in Marseille as a misfit with a passion for drawing, Lucie Arnoux decides to settle in London to pursue her dream career as a comics writer. Je Ne Sais Quoi shows us London through the eyes of a mischievous and clear-sighted…
Win a set of GILDED and CURSED by Marissa Meyer
Written by Marissa Meyer, queen of fairy tale retelling, Cursed is the sequel to the New York Times-bestselling Rumpelstiltskin retelling duology. For those who haven't read the first volume, Gilded follows a miller's daughter who has…
For fans of Heartstopper: 13 graphic novels to read before 2022 ends
Finished Alice Oseman's 'Heartstopper' series and don't know which graphic novel series to start next? We've got your back!
Mary E Pearson chats the world building behind the Remnant Chronicles and more
Learn about the world building behind her trilogy.
Emily McGovern chats the research behind her graphic novel, Twelve Percent Dread
"I really enjoyed the research for this part, which I mostly did just by Googling and reading different articles - I’d often get to an internal state I’d describe as 'scream-laughter'."
Racquel Marie chats being free from internalized, heteronormative expectations in Ophelia After All
"But queerness has granted me community and freedom from a lot of my internalized, heteronormative expectations of what a happy life has to look like."
Laura Steven chats researching gothic for The Society for Soulless Girls
"Our anger is constantly forced downwards, away from our mouths and fists, pressed deep into our bellies, a pressure valve with no release. And we wonder why it so often spills over. We wonder why we feel so evil when it does."
Fran Hart chats The Other Ones, her heartwarming tale for the outcasts
Sal hates standing out. But he lives in a haunted house - and everybody knows it. His oldest friend, Dirk, tries to help... but he wants to stay popular, and Sal isn't helping. Elsie was popular - until recently. Now she's on the outcast's…
Jion Sheibani talks the “indescribability” of music and her poetic YA book, The Silver Chain
The Silver Chain is an illustrated coming-of-age verse novel about family, mental health and the healing power of music. Azadeh is a budding violinist on a music scholarship at an expensive private school, dealing with all the usual trials…
Emma Carroll chats revamping Hans Christian Andersen in The Little Match Girl Strikes Back
Emma Carroll reworked the Hans Christian Andersen classic in The Little Match Girl Strikes Back. Along with illustrations from Lauren Child, this book is a brilliant feminist retelling that gives the match girl a much deserved voice. We had…
Rosie Talbot chats subtle reps and the `Britishness’ of Sixteen Souls
Rosie Talbot, known on BookTok as @merrowchild, has finally released her debut YA novel, Sixteen Souls with Scholastic after an unusual publishing journey. The heartfelt novel follows Charlie Frith as he realises that one of his own ghostly…
Elena Barham, winner of the BBC Young Writers’ Award, chats her writing journey for Little Acorn
The BBC has been organizing the Young Writers' Award with the University of Cambridge for eight years. The challenge encourages young people in the UK aged between 14-18 years to submit stories of up to 1,000 words. The winner this year is…
Sabaa Tahir chats All My Rage bearing witness to people’s pain and rage
All My Rage is an absolutely beautiful story - that took 15 years to complete.
Joanna Ho chats showing love as an Asian mom and being “Asian enough” in her touching story, The…
The Silence That Binds Us is an incredibly touching tale about first-generation families, racism, grief and anger.