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VAMPS: Fresh Blood has everything you want from a vampire novel

"However these moments, whether they're reflective, elegiac, romantic, epic, or a father-son interlude, are all incredibly important to me."

Babel is the newest dark academia fantasy written by Kuang, who penned the award winning trilogy Poppy War.

"Perhaps it’s about allowing the complexity and the messiness of humanity to be real, even though I’m writing fiction."

Becky Jerams and Ellie Wyatt are songwriters who have written for films, shows, adverts and more.

"I think that being 'good enough' is perhaps the most important factor in human relationships – everything being perfect doesn't work."

So the tip is: calm down, relax, you don’t need to hoard all the food at once out of fear of missing out – more always comes round.

We had the honour of chatting with Natasha Bowen on her West African mythology-inspired story Skin of the Sea.

"Some think the grandfather paradox forbids it (i.e. you could go back in time and kill your grandad, he wouldn't have slept with your nan, which means you wouldn't have been born, which means you wouldn't have gone back to kill your…

"By making their blood invisible I was highlighting their oppression, their forced silence. But silence is never empty…it holds secrets."

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating is as heartwarming as it is fun: Everyone likes Hani Khan - she's easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they don't believe her,…

'othing warms my heart like seeing someone online say something like, “I’ve read this book five times a year for thirteen years and I only just now got this reference on page X.”'

We chat with Katrina Northern at Vintage Books about the market campaign behind Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.

City of Bones, the first book leading to the glorious Shadowhunter world created by Cassandra Clare, was published in the UK 15 years ago. To celebrate this milestone, Walker Books, publisher of The Mortal Instruments series in the UK, is…

Lisa Williamson chats about how conversations can help navigate difficult situations with friends and family in First Day of My Life.