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We catch up with Atlas Weyland Eden, winner of the 2023 BBC Young Writers' Award, about his writing career.
Deirdre Sullivan on using ghosts to write about trauma in Wise Creatures
Deirdre Sullivan on why she uses the horror genre to write about trauma and how Wise Creatures is a story about strength.
Alex Sarkis chats Something Blue capturing West Sydney
Alex Sarkis on Something Blue capturing life as a Lebanese in West Sydney and recommending five more Aussie books.
Jean Menzies on the life lessons in Live Like a Goddess
Jean Menzies chats researching for her YA nonfiction collection, Live Like a Goddess, and why we should learn from mythological women.
Rebecca Barrow on And Don’t Look Back and queer thriller recommendations
As we leave August behind and move into the chilly season, it is time to recommend some thrillers and spooky reads.
Liz Kessler on middle grade war stories like Code Name Kingfisher
Liz Kessler on making Code Name Kingfisher relatable to modern readers and adapting her war story to suit a middle grade audience.
Natasha Devon on Babushka exploring sex ed in schools
Natasha Devon shares what sex ed and LGBTQ+ education was like back in the 2000s and why she explores it in her latest, Babushka.
Lauren Layfield on Indi Raye Is Totally Faking It immortalising her teenage experiences
Lauren Layfield on British Guyanese representation in Indi Raye is Totally Faking it and tapping into her memories to create Indi Raye.
Win 1 of 2 copies of Fall of Ruin and Wrath
Enter for a chance to win 1 of 2 copies of Fall of Ruin and Wrath, the first book in a new adult series by Jennifer L. Armentrout.
Books with a special edition out in 2023
Reading books and buying books are two different hobbies, so here are 14 books with a special edition out this year!
Gretchen Rue chats her low-stake cozy read, Something Wicked
Gretchen Rue chats Something Wicked being a low stake, cozy Halloween read, and recommends seven more fall-vibes books.
Michael Thomas Ford on Every Star That Falls, highly anticipated sequel of Suicide Notes
Suicide Notes came out back in 2008. Michael Thomas Ford finally wrote the highly anticipated sequel, Every Star That Falls.
Hannah Nicole Maehrer on creating the TikTok skits behind Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer chats how she turned her TikTok skits into her debut romance novel, Assistant to the Villain.
Japanese Translated Fiction recommendations
August might be over but that doesn't mean we should stop reading translated work if it's not Women in Translation Month.
Kate Goldbeck on giving When Harry Met Sally a fresh take in You, Again
Kate Goldbeck chats why When Harry Met Sally is such a classic that she decided to reimagine it in her debut, You, Again.