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Marie Lu chats simple gadgets for her secret agents in Stars and Smoke
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.
A Q&A with I Must Betray You Author, Ruta Sepetys
This post is sponsored by Hachette Children’s.
Enlightening, harrowing and intensely page-turning, Ruta Sepetys' newest YA novel, I Must Betray You, which follows seventeen-year-old Cristian during Romania's communist regime and its…
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?"
Alyson Derrick on her stunning debut solo novel, Forget Me Not
Heart shattering, honest and ultimately hopeful, Alyson Derrick's new YA novel, Forget Me Not, is a stunning story of the true strength of love and finding your way back to someone you thought lost. Forget Me Not belongs to that special…
F.T. Lukens on their romantic and magical new YA novel, Spell Bound
To celebrate the release of their magical, romantic and brilliantly unique new YA novel, Spell Bound, we had the pleasure of talking to author F.T. Lukens about writing inspiration, the importance of seeing yourself in books to LGBTQIA+…
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.
Win 1 of 5 copies of Breakup From Hell by Ann Dávila Cardinal
This post is sponsored by Harper360.
Following a small town teen as she experiences the world of dating for the first time with the son of Satan, Ann Dávila Cardinal's supernatural YA coming-of-age romance, Breakup From Hell, is a witty…
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."
Farah Heron on Pi, Pie and her new YA romance, How to Win a Breakup
This post was written by Farah Heron, author of How to Win a Breakup.
This year on Pi Day (March 14th, or 3-14) I baked a pie. I don’t bake pies often— usually only for my son’s birthday and for pi day, because they’re tricky, finicky, and…
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.