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Bad ass quotes to help you fight everyday sexism
Motivate yourself to fight everyday sexism with these empowering quotes from Flynn Meaney's new laugh out loud feminist YA novel, Bad Habits.
Pick a teen rom com and we’ll give you a YA book to read
From To All The Boys I've Loved Before to 10 Things I Hate About You: if you like teen rom coms then we've got a perfect book recommendation for you. Likewise, if you're a YA romance fan you might just find your next favourite rom com right…
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Reviewing The Hate U Give’s Prequel: Concrete Rose
“International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.
If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick…
Catherine Barter on why The Fox Sisters were more than famous frauds
This guest post was written by Catherine Barter, author of We Played With Fire.
The story of the Fox sisters begins in 1848, in a remote farmhouse in western New York State. A bitter, brutal winter and strange rapping sounds heard from…
Loan Le on being a child of immigrants and her debut YA novel, A Pho Love Story
To celebrate the release of her delicious new YA contemporary debut novel, A Pho Love Story, we had the pleasure of talking with author, Loan Le, about everything from writing to food to families in YA to being a child of immigrants.…
5 reasons Bad Habits is the feminist book you need to read in 2021
It’s not often you pick up a book with such a strong message that also has you laughing from the very first chapter.
10 fabulous F/F novels to read this February
In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK as well as the F/F February reading challenge happening across Twitter and Instagram, here are ten novels both old and new that celebrate F/F relationships.
Emily Victoria on asexual and aroace representation in YA
This guest post was written by Emily Victoria, author of This Golden Flame.
To celebrate the release of her page-turning debut YA sci-fi fantasy, This Golden Flame, Emily Victoria opens up about her experiences as an #OwnVoices aroace…
30+ YA book releases for February 2021
Whether you're looking to fill your February with chilling thrillers, epic fantasies, heart-fluttering romance or empowering contemporaries, you'll find it all and more in this list of new YA book releases for the month.
Fat Chance,…
Wings of Ebony author, J.Elle’s, 5 top tips for writing contemporary fantasy
This guest post was written by J. Elle, author of Wings of Ebony.
To celebrate the release of her phenomenal debut YA fantasy, Wings of Ebony, author J. Elle shares her 5 top tips for writing contemporary fantasy for aspiring authors.…
Samantha Shannon on The Mask Falling and the stigmas of being a female fantasy author
For fans of Samantha Shannon's The Bone Season series, the four year wait for the fourth instalment has been a long one but the wait is finally over. Readers can at last be reunited with Paige Mahoney once again inThe Mask Falling, book…
Rachel Burge’s top tips on how to write a book and get it published
Do you dream of seeing your book on the shelves one day? Rachel Burge, author of bestselling YA novel The Twisted Tree and The Crooked Mask, shares her dos and don'ts to help you get published.
Don’t: make your story too…
WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
In 2017, Angie Thomas took the literature world by storm with the release of her groundbreaking debut novel, The Hate U Give. The years following The Hate You Give's unmatched success have been followed by its equally phenomenal film…
Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper graphic novel series gets Netflix adaptation
Alice Oseman announced on Twitter that their long-running graphic novel series 'Heartstopper' would be coming to Netflix for a live-action series adaptation. The series will be written by Alice, produced by See-Saw films, and directed by…