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When teen reality star Anton Frazer unveils his latest stunt - a live-streamed, citywide game of Tag in which the prize is to be one of his live-in acolytes - his fans go wild. The whole world is watching. The contestants are kitted out with body cams, GPS trackers and pressure sensors that, if…
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Kelis Rowe on her stand-out romantic YA debut novel, Finding Jupiter
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Finding Jupiter, the stand-out YA debut from Kelis Rowe is a bookshelf…
Liz Lawson and Kathleen Glasgow on their addictive new YA thriller, The Agathas
With explorations of parental neglect and domestic abuse superbly balanced alongside teen angst, high school…
Late 1980s fashions are back with a twist — big hair, high-waisted trousers, jean vests, Doc Martens. And though it was an era rife with homophobia, sexism and other small-mindedness that I’m glad and hopeful we’re moving past, it was also an awesome time for pop music. Other great songs of the late…
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Sue Divin talks the courage to build peace in Guard Your Heart
"Novels teach us through empathy – through our heart. I’m hoping that readers will connect with issues around…
Phil Earle talks writing for underdogs in When the Sky Falls
"What I’m interested in people’s ability to do good, regardless of the difficult starts to their lives."
"I also find not thinking about what I’m writing often helps new expressions to flow."
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Read an extract from David Valdes’ debut novel, Spin Me Right Round
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Following gay Cuban-American teen, Luis Gonzalez, as he travels back to the…
Julian Sedgwick talks honouring Japanese culture and philosophy in Tsunami Girl
"Amidst the trauma and sadness there was humour, and a determination to build new, possibly even better,…
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A beautifully written and page-turning exploration of grief, passion, heartbreak and fate, Kelis Rowe's debut YA novel, Finding Jupiter, is an emotional and powerful contemporary read your bookshelves will thank you for. To celebrate the release of Ray and Orion's…
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Finbar Hawkins chats his writing journey before penning his debut, Witch
"Novel writing is about you sitting a desk until that draft is done, so it’s a solitary, immersed process. And then…
Alex Wheatle talks writing Jamaican dialect and teenager’s perspective in…
"One of the things a conquered people lose first is their language, so keeping a hint of that language in the…
Win a set of Heartstopper books, the graphic novel behind the beloved Netflix adaptation.
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Exciting new YA reads for June 2022
2022 has already gifted our bookshelves with countless new YA reads to fall in love with and despite the year…
Naomi Gibson talks AI programming in her debut YA novel, Every Line of You
Every Line of You is a thriller about a girl who uses AI to cope with her grief, except the project becomes bigger…