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To celebrate 25 years of Skellig, Hachette Children's released a gorgeous edition featuring illustrations by Tom de Freston.
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Atlas Weyland Eden chats winning the 2023 BBC Young Writers’ Award
We catch up with Atlas Weyland Eden, winner of the 2023 BBC Young Writers' Award, about his writing career.
Rebecca Barrow on Self Discovery and her new YA novel, And Don’t Look Back
This post was written by Rebecca Barrow, author of And Don't Look Back.
There’s something about being a teenager…
Deirdre Sullivan on why she uses the horror genre to write about trauma and how Wise Creatures is a story about strength.
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Shelby Mahurin on The Scarlet Veil, book one in her new YA vampire duology
Set in the world of her New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series, Shelby Mahurin's newest YA fantasy…
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 chats researching for her YA nonfiction collection, Live Like a Goddess, and why we should learn from mythological women.
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Chloe Gong talks Foul Heart Huntsman
Since hitting the New York Times bestsellers list with her 2020 debut novel, These Violent Delights, Chloe Gong has…
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 making Code Name Kingfisher relatable to modern readers and adapting her war story to suit a middle grade audience.
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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…
Read an exclusive extract from A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Gothic fae lore meets dark academia in A Study in Drowning, a spellbinding new enemies-to-lovers fantasy inspired…
Lauren Layfield on British Guyanese representation in Indi Raye is Totally Faking it and tapping into her memories to create Indi Raye.
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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…
Adalyn Grace on Death, Fate and her gothic paranormal romance, Foxglove
Romantic, gothic and unerringly atmospheric, Adalyn Grace's 2022 YA fantasy novel, Belladonna, was the paranormal…