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If you loved Kalynn Bayron's YA debut, This Poison Heart as much as we did, prepare yourself to be totally blown away by its newly released sequel, This Wicked Fate. Following on from the events of book one, This Wicked Fate is filled with non-stop action, heartwarming queer representation, powerful…
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Win 1 of 3 copies of The Darkening by Sunya Mara
Following daughter of failed revolutionaries, Vesper Vale, as she sets out to save her father from the same deadly…
Ella McLeod on forcing readers to radically imagine the protagonist in Rapunzella,…
Ella McLeod's debut, Rapunzella, Or Don't Touch My Hair merges poetry and prose in a stunningly lyrical exploration…
"What would you do if your dream man turned out to be real?"
Angie Hockman's gorgeously swoon-worthy new romance novel, Dream On, answers precisely that question when heroine, Cass Walker, finds herself having fallen for a man who shouldn't be real.
To celebrate the release of one of this…
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Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber on making women the heroes of their own story
This post was written by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber, authors of Twin Crowns.
Twin Crowns is a YA fantasy…
The ultimate guide to YALC 2022: Interview excerpts & synopsis
YALC returns after a long hiatus, and we've made you this ultimate compilation of synopsis and interview excerpts.
This post is sponsored by Bloomsbury UK.
To celebrate Pride month coming to a close, we're super excited to be giving three lucky readers the chance to read one of 2022's most unique LGBTQIA+ reads, Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes. Following Luis Gonzales, a gay Cuban America teen, as he…
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Phil Stamper on his warm-hearted queer coming-of-age YA novel, Golden Boys
Filled with heart and sunshine, Phil Stamper's newest YA novel, Golden Boys, is an example of the coming-of-age…
Gina Blaxill talks male allyship in You Can Trust Me
"Being an ally is both simple and difficult, and I think You Can Trust Me acknowledges that, which I hope makes it…
"Queer people are still people, it's not a magic wand of unique moral perfection... At the end of the day, queer people are not automatically nor exclusively able to be 'kind' or 'accepting'!"
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WIN the entire Yoto Carnegie Award shortlist
Katya Balen won both the Yoto Carnegie Award and the Shadowers’ Choice Award this year with her beautifully written…
Emily Thiede on her debut rom-com YA fantasy, This Vicious Grace
Quick witted and action packed with a bodyguard romance that's equally as supportive and warm as it is angsty and…
This post was written by Lily Chu, author of The Stand In.
I write rom-coms. Rom-coms are first and foremost about love. They are also funny. Neither of these themes should be a surprise to readers as it’s right there in the name: romantic comedy. These are books with brightly illustrated covers.…
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Kat Dunn talks writing the details of daily life in Glorious Poison, the…
"he details of daily life are what I love about historical fiction – it’s as close to time travel as we can get."
Molly Morris talks teenagers coping with grief in her unforgettable novel, This Is…
"eenagers experience profound loss and love and stress and anguish in the same way adults do and a lot of the time…