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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating is as heartwarming as it is fun: Everyone likes Hani Khan - she's easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they don't believe her,…

Ella McLeod's debut, Rapunzella, Or Don't Touch My Hair merges poetry and prose in a stunningly lyrical exploration of a teenager coming into her power as a young woman. Rapunzella is imprisoned in an enchanted forest made of her own…

"he details of daily life are what I love about historical fiction – it’s as close to time travel as we can get."

"eenagers experience profound loss and love and stress and anguish in the same way adults do and a lot of the time alongside adults."

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…

"Novels teach us through empathy – through our heart. I’m hoping that readers will connect with issues around identity and human rights as well as building peace and respect – those concepts can apply much wider than just Northern Ireland."

"Novel writing is about you sitting a desk until that draft is done, so it’s a solitary, immersed process. And then you rewrite it. And again..."

"Hope is knowing that there is always another day, another minute, another second to make things right."

This post is sponsored by Faber. If you're in the market for a laugh out loud, rom-com with a charismatic main character with a passion for music, Christine Pillainayagam's brilliantly funny debut, Ellie Pillai is Brown, is the book for…

This post is sponsored by Penguin Books UK. We are back again with another Penguin Platform book club read-along. For those who are new, each month Penguin Platform picks a title from their newest releases. We then get to discuss all the…

With its adorable queer romance, honest mental health representation, heartwarming friendship group and lovable cast of characters, there's no question as to why we've all spent the past few years head over heels for Alice Oseman's gorgeous…

To celebrate the release of her fabulously creepy debut YA sapphic horror, My Dearest Darkest, we had the pleasure of chatting with author, Kayla Cottingham, all about YA horror, writing inspirations, book recommendations and more.…

This post was written by Ryan Douglass, author of The Taking of Jake Livingson. Jake Livingston is an average teenager who’s struggling to fit in at a new high school. To make matters worse, Jake can see the dead living their final moments…

This post was written by Aneesa Marufu, author of The Balloon Thief. Sponsored by Chicken House Books. When I first sat down to write The Balloon Thief back in 2018, my intention was simply to quell my obsession for things that fly, but as…