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Courtney Summers is no stranger to devastating her readers. Exploring everything from rape culture to murder to mental health, her books have pushed our emotions in every direction and had our eyes glued to the pages of her stories. And…

This guest post was kindly written by Gita Trelease, author of YA novels Enchantée and Liberté. At first glance, nothing could be more different than Netflix’s historical Bridgerton series, with its candy-colored costumes, elegant sets,…

Motivate yourself to fight everyday sexism with these empowering quotes from Flynn Meaney's new laugh out loud feminist YA novel, Bad Habits.

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…

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.…

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…

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,…

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.…

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…

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…

This guest post was written by Wibke Brueggemann, author of Love is for Losers. When I started writing “Love is for Losers” many years ago, I knew that I wanted to write a lesbian love story, but I also knew that I didn’t want to write a…

Diet culture sucks. Its toxicity surrounds us all day, every day but never more than at the beginning of a new year. So if you’re looking for some fabulous, body inclusive books to counteract the noise, here are 10 currently released  body…

If you've been on the hunt for a deeply chilling and addictively creepy YA horror with retro slasher-movie vibes, you're in luck because Cynthia Murphy's new debut novel, Last One to Die, ticks all the boxes and we were lucky enough to chat…

This guest post was written by Katharine and Elizabeth Corr, authors of A Crown of Talons. 2020 has probably made many of us long for an escape – it’s a cruel irony that holidays have mostly been impossible. Fortunately, there’s no…

2021 has officially arrived and while we all hope it will treat the world with more kindness than its predecessor, the one thing we do know for certain is that the new year will be blessing our bookshelves with hundreds of incredible and…