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"Short stories, like radio, need to be succinct and every word must be essential."
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Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam talk hope and poetry in their novel in verse, Punching…
"Hope is knowing that there is always another day, another minute, another second to make things right."
“I like books which grab you on page one and don’t let you go – and that…
The Queen of YA fiction is back.
This post is sponsored by Bloomsbury.
Following modern day gay teen, Luis Gonzalez, after he finds himself having travelled back in time to his parents' era to save a closeted classmates life, David Valdes' debut YA novel, Spin Me Right Round, is a witty and imaginative story readers will quickly…
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Win 1 of 5 signed copies by Ellie Pillai is Brown by Christine Pillainayagam
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If you're in the market for a laugh out loud, rom-com with a charismatic main…
Everything You Need to Know about Ghosted by Emily Barr
This post is sponsored by Penguin Books UK.
We are back again with another Penguin Platform book club read-along.…
To all K-Pop, K-Drama and childhood-friends-to-lovers fans out there, consider this your warning that author, Kat Cho, is about to become your new best friend thanks to her swoon-worthy new YA contemporary novel, Once Upon a K-Prom.
Asking the question, 'What would you do if the world's biggest…
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Sara Barnard talks travelling solo and welcoming the unknown in her YA novel,…
"Be realistic about what travelling solo means – are you prepared to feel lonely sometimes?"
Simon James Green talks school drama, elections campaign for the LGBTQ+ club and…
Gay Club! is a hilarious story about LGBTQ+ students fighting to win Presidency at the club's election.
I start my stories with a ‘what if?’ In this case it was ‘what if magic suddenly started working?’
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WIN 1 of 5 proof copies of I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Casey McQuiston is back and this time she's dipping her toe in the world of young adult, with their new YA…
Grace D. Li talks fantasy heists and her phenomenal debut novel, Portrait of a…
Get ready to meet the heist book of your dreams with Grace D. Li's truly sensational debut novel, Portrait of a…
This post was written by Tracy Darnton, author of Ready or Not.
My latest thriller, Ready or Not, is out in May. Set at a beautiful holiday home in Cornwall, teenager Kat goes missing during a late-night game of hide-and-seek. A set of three families have gone away together since forever but lately…
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Ann Sei Lin on her brilliantly inventive YA fantasy debut, Rebel Skies
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Highly inventive, with intricate world building, intriguing characters and an…
Emily Henry discusses her delightfully bookish new rom-com, Book Lovers
Small town meets big city love in Emily Henry's new delightfully bookish rivals-to-lovers romance, Book Lovers.…