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"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…
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 with body cams, GPS trackers and pressure sensors that, if…
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Kelis Rowe on her stand-out romantic YA debut novel, Finding Jupiter
This post is sponsored by Walker Books.
Finding Jupiter, the stand-out YA debut from Kelis Rowe is a bookshelf…
Liz Lawson and Kathleen Glasgow on their addictive new YA thriller, The Agathas
With explorations of parental neglect and domestic abuse superbly balanced alongside teen angst, high school…
Late 1980s fashions are back with a twist — big hair, high-waisted trousers, jean vests, Doc Martens. And though it was an era rife with homophobia, sexism and other small-mindedness that I’m glad and hopeful we’re moving past, it was also an awesome time for pop music. Other great songs of the late…
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Sue Divin talks the courage to build peace in Guard Your Heart
"Novels teach us through empathy – through our heart. I’m hoping that readers will connect with issues around…
Phil Earle talks writing for underdogs in When the Sky Falls
"What I’m interested in people’s ability to do good, regardless of the difficult starts to their lives."
"I also find not thinking about what I’m writing often helps new expressions to flow."
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Read an extract from David Valdes’ debut novel, Spin Me Right Round
This post is sponsored by Bloomsbury.
Following gay Cuban-American teen, Luis Gonzalez, as he travels back to the…
Julian Sedgwick talks honouring Japanese culture and philosophy in Tsunami Girl
"Amidst the trauma and sadness there was humour, and a determination to build new, possibly even better,…