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Jion Sheibani talks the “indescribability” of music and her poetic YA book, The Silver Chain
The Silver Chain is an illustrated coming-of-age verse novel about family, mental health and the healing power of music. Azadeh is a budding violinist on a music scholarship at an expensive private school, dealing with all the usual trials…
Emma Carroll chats revamping Hans Christian Andersen in The Little Match Girl Strikes Back
Emma Carroll reworked the Hans Christian Andersen classic in The Little Match Girl Strikes Back. Along with illustrations from Lauren Child, this book is a brilliant feminist retelling that gives the match girl a much deserved voice. We had…
Rosie Talbot chats subtle reps and the `Britishness’ of Sixteen Souls
Rosie Talbot, known on BookTok as @merrowchild, has finally released her debut YA novel, Sixteen Souls with Scholastic after an unusual publishing journey. The heartfelt novel follows Charlie Frith as he realises that one of his own ghostly…
Elena Barham, winner of the BBC Young Writers’ Award, chats her writing journey for Little Acorn
The BBC has been organizing the Young Writers' Award with the University of Cambridge for eight years. The challenge encourages young people in the UK aged between 14-18 years to submit stories of up to 1,000 words. The winner this year is…
Kacen Callender on their groundbreaking new YA novel, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution
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Kacen Callender is nothing but a pro at writing novels that make you think, swoon and keep you glued to their pages and Kacen's newest YA title, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution, is no…
Susan Lee on her gorgeous K-Drama YA romance, Seoulmates
Friends-to-lovers fans, it's time to meet your new favourite book. Relatable, swoon worthy, emotional and beyond adorable, Susan Lee's debut YA rom-com, Seoulmates, is a gorgeous story of love, friendship, family and cultural identity and…
Zoulfa Katouh on her stunning and moving YA debut, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
One of the most emotional, moving, harrowing and beautifully written debut's of 2022, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh, tells the story of Salama, an aspiring pharmacist and Syrian teen caught in the middle of Syria's…
Kat Delacorte on her captivatingly dark YA debut, With Fire in Their Blood
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Set against the gothic backdrop of Castello, an isolated walled Italian city mysteriously split in two, With Fire in Their Blood by Kat Delacorte is one of 2022's most original and exciting releases.…
Sabaa Tahir chats All My Rage bearing witness to people’s pain and rage
All My Rage is an absolutely beautiful story - that took 15 years to complete.
Joanna Ho chats showing love as an Asian mom and being “Asian enough” in her touching story, The…
The Silence That Binds Us is an incredibly touching tale about first-generation families, racism, grief and anger.
Nicole Arend chats building her unique vampire hierarchy in VAMPS: Fresh Blood
VAMPS: Fresh Blood has everything you want from a vampire novel
Darren Charlton chats how Wranglestone brings about beauty in thoughts and words
"However these moments, whether they're reflective, elegiac, romantic, epic, or a father-son interlude, are all incredibly important to me."
B.B. Alston on inspiration, movie adaptations and his sensational new middle grade novel, Amari and…
One of the best pieces of children’s fiction to hit shelves in many many years, B.B. Alston's hit debut, Amari and the Night Brothers, took the world by storm with its 2021 release and we've been more than a little bit obsessed with it ever…
Sue Divin chats the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the Truth be Told
"Perhaps it’s about allowing the complexity and the messiness of humanity to be real, even though I’m writing fiction."
Becky Jerams and Ellie Wyatt chat writing songs for their YA title, The Songs You’ve Never Heard
Becky Jerams and Ellie Wyatt are songwriters who have written for films, shows, adverts and more.