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“International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.
If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As…
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Catherine Barter on why The Fox Sisters were more than famous frauds
This guest post was written by Catherine Barter, author of We Played With Fire.
The story of the Fox sisters…
Loan Le on being a child of immigrants and her debut YA novel, A Pho Love Story
To celebrate the release of her delicious new YA contemporary debut novel, A Pho Love Story, we had the pleasure of…
It’s not often you pick up a book with such a strong message that also has you laughing from the very first chapter.
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10 fabulous F/F novels to read this February
In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK as well as the F/F February reading challenge happening across…
Emily Victoria on asexual and aroace representation in YA
This guest post was written by Emily Victoria, author of This Golden Flame.
To celebrate the release of her…
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, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado (2nd February 2021)…
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Wings of Ebony author, J.Elle’s, 5 top tips for writing contemporary fantasy
This guest post was written by J. Elle, author of Wings of Ebony.
To celebrate the release of her phenomenal debut…
Samantha Shannon on The Mask Falling and the stigmas of being a female fantasy…
For fans of Samantha Shannon's The Bone Season series, the four year wait for the fourth instalment has been a long…
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 autobiographical
People will tell you to ‘write what you know,’ but…
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WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
In 2017, Angie Thomas took the literature world by storm with the release of her groundbreaking debut novel, The…
Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper graphic novel series gets Netflix adaptation
Alice Oseman announced on Twitter that their long-running graphic novel series 'Heartstopper' would be coming to…
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 coming out story. Mainly because the story I wanted to tell…
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20 Body positive YA books to read in 2021
Diet culture sucks. Its toxicity surrounds us all day, every day but never more than at the beginning of a new…
Cynthia Murphy on her chilling new YA horror, Last One to Die
If you've been on the hunt for a deeply chilling and addictively creepy YA horror with retro slasher-movie vibes,…