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This post was written by Sheeryl Lim, author of Brown Boy Nowhere I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that The Babysitters Club (BSC) shaped me in more ways than one. The beloved book series didn’t just spark my intense love for reading, it…

This post was written by Yasmin Rahman, author of This is My Truth My debut novel, All The Things We Never Said, published in 2019. My follow up, This is My Truth, published just last week, over two years later. At first, I was terrified…

This post was written by Rebecca Henry, author of The Sound of Everything When people ask where the inspiration for The Sound of Everything came from, the answer is easy to pin down. After experiencing some rather tumultuous classes in…

This post was written by Bryce Moore, author of The Perfect Place to Die Whenever I finish watching a movie that’s “based on a true story,” or reading a book that’s “inspired by real events,” I typically head straight to the internet to…

This post was written by Jenny Oliver, author of Forever Summer. When I was at school, a modelling agency turned up to find fresh faces for a new campaign. It was exactly as you’d imagine ¬– lots of big hair and preening in the wings. V.…

Witches, witches, witches – good ones, bad ones, pulled both ways ones, healing ones, avenging ones, accidental ones – I love them all! I love the legacy, the ancestry, the spine-chilling real history, the different ways powers manifest,…

This post was written by Chandra Prasad, author of Mercury Boys In my upcoming young adult novel Mercury Boys (Soho Teen, Aug. 3), an intrepid group of high school girls discovers a way to visit people in the old photographs known as…

This post was written by Kelly deVos, author of Eat Your Heart Out Being thin and conventionally attractive has its downsides. If you’re a fan of horror films, like me, you’re probably used to the conventions of the genre. In Halloween,…

This post was written by Jennifer Dugan, author of Some Girls Do. When I think about popular queer love stories, I instantly think of things like the beloved Ferris Wheel scene in Love, Simon, or everyone absolutely melting over David and…

There are so many amazing fantasy stories to look forward to this year from a surge of witches, to gritty urban fantasy, and heartfelt tales of warriors on a mission. I’m so excited to share what got me so hyped about these upcoming titles…

This post was written by Holly Smale, author of Love Me Not We don’t like unlikeable female characters in our books. Which seems somewhat self-explanatory, until it becomes more than simply a matter of judgement: as a society, we don’t…

This post was written by Simon James Green, author of You're the One That I Want I’ve always been a big fan of Grease, so having the characters in my new YA novel, You’re the One that I Want, put on an actual school production of it was…

This post was kindly written by Suzanne Park, author of Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous. There are so many amazing 2021 YA contemporary books that have recently released or are coming out soon, and my reading list is lonnnnng, like…

The intro to this post was kindly written by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, author of Ace of Spades Dear reader, My debut novel Ace of Spades is out in a matter of days and I can’t wait for you to read it. You can expect rich kids behaving…

This post was written by Caroline O'Donoghue, author of All Our Hidden Gifts It’s difficult to imagine a YA book without a romance in it. I mean, sure. They happen. But while this might make me an utterly basic reader, a YA fantasy without…