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The post below was kindly written by Jenny Oliver, author of Chelsea High. Growing up I was addicted to feel-good popular culture. From Sweet Valley Twins and Jilly Cooper to the eye-opening scenes in Shirley Conran’s Lace that I stole off…

The post below was kindly written by Syed M. Masood, author of More Than Just a Pretty Face. Have you met Muslims? Because I’ve met Muslims—including the one in my mirror—and they are awesome. Well…not all of them, obviously. Some of…

The post below was kindly written by Sam Maggs, author of The Unstoppable Wasp: Built on Hope It used to be the case that, should you want to be a writer, you were stymied by gatekeepers. Wanted to make a comic book? Out of luck unless you…

The post below was kindly written by S.A. Domingo, author of Love on the Main Stage Summer 2020 has been a pretty strange one of course, but with my latest book for younger readers, Love on the Main Stage, my hope is that you’ll find a fun…

The post below was kindly written by Holly Race, author of Midnight's Twins It might seem like an odd choice at first: for an only child to decide to write a trilogy about a pair of twins. But for me, it felt completely natural. I grew up…

The post below was kindly written by Kristin Lamber, author of The Boy in the Red Dress I spent most of my life thinking I was straight. I grew up in a place and religion and time where being straight was not only assumed to be the…

Katie Cotugno places her top five pieces of feminist media into a virtual care package.

The post below was kindly written by Bex Hogan, author of Venom. 2020 isn’t here to play. To quote a certain Jamaican crab, ‘the human world is a mess.’ Countries on fire, wars raging, immigrants imprisoned, refugees abandoned – not to…

The post below was kindly written by Adi Alsaid, author of We Didn't Ask For This. Author’s note: There’s an obvious omission of anything COVID-19 related in my answers below. I still believe all of what I wrote applies in the world of the…

"Her astonishing optimism in the face of evermore dire circumstances is a trait of which I am in awe."

"Abortion just isn’t something teens (or anyone) seem to talk about a lot."

"I started asking myself what it means to be a strong black woman."

"People can, and will, go on about how social media is ruining everything. But I’m here to tell you it’s not. It’s a saviour to many."

"Climate change is looking likely to be the most important crisis of the next century, if not the most important crisis this millennium."

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