Authors
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Alexia Casale's YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero
Alexia Casale introduces her new YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero, a story about following your dreams. British-American citizen of Italian heritage, Alexia Casale is an author, writing consultant and teacher living in Buckinghamshire. She has a PhD and teaching qualific...
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KL Walther's Ferris Bueller-inspired novel, While We're Young
Find out how the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off helped inspire KL Walther's YA novel, While We're Young, about a group of teenagers who take a day off school. KL Walther was born and raised in the rolling hills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, surrounded by family, dogs, a...
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Judith Eagle steps back in time with The Great Theatre Rescue
Judith Eagle introduces her latest historical fiction novel, The Great Theatre Rescue, which takes us back to bustling theatre land in 1930's London. Judith is also the author of The Stolen Songbird, The Secret Starling, The Pear Affair and The Accidenta...
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Ben Lerwill introduces Wonder World: Earth
Discover the world beneath our feat in Ben Lerwill's new book, Earth, the first in the Wonder World series. Ben has been working as a freelance travel writer for over 15 years. His work has appeared in more than 50 national and international publications, from The Sund...
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Alastair Chisholm
Alastair Chisholm introduces his new science fiction novel, I Am Raven, the follow-up to his acclaimed novel, I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow). When Alastair Chisholm was a kid, he wanted to be a computer programmer, an author, and an ast...
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Thomas Docherty
Thomas Docherty tells ReadingZone how his own daughters helped inspire his latest picture book, Moon Girl. An author and illustrator of children's picture books, Thomas's books include the award-winning The Hare-Shaped Hole, Little Boat<...
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Laura Dockrill
Laura Dockrill, a performance poet and novelist, introduces her new picture book, I Am Strong Just Being Me, which explores what we mean in being strong. Laura grew up in Brixton and attended the Brit School and has always written creatively - from poetry to novels and...
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Polly Faber
Polly Faber's new picture book, Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away, follows our recycling through its different processes and shows how rubbish can be re-used. Polly Faber grew up reading - her grandfather set up pu...
