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Jack Jackman
Discover how a journey to Antarctica inspired Jack Jackman's debut novel, Maisie Vs Antarctica, an adventure-packed story of survival! Jack is a father of three who works as a teacher in Scotland. Before settling in Scotland, he spent his time wandering the world, inclu...
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Sinéad O'Hart
In the Lola and Larch series by Sinéad O'Hart, we follow a special friendship between Lola and a fairy, Larch, and the challenges they face together. Sinéad O'Hart lives in the midlands of Ireland with her family, where it rains a lot (perfect staying-in-to-rea...
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Dominique Valente
Look out for Witchspark, the magical new adventure by Dominique Valente, author of the bestselling Starfell series. Dominique's unique voice and brand of quirky magic has found fans amongst readers and booksellers across the globe. In Witchspark</strong...
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Mike Rampton and Guilherme Karsten: Why we should ask questions!
Discover the importance of asking questions in the fact-tastique Why There is No Such Thing as a Silly Question! Mike Rampton is an author and journalist who lives in a nice village near Cambridge with his wife and daughter. He often has a pen behind hi...
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The comic inspirations behind Swapna Reddy's new Reggie Rabbit series
Humour, comic-style illustrations and daring-do will have children reaching for the new Reggie Rabbit books by Swapna Reddy, illustrated by Becka Moor. Swapna Reddy also writes as Swapna Haddow, author of the Dave Pigeon books. Friendship and humour a...
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Liz Flanagan introduces her Wildsmith series
Liz Flanagan introduce her latest and final book in the Wildsmith series, Magical Mountain Rescue, and tells ReadingZone what inspired the books and what she would do with Wildsmith powers! Liz also writes the Legends of the Sky series. <...
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Martin Howard
Martin Howard writes absurdly funny books for children and he's here to tell us about his latest book, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull - his favourite book so far! Since starting out as a writer in 2005 Martin has written about 100 books for adults and children, fiction an...
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Olivia Tuffin
Olivia Tuffin, whose passion for horses shines through her writing, joins ReadingZone to tell us about The Horse Who Danced, her exciting new adventure. Olivia lives on an arable farm in Dorset with her farmer husband, their children, and an assortment of ponies, dogs, pet sheep and chi...
