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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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Joseph Coelho
Joseph Coelho is a performance poet, children's author, and the Waterstones Children's Laureate for 2022-2024. He grew up in a tower block in London and started writing poetry at secondary school. After studying archaeology at university, his jobs ranged from being a gym inst...
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Exploring world-building with Jacob North, author of Ice Apprentices
Discover a wintery world of ice, danger and magic in Ice Apprentices, Jacob North's debut novel. Jacob North was born in South England and grew up with a longing for magical adventures that centred LGBT+ characters. Struggling to find them on bookshop shelves, he decide...
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MG Leonard introduces her Time Keys adventures
MG Leonard's new Time Keys series takes us into the world of time-travel and ancient mysteries. She is also the author of bestselling series including The Twitchers, Beetle Boy and <a href="/aut...
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Holly Webb
Author Holly Webb has just written the 60th book in her best-selling Animal Stories series, The Bold Kitten, and also writes time-slip novels, magical stories and the Museum Kittens series. Holly worked as an editor at Scholastic Children's Books before becoming a full...
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Eric Huang's Guardians of the New Moon series
Eric Huang has always been fascinated by legends and lore and East Asian myths have helped inspire his debut series, Guardians of the New Moon. As a boy, he was determined to find real-life dragons, so he studied palaeontology at university. Reality didn't live up to hi...
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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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MG Leonard
MG Leonard's Twitch series takes us into the world of birds and bird watching. She is also the author of bestselling series include Beetle Boy and Adventures on Trains. MG Leonard is an experienced producer, director and actor, and has...
