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  • Piu DasGupta

    Piu DasGupta

    Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone. Piu was born in Calcutta, India and grew up in India and the UK. She studied English at Oxford University and worked in several serious professions and places be...

  • Sinéad O'Hart

    Sinéad O'Hart

    Lola and Larch is Sinéad O'Hart's first chapter book series for young readers. Her books for older readers include The Eye of the North, The Time Tider and The Silver Road.     Sinéad O'Hart lives in the midlands of Ireland with her family, where it rains a lot (perfect staying...

  • Liz Flanagan

    Liz Flanagan

    Liz Flanagan, an award-winning author who writes about strange worlds and fantastical creatures, joins ReadingZone to introduce her new book, The Pirate's Dragon, the final book in the Legends of the Sky series.  Liz also writes the Wildsmith series..  As well as being a writer, Liz tea...

  • Katrina Charman & Guilherme Karstenn

    Katrina Charman & Guilherme Karstenn

    Katrina Charman and Guilherme Karsten tell ReadingZone how a traditional children's song inspired their new picture book, Hen in the Bed Katrina Charman lives in a house full of bookshelves fit to bursting, and continues to fill them wi...

  • Rachel Chivers Khoo

    Rachel Chivers Khoo

    Rachel Chivers Khoo introduces her magical new story, The Magician Next Door, and tells ReadingZone about writing, inspiration and adventures! Rachel and was born in Belfast and spent most of her childhood sheltering in her local library from the endles...

  • Elys Dolan

    Elys Dolan

    Rex Dinosaur in Disguise is the brilliantly funny novel for younger readers from Elys Dolan, who makes picture-books about everything from seagull detectives to capitalist bunny rabbits and weasels plotting world domination. Elys was sh...

  • James Carter

    James Carter

    James Carter introduces Once Upon a Big Idea, the latest in his poetry books exploring ideas and science about our world.  James is an award-winning poet, non-fiction writer and ambassador for National Poetry Day. He  travels all over the UK with his melodica (that's St...

  • Jenny McLachlan

    Jenny McLachlan

    Stink the troublesome fairy is back in Fairy Vs Wizard  Jenny McLachlan's first book for children that she had both written and illustrated. Jenny is also the author of the Dead Good Detective duology and the bestselling Land of Roar series. Before Je...