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  • Anu Adebogun shares her guide to life for young people

    Anu Adebogun shares her guide to life for young people

    Authors Q&As

    Friday, February 7, 2025

    Have questions about dealing with toxic friends, or how to tell your parents about a problem you have, or things being said on socials?  Anu Adebogun's new guide for young people, It's a Brave Young Wo...

  • Jonathan Stroud's final Scarlett & Browne adventure!

    Jonathan Stroud's final Scarlett & Browne adventure!

    Authors Q&As

    Friday, January 17, 2025

    Author Jonathan Stroud introduces his Scarlett & Browne series, a thrilling post-apocalyptic adventure that sees bandits Scarlett and Browne joining forces in nail-biting heists and acts of heroism, from robbing banks to freeing slaves, and all the while trying to out-smart the Fai...

  • Holly Webb reads from The Bold Kitten

    Holly Webb reads from The Bold Kitten

    Authors Q&As

    Thursday, January 16, 2025

    How many of Holly Webb's stories about animals and pets have you read? Can you believe that she has written 60 Animal Stories?! Here she is to tell us about her 60th Animal Stories book, and you can enjoy a reading from the start of the story.

  • You'd Better Watch Out....!

    You'd Better Watch Out....!

    Authors Q&As

    Friday, October 25, 2024

    Find out how Frank Cadaver's love of Christmas led him to write a horror story about a Christmas elf - You'd Better Watch Out.

  • Abdi Nazemian introduces his novel of love, loss and healing

    Abdi Nazemian introduces his novel of love, loss and healing

    Authors Q&As

    Friday, September 20, 2024

    From a Stonewall Honor-winning author comes a propulsive, moving story about human resilience and connection. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, The Great Godden and If You Still Recognise Me. Abdi Nazemian shares hi...

  • A city under siege

    A city under siege

    Authors Q&As

    Monday, September 4, 2023

    Sweet Skies is an inspiring story about friendship, loss and survival in a ruined city. Author Robin Scott-Elliot tells ReadingZone how his love of history, his family's links with Berlin, and a story about a kindly American pilot, helped inspire him to write it. 

  • How a Japanese legend inspired a new fantasy adventure

    How a Japanese legend inspired a new fantasy adventure

    Authors Q&As

    Friday, April 21, 2023

    Discover how the legend of a magical sword helped inspire Misa Sugiura's Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind (Puffin).  In this fast-paced fantasy adventure, Momo discovers that her mother is a Shinto goddess and embarks on a quest to find a legendary sword.

  • Shapeshifting into fantastical creatures

    Shapeshifting into fantastical creatures

    Authors Q&As

    Thursday, November 10, 2022

    In Kieran Larwood's new environmental fantasy, The Treekeepers, you'll meet shape-shifters, young people with incredible powers over nature, and a ghost or two.