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What if Nazi Germany had won the war?
Authors Q&As
Friday, March 21, 2025
In time-travel adventure Westfallen, two groups of friends speak to each other across time, one in 1944, the other in the present day. What they say to each other will change the cou...
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AF Harrold's poetry in your pocket
Authors Q&As
Monday, March 3, 2025
Enjoy a Very Short pocket poem or two with poet AF Harrold, who introduces his Pocket Book of Pocket Poems. And see if you can guess how postcards helped inspire the collection!
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Mondays really are murder...
Authors Q&As
Monday, March 3, 2025
Mondays are Murder is a must-read for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus - a thrilling, unpredictable page-turner, packed with twists, turns and dead ends.
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Neal Shusterman shares All Better Now
Authors Q&As
Friday, February 14, 2025
What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Better Now.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
