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  • 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.

  • Romantasy inspired by Indian folk tales

    Romantasy inspired by Indian folk tales

    Authors Q&As

    Thursday, October 24, 2024

    Zeena Gosrani introduces her romantacy, This Dark Heart (UCLan), and tells us how the Indian myths and folk tales that she loves helped inspire her to write it.

  • Swapna Reddy's Reggie Rabbit mysteries

    Swapna Reddy's Reggie Rabbit mysteries

    Authors Q&As

    Thursday, October 3, 2024

    Reggie Rabbit has a new mystery to solve in The Ghost of Seagull Rock! What is making those mysterious noises, and why is everyone leaving Seagull Rock?

  • 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.

  • Writing about the 'dark side'

    Writing about the 'dark side'

    Authors Q&As

    Saturday, October 15, 2022

    Look out for zombies (naturally), hell hounds and the occasional talking pet in this fast-paced and wit-sharp story about teenagers who open the gates of hell.... We asked author Bryony Pearce to tell us more!