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Alastair Chisholm

Alastair Chisholm

Alastair Chisholm introduces his new science fiction novel, I Am Raven, the follow-up to his acclaimed novel, I More...

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Anu Adebogun shares her guide to life for young people

Anu Adebogun shares her guide to life for young people

In this short video, Anu tells us how her work with young people inspired her to write It's a Brave Young World, what's in the bo More...

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What is a Designer?

What is a Designer?

Theatre isn’t all about acting. It takes a whole team of people working together to make a show happen. In this film you can find out abo More...

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Latest Books & Extracts

  • Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words

    COME ON A JOURNEY THROUGH CHILDHOOD with this anthology of twenty-two autobiographical stories from the very best writers in the disabled

  • What Happens Online: The new teen comedy from an award-winning author

    An unforgettable teen comedy about figuring out who you are online and offline from the award-winning author of STEADY FOR THIS and KING

  • Under a Fire-Red Sky

    From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Geraldine McCaughrean comes an utterly immersive and unforgettable novel set

  • Not That Kind Of Hero: A heart-stopping teen romance

    When Orla enrols on a prestigious drama course, she is thrown into the spotlight for the very first time. A heart-stopping romance from t

  • I Am Raven

    An outstanding, highly original and unputdownable read! Following on from I AM WOLF, this is a bold, thought-provoking adventure perfect

  • S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Rising Storm: Book 3

    Under the radar but on top of their game - meet the only secret agents who have homework deadlines...

Featured Authors

  • Jason Rohan

    Jason Rohan: Jason Rohan returns to his action-adventure S.T.E.A.L.T.H. series with a new mission, Storm Rising (Nosy Crow).<

  • Judith Eagle steps back in time with The Great Theatre Rescue

    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 la

  • Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm: Alastair Chisholm introduces his new science fiction novel, I Am Raven, the follow-up to his acclaimed novel, I

  • Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares ask, 'What if the Nazis had won the war?'

    Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares ask, 'What if the Nazis had won the war?': Ann Brashares is a writer and mother of four living in New York City. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsel

  • Ally Sherrick

    Ally Sherrick: Ally Sherrick writes books about how people lived in the past and her latest adventure, Rebel Heart, is set during the English Ci

  • Zohra Nabi introduces her first Cassia Thorne Mystery, Deep Dark

    Zohra Nabi introduces her first Cassia Thorne Mystery, Deep Dark: Discover Deep Dark, the first adventure in Zohra Nabi's new Cassia Thorne Mystery series! Zohra grew up inventing

Your Reviews

  • Not That Kind Of Hero: A heart-stopping teen romance

    Clair

    Orla has always felt like a sidekick rather than a hero. She quietly works hard to support her mum look after their blended family and mo...

  • Cafe Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake

    Jenny

    Cafe Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake is the charmingly warm and downright funny new book, featuring main character, Hope Crumble,...

  • Rebel Heart

    Sara

    Rebel Heart is a new and exciting historical adventure story from Ally Sherrick, set in the English Civil War. The year...

  • Deep Dark (Volume 1) (A Cassia Thorne Mystery)

    Donna

    I love a book that has a little bit of real history entwined within the story. Deep Dark is such a book. Cassia Thorne is the main charac...

  • Westfallen: What if you had to stop Germany winning WWII? A thrilling race-against-time adventure

    Sue

    Although Henry, Frances and Lukas are no longer best friends, they meet up for the funeral of their pet gerbil. Whilst digging the grave, they make an ama...

  • The Things We Leave Behind

    Clair

    Shortlisted for The Carnegie Award 2025 and the UKLA Book Award, The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss is a stunning and th...

  • All Better Now

    Sam

    In All Better Now, a virus is spreading, but this one is different: first there's a fever, and then utter contentment. Those that survive...

  • Vanya and the Wild Hunt

    Louisa

    In Vanya and the Wild Hunt, fantastical creatures and frightening figures from Indian mythology and European folklore inhabit a vibrant f...

  • After

    Jacqueline

    Jen and Father are in a world that is almost empty of people. This is the time after 'The Flood', when people and machines were mostly destroyed. They com...

  • Wink, Murder: a Bletchley Park Mystery

    Sue

    Mary is reluctantly leaving Bletchley Park, following orders which take her to Bedford and top-secret lessons in Japanese. The only girl in the group, she...

Videos & Vlogs

What if Nazi Germany had won the war?

What if Nazi Germany had won the war?

In time-travel adventure Westfallen, two groups of

Chaos reigns in Cafe Crumble

Chaos reigns in Cafe Crumble

Hope Crumble and her family serve up cakes, coffee and a large helping of calamity in this hilarious new series, Cafe Chaos! We'r

A Deep Dark secret in the heart of London

A Deep Dark secret in the heart of London

Discover Deep Dark, the first adventure in Zohra Nabi's thrilling new Cassia Thorne Mysteries. 19th century London holds a danger

This month’s highlights

  • Picture Book

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024 announced We are thrilled to announce the winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024, judged by Ste...

  • Book Trailers

    Make a Book Trailer

    Make a Book Trailer

    Create a Book Trailer Create a book trailer of your favourite book or your latest bookclub read for ReadingZone, and encourage others to read the book!  Or you can use it...

  • Podcasts

    Create your own Podcast

    Create your own Podcast

    Bex, a presenter for Fun Kids, has put together a simple guide for us about creating podcasts and gives us some top tips for starting your own podcast.

  • Videos & Vlogs

    Creating a Book Vlog

    Creating a Book Vlog

    Ever wanted to create your own vlog, but don't know how to get started? In these videos, author and book vlogger Lucy Powrie (lucythereader) gives her tips on getting started, what to inc...