Authors
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Tasneem Abdur-Rashid explores identity and belonging in Odd Girl Out
Tasneem Abdur-Rashid is a British Bengali writer born and raised in London. Odd Girl Out is her YA debut, a story about identity, faith and finding your place in your world. A mother of two, Tasneem has worked across media, PR and communicatio...
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Jonny Lambert explores mindfulness in As the World Goes By
As the World Goes By reminds us to pause in our busy lives, and to be open to the quiet beauty around us. ReadingZone finds out more from its creator Jonny Lambert. Jonny grew up knowing he wanted to be an artist of some sort. Encouraged by his grandfather and, later, h...
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Kenechi Udogu
Kenechi Udogu introduces her eco science-fiction adventure, Augmented, set in a near-future, climate-challenged London. Kenechi was born in Nigerian but now works as an architect and writer in London. Her work centres on culturally diverse characters in sci-fi, fantasy...
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Marisa Linton's award-winning YA debut, The Binding Spell
Find out what inspired Marisa Linton's supernatural YA debut, The Binding Spell, winner of The Times / Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition. Before she became a YA author, Marisa Linton wrote about history and taught history at Kingston University, specialising...
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Sara Barnard
Sara Barnard's This Song is About Us is a powerful YA novel exploring first love, fame and social media. After Sara graduated, she became a content writer at an international online healthcare company in London - but what she had always wanted do was to be a writer. Sar...
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James Catchpole and Jen Campbell introduce Owning It!, stories about disabled childhoods
Owning It is a new anthology by disabled authors, who share their stories and experiences of growing up disabled. James Catchpole and Lucy Catchpole run The Catchpole Agency, representing authors and illustrators of children's picture books, non-fiction and novels, incl...
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Ally Sherrick
Ally Sherrick writes books about how people lived in the past and her latest adventure, Rebel Heart, is set during the English Civil War. Ally was a slow starter when it came to reading, but once words began to 'click', she was a confirmed bookworm. After a degree in Me...
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Sinéad O'Hart introduces her Lola and Larch series
In the Lola and Larch series by Sinéad O'Hart, we follow the adventures of Lola and her fairy friend, Larch, and the challenges they face together. Sinéad O'Hart lives in the midlands of Ireland with her family, where it rains a lot (perfect staying-in-to-read...
