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Jack Jackman
Discover how a journey to Antarctica inspired Jack Jackman's debut novel, Maisie Vs Antarctica, an adventure-packed story of survival! Jack is a father of three who works as a teacher in Scotland. Before settling in Scotland, he spent his time wandering the world, inclu...
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Martin Howard
Martin Howard writes absurdly funny books for children and he's here to tell us about his latest book, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull - his favourite book so far! Since starting out as a writer in 2005 Martin has written about 100 books for adults and children, fiction an...
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Berlie Doherty and Tamsin Rosewell introduce The Seamaiden's Odyssey
Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children, teenagers and adults, and won the Carnegie medal for Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Dear Nobody. She also writes plays for radio, theatre and television. Berlie lives in th...
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Brian Dungan
Irish author and cameraman Brían Dungan introduces his debut novel Wintour's Game, a time-twisting, action-packed adventure for Alex Rider fans. Born in Dublin, Brían splits his time between his family, his day job in film and television and his passion for writing. As a camera assistan...
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Wendy Meddour & Merle Goll discuss 'Patrick and Flippa'
Wendy Meddour is a Doctor of English Literature and an award-winning children's writer. She has written several picture books, including A Hen in the Wardrobe, Lubna and Pebble, Tisha and Blossom, and Peggy the Always Sorry Pigeon. Wendy also teaches Creative Writing at Exeter...
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
Old Wounds takes us to a sleepy backwater town to explore identity and questions around transness. It is Logan Ashley-Kisner's debut YA horror novel. Logan-Ashley is a trans and queer author, born, raised and still living in Las Vegas, Nevada. He studied Creative Writ...
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Olivia Tuffin
Olivia Tuffin, whose passion for horses shines through her writing, joins ReadingZone to tell us about The Horse Who Danced, her exciting new adventure. Olivia lives on an arable farm in Dorset with her farmer husband, their children, and an assortment of ponies, dogs, pet sheep and chi...
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Alex Foulkes
Discover a world of mischievous imps in Alex Foulkes's new children's book, Ministry of Mischief! Alex is from Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands of England, and lives with her boyfriend and their dog, Mac, who is just small enough to sit on the back of a broomstick (very c...
