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  • Rong Rong unveils Jolly Monster Town, her new series for younger readers

    Rong Rong unveils Jolly Monster Town, her new series for younger readers

    Discover monsters big and small, and adventures every day, in Jolly Monster Town! ReadingZone found out more from author and illustrator Rong Rong. Rong Rong is an author and illustrator who dwells in the jolly enchanted New Forest. Once a teller of tales for film and t...

  • How football made Tom Palmer a reader and writer

    How football made Tom Palmer a reader and writer

    Tom is the author of two football fiction series for Puffin. Foul Play is a series about a 14-year-old boy who tries to solve football-related crimes, such as kidnapped players and murderer managers.  Football Academy is about an under-12 team at a Prem...

  • Miranda Reason introduces her post-apocalyptic thriller, Day Of Now

    Miranda Reason introduces her post-apocalyptic thriller, Day Of Now

    ReadingZone caught up with debut author Miranda Reason to explore her powerful YA thriller, Day Of Now, set in a post-apocalyptic world. Miranda Reason grew up in an Anglo-German household, spending part of her childhood living in Hastings on the coast of Southern Engla...

  • Emma Farrarons gives Forest School a magical twist in her Wands Away series

    Emma Farrarons gives Forest School a magical twist in her Wands Away series

    Enter a world of nature and magic, spellcraft and broomsticks; Emma Farrarons introduces her Wands Away! young fiction series. Emma Farrarons was born in the Philippines and grew up in Paris in France, surrounded by books and drawing. She studied art at...

  • Sophie Anderson reveals her sequel, The House With Chicken Legs Runs Away

    Sophie Anderson reveals her sequel, The House With Chicken Legs Runs Away

    Award-winning author Sophie Andersen returns to the world of The House With Chicken Legs with a sequel, The House With Chicken Legs Runs Away. She tells ReadingZone more about it. Sophie Anderson was born in Swansea and now lives in the Lake District with her family. He...

  • Ruby Clyde and Rachel WD introduce their Glam and Beardy series

    Ruby Clyde and Rachel WD introduce their Glam and Beardy series

    Meet Ruby Clyde and Rachel WD, the comedy duo behind new fantasy series Glam and Beardy! Rachel WD and Ruby Clyde are also known as Shelf - a comedy double act that write and perform for adults and children. They are regular writers on series 7 of The Amazing World of G...

  • Britta Teckentrup

    Britta Teckentrup

    ReadingZone caught up with author and illustrator Britta Teckentrupp to find out about her powerful new picture book, We Are All One. Britta Teckentrup is a fine artist and an award winning illustrator and author; she has created more than 80 children's picture books wh...

  • Caspar Salmon takes readers on an alphabet adventure!

    Caspar Salmon takes readers on an alphabet adventure!

    Now You Know Your ABC is a surprising, funny picture book by Caspar Salmon, who tells ReadingZone to tell us more about it.  Caspar Salmon writes and broadcasts about this and that for a living - mostly cinema - and enjoys seeing friends, swimming, and...