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Exploring our digital footprints in Seán Farrelly's Tom Burne Has Left the Chat
Debut author Seán Farrelly joins ReadingZone to explore the clues that our digital lives leave about us through his novel, Tom Burne Has Left the Chat. Seán Farrelly has had four plays produced and two short stories published in the Irish Times as par...
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Christopher Galvin introduces his sweeping adventure, The Thing About Giants
ReadingZone caught up with debut author Christopher Galvin to find out about his exciting and powerful children's novel, The Thing About Giants. Christopher Galvin is an Irish author based in Dublin. With a passion for film and TV, he studied scriptwriting, acting and d...
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Chris Naylor-Ballesteros introduces The Teacup, his heartfelt companion to The Suitcase
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros's picture book The Suitcase, about kindness to strangers, caught hearts and minds around the world. Now he returns to the same group of friends, and a new stranger, in his picture book, The Teacup. Chris is originally from Bradford and he studie...
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Alex Latimer
Award-winning writer and illustrator Alex Latimer introduces Marigold is a Chicken, a hilarious picture book about being content to be oneself, and a companion title to Godfrey is a Frog. Alex is based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has written and illustrated dozens of...
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Meet the O'Hare family in Leaving the House, Sally Nicholls's new picture book series about family life
Author Sally Nicholls tells ReadingZone how her young family helped inspire her new picture books series about the O'Hare family, in Leaving the House. Sally Nicholls grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, and a did a degree in Philosophy and Literature at Warwick before travelli...
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Ged Adamson introduces That Bird Can Draw!, a story about creativity, persistence and teamwork.
Author and illustrator Ged Adamson introduces his picture book That Bird Can Draw!, a story about creativity, persistence and fun. Ged was born in Liverpool and as a child he was obsessed with drawing, listening to music and making up tunes. In 2016, his story about a s...
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Volcanologists Tamsin Mather and David Pyle explore The Power of Volcanoes
Discover the science behind these fiery wonders in The Power of Volcanoes by Tamsin Mather and David Pyle. Tamsin Mather, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford, has studied volcanoes in places like Hawaii, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Chile an...
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Jack Jackman delivers another thrilling Maisie adventure!
Jack Jackman shares Maisie vs the Pyramids, the latest action-packed adventure following Maisie vs Antarctica and Maisie vs the Himalayas! Author Jack Jackman is a father of three who works as a teacher in Scotland. Before settling in Scotland, he travelled the world,...
