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  • SE Durrant

    SE Durrant

    Into Thin Air is a story about family and the environment with a mystery at its heart. ReadingZone caught up with author SE Durrant to find out more! SE Durrant has wanted to be a writer since she was a child. She spent her childhood in Scotland before moving to Leicest...

  • Meet Adam Stower's adventurous duo, Murray and Bun

    Meet Adam Stower's adventurous duo, Murray and Bun

    Award-winning author and illustrator Adam Stower joins ReadingZone to introduce Murray and Bun's latest adventure, Murray the Explorer! Adam has been drawing pictures and making up stories for as long as he can remember. He was born in England but grew up in Switzerland...

  • Nicola Penfold introduces her ecological adventure, And Now We Run

    Nicola Penfold introduces her ecological adventure, And Now We Run

    Two children face danger and a battle survival in And Now We Run, an adventure about climate change, families and friendship. ReadingZone caught up with author Nicola Penfold to find out more!  Nicola grew up in Doncaster, studied English at Cambridge and then completed...

  • Lora Beth Johnson introduces her supernatural heist thriller, Hell To Pay!

    Lora Beth Johnson introduces her supernatural heist thriller, Hell To Pay!

    Hell To Pay is an action-packed trip to the Afterlife with demons, death and double-dealing in each twist and turn. ReadingZone caught up with author Lora Beth Johnson to find out more! As an only child, Lora Beth Johnson grew up telling herself stories and reading past...

  • Sam Copeland

    Sam Copeland

    Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a shock to him. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean smelling wife. His bestselling book Charlie Changes In...

  • Severe anxiety inspired author Peter Bognanni's How to Lose Yourself Completely

    Severe anxiety inspired author Peter Bognanni's How to Lose Yourself Completely

    ReadingZone caught up with author Peter Bognanni to find out more about his new novel about grief, anxiety and hope, wrapped in a deadly survival story - How to Lose Yourself Completely. Peter Bognanni's first novel, The House of Tomorrow, won the L.A. Times Book Award...

  • Mitch Johnson introduces his footballing adventures, Strike and Kick!

    Mitch Johnson introduces his footballing adventures, Strike and Kick!

    Mitch Johnson joins ReadingZone to talk about football, exploitation and standing up for what is right in his new book, Strike, a companion title to his award-winning debut, Kick. Mitch studied Creative Writing at East Anglia university, whose notable alumni include Dav...

  • Terrie Chilvers introduces her superhero duo, Koalas in Capes!

    Terrie Chilvers introduces her superhero duo, Koalas in Capes!

    Koalas in Capes - the newest and funniest superheroes in town - battle super villains and robot spiders!  Author Terrie Chilvers tells us more. Terrie Chilvers writes funny chapter books for young readers. She is the author of Snails of the Unexpected a...