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  • 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...

  • Superhero fun with Gary Northfield's Mighty Mega Pets!

    Superhero fun with Gary Northfield's Mighty Mega Pets!

    Cats, dogs and a goldfish - superheroes with a difference! Comic creator Gary Northfield tells ReadingZone about Mighty Mega Pets, his new graphic novel series.  Gary Northfield is an award-winning, internationally successful author-illustrator...

  • Cindy Wume explores what makes a 'home' in her picture book, Home is a Hug

    Cindy Wume explores what makes a 'home' in her picture book, Home is a Hug

    ReadingZone caught up with author and illustrator Cindy Wume to explore home and belonging in her picture book, Home is a Hug. Cindy works as a freelance illustrator from Tainan, Taiwan, creating art inspired by humanity, a sense of place, and imagination. She st...

  • Alastair Chisholm introduces his I Am Wolf trilogy

    Alastair Chisholm introduces his I Am Wolf trilogy

    Alastair Chisholm introduces We Are Dragon, the stunning concluding book in his I Am Wolf science fiction trilogy published by Nosy Crow. As a child, Alastair Chisholm wanted to be a computer programmer, an author, and an astronaut. So far he's...

  • Ghosts and giggles in Catherine Doyle's new Scare B'n'B series

    Ghosts and giggles in Catherine Doyle's new Scare B'n'B series

    Expect plenty of spooky spectral silliness and hilarity in Catherine Doyle's new Scare B'n'B series!  Catherine Doyle grew up beside the Atlantic in the west of Ireland, reading great Irish myths and legends. She studied Psychology and has an MA in Pub...

  • Cath Howe

    Cath Howe

    Cath Howe's new book, Two is a Crowd, follows what happens when Seren moves in with Hattie's family, and how the two very different characters impact on each other's lives. Cath is an author and teacher working in South West London writing for, and working with, Key Sta...

  • Claire Powell introduces Marty Moose's hilarious animal adventures

    Claire Powell introduces Marty Moose's hilarious animal adventures

    Deliveries never go to plan for Marty Moose, a small postmouse with a big appetite for adventure! Author and illustrator Claire Powell tells us more. Claire Powell is a bestselling children's book maker, character designer and illustrator. Claire's collaborations with B...

  • Michelle Harrison introduces her time-twisting murder mysteries

    Michelle Harrison introduces her time-twisting murder mysteries

    The Morrow twins, who we first meet in Twice Upon a Time, return in A Clock Strikes Murder. Look out for a strange museum, a cursed painting - and a murder . . . Author Michelle Harrison tells us more. Michelle worked as an editorial assistant in children's publishing a...