Authors
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Judith Eagle steps back in time with The Great Theatre Rescue
Judith Eagle introduces her latest historical fiction novel, The Great Theatre Rescue, which takes us back to bustling theatre land in 1930's London. Judith is also the author of The Stolen Songbird, The Secret Starling, The Pear Affair and The Accidenta...
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Laura Dockrill
Laura Dockrill, a performance poet and novelist, introduces her new picture book, I Am Strong Just Being Me, which explores what we mean in being strong. Laura grew up in Brixton and attended the Brit School and has always written creatively - from poetry to novels and...
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Polly Faber
Polly Faber's new picture book, Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away, follows our recycling through its different processes and shows how rubbish can be re-used. Polly Faber grew up reading - her grandfather set up pu...
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Nicola O'Byrne explores big emotions in The Rabbit, the Cloud and the Rainy Day
Nicola O'Byrne's new picture book, The Rabbit, the Cloud and the Rainy Day, explores how children learn to manage big emotions and helps them to grow in empathy. Nicola was born in Swaziland, grew up in Singapore, and has lived in Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Edinburgh, Lon...
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Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares ask, 'What if the Nazis had won the war?'
Ann Brashares is a writer and mother of four living in New York City. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series as well as several other novels. She helped her youngest brother, Ben, with his shoes every morning before sch...
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Ally Sherrick
Ally Sherrick writes books about how people lived in the past and her latest adventure, Rebel Heart, is set during the English Civil War. Ally was a slow starter when it came to reading, but once words began to 'click', she was a confirmed bookworm. After a degree in Me...
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Debi Gliori
Come What May, Debi Gliori's reassuring and warm picture book about familial love, returns the reader to the world of No Matter What, and the characters Large and Small. Debi has created over 80 books for children, including the bestselling No Matter What (Bloomsbury) a...
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Zohra Nabi introduces her first Cassia Thorne Mystery, Deep Dark
Discover Deep Dark, the first adventure in Zohra Nabi's new Cassia Thorne Mystery series! Zohra grew up inventing stories for her two younger sisters. She studied law at Cambridge and Oxford universities, but still secretly dreamed of being an author. Now she lives in L...
