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Catherine Doyle
Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea! Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the west of Ireland More...
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Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea! Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the west of Ireland More...
From the authors of the bestselling DRAGON REALM books comes the second in an edge-of-your-seat, dragon-obsessed series for 8+ readers. G
There's just one problem with Lola's new fairy: she's convinced that Lola is her human!
From the award-winning author of The Storm Keeper's Island, set sail on Catherine Doyle's latest perilous adventure to the magical island
Mara's village needs more rain. Without it, the crops and animals will suffer. But in a world where clouds are brought and sold, the only
Menacing magic fills the streets of nineteenth-century Paris in this thrilling and fantastical adventure.
The year is 2507. The oceans have risen. A new dawn of piracy has begun...
A FANG-tastically funny adventures series, perfect for 7+ readers and fans of Amelia Fang!
Another edge-of-your-seat adventure from the award-winning author of Escape Room, Christopher Edge. A trip to the cinema will never be th
Embark on a thrilling adventure with this funny new book for kids
Rex goes on an intergalactic guinea pig rescue mission in his next adventure in the hilarious series for 7+ readers, from Lollies Prize w
Piu DasGupta: Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone. Piu
Sinéad O'Hart: Lola and Larch is Sinéad O'Hart's first chapter book series for young readers. Her books for older readers include The Eye of th
Justin Somper: Justin Somper, author of Vampirates, introduces his brand new pirate series, Pirate Academy! Justin grew up in St Albans and worke
Liz Flanagan: Liz Flanagan, an award-winning author who writes about strange worlds and fantastical creatures, joins ReadingZone to introduce her new b
James Nicol: James Nicol, author of The Apprentice Witch series, tells ReadingZone about his new eco fantasy, The Cloud Thief. James has loved
Rachel Chivers Khoo: Rachel Chivers Khoo introduces her magical new story, The Magician Next Door, and tells ReadingZone abo
Elys Dolan: Rex Dinosaur in Disguise is the brilliantly funny novel for younger readers from Elys Dolan,</s
Catherine Doyle: Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea! Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the west of Ireland
Christopher Edge: Black Hole Cinema Club, Christopher Edge's latest novel, is a love story to movies. Dive into an immersive blockbuster experience! <p
Jenny McLachlan: Stink the troublesome fairy is back in Fairy Vs Wizard Jenny McLachlan's first book for child
Gabriel Dylan: For readers who like their adventures laced with a dash of horror.... Look out for Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point series! Gab
Guy Bass & Pete Williamson: The bestselling Stitch Head series is getting a new look - as a graphic novel! Author Guy Bass and illustrator Pete Wil
Ruth Millington: Ruth Millington is a Birmingham-based art critic and writer whose has now written a book to inspire children as artists; This Book Will M
Alex Bell: Alex Bell introduces her magical new middle grade novel, The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts, the latest in a range of novels and short
Bex Hogan: Bronte Tempestra is author Bex Hogan's first young fiction series and it's packed with adventure, friendship and magical creatures! <
Eoin Colfer: Eoin Colfer worked as a teacher before turning his attention to full-time writing for children. He is best known for his phenomenally suc
Padraig Kenny: Padraig Kenny is an Irish writer from County Kildare, now living in Limerick. Previously an arts journalist, a teacher and a librarian's
Peter Brown: Peter has always loved telling stories and grew up telling stories by drawing characters and scenes from his imagination. As a teenager,
PA Staff: PA Staff is a science communicator and vet by day, writer by night. Born and living in Norfolk, she spent her childhood growing up with a
Katherine Rundell : Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author and whose novels for children include Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The
Dashe Roberts: Dashe Roberts has spent most of her life living on either coast of the US. After several years working in the New York theatre scene, she
Yaba Badoe and Joelle Avelino: Yaba Badoe is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and author. Yaba was born in Ghana but now lives in London with her
Nikita Gill: Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet with a world-wide fan-base of over 650,000 Instagram followers. Her poetry collectio
Katya Balen: Katya read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behaviour. She has
: Laura Mucha trained as a lawyer and is now an award-winning poet and author. Some of her writing is funny, but some is s
Derek Keilty: Author Derek Keilty lives just outside Belfast in Northern Ireland with his Canadian wife and twin teenage daughters. They have a retriev
Ben Davis: Ben Davis is an award-winning children's author whose books include <a href="/books/the-private-blog-of-joe-cowley-strai
Helen Cooper: Helen Cooper is an author and illustrator whose work includes classic titles such as The Bear Under the Stairs, Pumpkin Soup, The Baby Wh
Carlie Sorosiak - A World of Dogs: Carlie Sorosiak lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and her American Dingo, Dany. A bestselling children's autho
Thomas Taylor : Thomas Taylor introduces his latest and possibly last Eerie-on-Sea adventure, Mermedusa. Will the mysteries of Eerie-on-Sea finally be re
Hiba Noor Khan & Salini Perera: Hiba Noor Khan is a double-Masters holder who has worked in refugee advocacy for The Children's Society, as a physics te
Matt Brown: Matt Brown is an author and broadcaster based in the UK. His books for children including FCBG Children's Book Award win
Robin Scott-Elliot: Scottish born author Robin Scott-Elliot's latest historical fiction novel, Sweet Skies, takes us to post-war Berlin, a c
Sarah Todd Taylor: Join Alice Éclair in her extraordinary spying adventures, A Recipe for Trouble, A Spoonful of Spying an
Annabelle Sami: Annabelle Sami is a writer and performer. She grew up next to the sea on the south coast of th
Joshua Seigal: Joshua Seigal is a poet, performer and workshop leader; Who Let the Words Out is his latest collection. Joshua spends a
Helen Peters: Helen Peters revisits the past in her new book, Friends and Traitors, set in Britain during WWII. Helen grew up on an old-fashioned farm
AM Howell: A.M. Howell has always been inspired by the stories around her, and how imagination can unlock the secrets of the past. Her new series, M
Sufiya Ahmed: Sufiya Ahmed worked in advertising and in the House of Commons before becoming a full-time author. In 2010 she set up the BIBI Foundation
Kate Pankhurst: Kate Pankhurst, bestselling author and illustrator of the Fantastically Great Women books, introduces her new s
Tania Unsworth: Tania Unsworth's new book, Nowhere Island, explores how four children survive on an island hidden from sight. Tania spent her childhood i
Judith Eagle: Judith Eagle introduces her latest historical fiction novel, The Stolen Songbird, about a famous picture and three children caught up in
Paige Braddock: Comic creator Paige Braddock introduces her new children's graphic novel, Peanut, Butter and Crackers. Paige is the Chief Creative Office
Hiba Noor Khan: Hiba Noor Khan is a writer and activist based in the north of England. Her academic background
Hayley Webster: Hayley Webster writes stories about how people try to make sense of the world around them, when it so often doesn't make sense. Her first
James Burks: Animator and graphic novel creator James Burks introduces his action-packed series, Agent 9. James is himself a master of disguise. He's
Katherine Rundell: Katherine Rundell is the million-copy bestselling author of five children's novels and has won the Costa Children's Book
Olivia Tuffin: Olivia Tuffin lives on an arable farm in Dorset with her farmer husband Clive, two children, and an assortment of ponies, dogs, pet sheep
Davina Tijani & Adam Douglas-Bagley: Davina writes speculative and fantastical stories and her new series, Yomi and the Fury of Ninki Nanka, features Gambian
Nick Crumpton & Gavin Scott: Dr Nick Crumpton's new book, Everything You Know About Sharks is Wrong gives us a close-up loo
Steven Lenton: Steven Lenton, creator of the Genie and Teeny series for young readers, works from his studio in Brighton, crea
Skye McKenna: Look out for witches, goblins and a village with secrets in Hedgewitch, Skye McKenna's magical debut novel, and the foll
Andy Shepherd: Andy Shepherd is a bestselling author of The Boy Who Grew Dragons series, and picture books. She lives near Cambridge with her husband an
Katya Balen: The Thames and Tide Club: Katya read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behaviour. She has
Laura Mucha & Ed Smith: Laura and Ed are fascinated by the things we humans grow, cook and eat. They also share and enjoy many meals around the
Simon Fox: Running out of Time is Simon Fox's first novel after 20 years trapped in the dungeon of accountancy. He is determined to never go back.
M.A. Bennett (The Butterfly Club series): M.A. Bennett, bestselling author of STAGS, introduces her time-travel adventure series, The Butterfly Club, for middle grade readers.
Ross Montgomery: Ross Montgomery started writing stories as a teenager, when he should have been doing homework, and continued doing so at university. His
Francesca Gibbons: Francesca Gibbons has been telling tall tales for as long as she can remember. She had the idea for The Shadow Moth when
Roland Chambers: Roland Chambers talks to ReadingZone about his new children's book, The Rage of the Sea Witch. Roland is an author and illustrator
Andy Sagar: Andy Sagar previously worked as a teaching assistant in a primary school and has just finished studying for a Master's d
Skye Melki-Wegner: Skye Melki-Wegner is a YA and children's fantasy author and dinosaur lover. Over the years, she has worked everywhere from a cinema (wher
Kiyash Monsef: Kiyash Monsef grew up in northern California in a house on the slope of a forested ravine, with his parents, his Iranian grandmo
Alexandra Beever: DC Alexandra Beever has been a detective with Thames Valley Police for 15 years. Following a science degree at universit
MG Leonard: MG Leonard's Twitch series takes us into the world of birds and bird watching. She is also the author of bestselling ser
Cath Howe: Cath Howe's new book, My Life on Fire, follows what happens when a child's home and possessions are destroyed in a house
Nizrana Farook: The Boy Who Saved a Bear is the latest adventure from Nizrana Farook, whose books also include The Girl
Misa Sugiura: Misa Sugiura's ancestors include a poet, a priestess, a samurai, and a stowaway. She writes contemporary young adult and middle grade fic
Cath Howe - Call the Puffins: Cath Howe is well known for exploring the everyday lives of children and her new series for younger children, Call the Puffins, explores
Joseph Coelho: Joseph Coelho is a performance poet, children's author, and the Waterstones Children's Laureate for 2022-2024. He grew up in a tower blo
David Owen: Having worked as a freelance games journalist and taught on a BA Creative Writing course for three years, David Owen's debut novel,
: Philip Reeve has been writing stories since he was five years old but Mortal Engines was the first to be published and w
Charles Dowding: Charles Dowding is an innovator of no dig, organic growing since 1983, who has built up a large and dedicated following
Alice M Ross: Alice M Ross has spent most of her career as a journalist at the Financial Times, where she was most recently Deputy News Editor. She is
Ruth Lauren: Ruth Lauren has been a teacher and worked in lots of different offices, but she likes writing best, as well as walking in the woods, chee
Iszi Lawrence: Iszi Lawrence is a comedian, podcaster and history presenter and she also writes children's books, including Blackbeard's Treasur
Gill Lewis: After realising her childhood dream of becoming a vet, Gill worked in the UK and overseas, everywhere from Africa to the Arctic. L
Alasdair Beckett-King : Comedian and writer Alasdair Beckett-King's first book for children is the hilarious murder-mystery Montgomery Bonbon: M
Colm Field: Colm Field gets called 'Colin' a lot. He lives in London with his three kids and his partner. Colm is happiest when he's
Brian Conaghan: Brian Conaghan lives and works in the Scottish town of Coatbridge. He was a teacher for many years and taught in Scotland, Italy and Irel
Sinéad O'Hart: Sinéad O'Hart was raised in a small house full of books in the south-east of Ireland. She has a degree in Medieval English and has had ma
Pamela Butchart: As a child, Pamela was lucky enough to grow up in a house full of pets and go to a primary school where lots of spooky and weird things h
Leah Mohammed: Leah Mohammed's debut book for younger readers follows Luma who discovers a young dragon in her garden. Leah has
Catherine Jacob: The adventures in Catherine Jacob's new series, Puppy Club, were inspired by her family's new puppy. Catherine is a writer, award-
Sarah Ann Juckes: Sarah Ann Juckes writes books for young people. The Hunt for the Nightingale was her first novel for children, followed by The Night Ani
Kirsty Applebaum: Kirsty Applebaum talks to ReadingZone about her new series of books for younger readers, which begins with Princess Minna and the
Isabel Thomas: Isabel Thomas is a science writer and the author of a galaxy of books for young audiences, including Moth: An Evolution
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In Pirates of Darksea, Christopher Reid longs to go on an adventure with Captain Thorne O'Malley aboard his pirate ship, the Stolen Sunri...
Natalie J
Lola and Larch Fix a Fairy Forest is the first book in a new series with further titles announced for publication later this year. This e...
Wendy
What an extraordinary book. Entirely wordless, The Tree and the River looks at a particular place in space and time. A verdant landscape,...
Sue
Withering-on-the-Sand-Sea, like many other villages, is dependent on cloud deliveries from the Cloud Factory for its survival. With rising prices and smal...
Sue
Callie and her father have moved away from London, away from her friends, away from her memories. Struggling to settle into her new life in Northern Irela...
Louisa
Zélie Dutta may be able to crush the head of a cobra with a bare heel, lick her elbow and peel a banana with her toes, but for all that she is stuck worki...
Maria
YES! Rex, the dinosaur in disguise, is back! Rex has made it in the human world, and is now a PE teacher! However, not everyone is happy about monsters be...
Jacqueline
Jessica moves around the world with her scientist parents. She finds each move difficult as she has to make new friends and then leave them. This time the...
Tracy
Have you ever watched a film wishing that you were a part of the action, the hero, the person who saves the town, saves the day, saves the world? You nee...
Hayley
Stink is back! Jenny Mclachlan has given us another instalment of the Danny Todd diaries and it does not disappoint. Stink: Fairy Vs Wizard</stron...
We caught up with Vampirates author Justin Somper, whose new series Pirates Ac
In The Cloud Thief we visit a future world where, as a result of climate change, clouds have to be made in a factory, and are the
Catherine Doyle introduces her new adventure, Pirates of Darksea, which takes us to a world of pirates, and magic!
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