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Friday, April 25, 2025

The Dark That Hides Us is the follow-up to Andy Darcy Theo's bestselling romantacy, The Light That Blinds Us, and he tells us what inspired the books in this short introduction to the series.

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Friday, April 18, 2025

Owning It is a new anthology by disabled authors, who share their stories and experiences of growing up disabled.  Author Jen Campbell tells ReadingZone why the authors are sharing their childhood experiences

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Friday, April 11, 2025

Alexia Casale introduces her new YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero (Faber YA), about sidekicks, heroes, and following your dreams.

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Sara Barnard tells ReadingZone what inspired her novel about first love, festivals and fame - This Song is About Us (Walker Books). When stardom calls, can love survive? 

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Friday, April 4, 2025

Thomas Docherty tells ReadingZone how his daughters helped inspire his latest picture book, Moon Girl (OUP), about overcoming fears of the dark. 

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Friday, March 14, 2025

Hope Crumble and her family serve up cakes, coffee and a large helping of calamity in this hilarious new series, Cafe Chaos! We're joined by author Catherine Wilkins to find out more about Hope's life and family - and how she sorts out the class bully!

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Friday, March 7, 2025

Watch Polly Faber read from Recycling Day as she explains what happens on bin collection day.  Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away, follows our recycling through its different processes and shows us how things are re-used, as well as...

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Friday, March 7, 2025

What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Better Now.

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