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  • Kenneth Oppel reads from his new YA, Best of All Worlds

    Kenneth Oppel reads from his new YA, Best of All Worlds

    Authors Q&As

    Friday, June 13, 2025

    Kenneth Oppel reads from his new YA novel, Best of All Worlds, a thrilling speculative novel about clashing politics, first love and human survival set within the imprisonment of a dome against an invisible enemy.

  • Author Judith Eagle in the spotlight!

    Author Judith Eagle in the spotlight!

    Authors Q&As

    Thursday, February 13, 2025

    Step back in time with The Great Theatre Rescue  (Faber Children's Books) Expect thrills, spills and bags of entertainment in Judith Eagle's new historical fiction adventure, set in a theatre in 1930's London, <a href="/books/the-grea...

  • A Wintertide murder

    A Wintertide murder

    Authors Q&As

    Thursday, October 10, 2024

    With Christmas lights twinkling and last-minute shopping for gifts, no-one expects a body to be washed up along the shoreline...  Is this a murder?  And how is it connected to the story of ancient treasure in the neighbourhood?  

  • A city under siege

    A city under siege

    Authors Q&As

    Monday, September 4, 2023

    Sweet Skies is an inspiring story about friendship, loss and survival in a ruined city. Author Robin Scott-Elliot tells ReadingZone how his love of history, his family's links with Berlin, and a story about a kindly American pilot, helped inspire him to write it. 

  • Writing about the 'dark side'

    Writing about the 'dark side'

    Authors Q&As

    Saturday, October 15, 2022

    Look out for zombies (naturally), hell hounds and the occasional talking pet in this fast-paced and wit-sharp story about teenagers who open the gates of hell.... We asked author Bryony Pearce to tell us more!

  • Meet a small mouse, called Clementine

    Meet a small mouse, called Clementine

    Authors Q&As

    Friday, September 16, 2022

    Author Carlie Sorosiak introduces Always, Clementine, about a small mouse with a big heart.

  • Finbar Hawkins introduces Stone, a contemporary story that draws on ancient myths

    Finbar Hawkins introduces Stone, a contemporary story that draws on ancient myths

    Authors Q&As

    Thursday, September 1, 2022

    Finbar Hawkins' novel, Stone, draws on ancient stories of witchcraft and magic, while delivering a contemporary story about fathers and sons, bereavement and first love. Stone carries echoes of his debut nov...

  • Hide and Seek

    Hide and Seek

    Authors Q&As

    Sunday, August 1, 2021

    Robin Scott-Elliot's latest novel, Hide and Seek, gives a glimpse into life in Occupied France during WWII and the risks taken by teenagers as well as adults in the Resistance.