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Monday, February 23, 2026

New You For Ever is science fiction, but some of its ideas and concepts are scarily possible says author Steve Cole. Can you save the world by living for ever? Anders uncovers the sinister truth about Pleekas in this gripping dystopian thriller.

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Friday, February 13, 2026

Bestselling author Chris Bradford joins us from somewhere deep in space to share his new space adventure, Nova.

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Friday, January 2, 2026

"The worst thing I could imagine is being stuck up a mountain after an avalanche, just you, cut off from the world . . ." Simon Fox tells us what inspired his new thriller, Avalanche, plus the author shares his top writing tips fo...

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Thursday, September 4, 2025

Emma Carroll's brilliant new fantasy adventure, Dracula & Daughters, revisits vampire myths and the Dracula story to create a modern classic.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Rachael Davis-Featherstone introduces her atmospheric YA debut, Oxford Blood, set at Oxford University. Just how far will students go to win a place . . .?

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Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Bestselling author Angie Thomas introduces her fantasy adventure, Nic Blake and the Remarkables, and reads from the latest book, The Book of Anansi, and explains how myths, stories and legends helped inspire her own stories about Nic Blake.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Tasneem Abdur-Rashid tells us what inspired her to write her contemporary YA debut, Odd Girl Out, and how her niece's experiences of moving to the UK helped inspire her to write it.

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

When her sister Asha dies, Calico agrees to take part in an experiment that will save her. But first, Calico will have to die... Author Kathryn Clark tells ReadingZone about her new YA novel, Things I Learned While I Was Dead.

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