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Abi Elphinstone shares her new Ember Spark adventure!
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Author Abi Elphinstone tells ReadingZone what inspired her new Ember Spark adventure, and how travelling to the wilderness islands of South America helped inspire the lush setting for Ember Spark and the U...
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CLiPPA 2025 children's poetry award shortlist announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The shortlist for the annual CLPE children's poetry award, CLiPPA, has been announced with five collections by children's poets selected. Schools around the country will now start to shadow the awards, choosing their favourite poems to perform.
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Matt Goodfellow reads from The First Year
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Monday, April 21, 2025
Following on from his award-winning book The Final Year, about Nate's last year at primary school, Matt Goodfellow reads from his new novel about Nate, The First Year.
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Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction adventure
Video/Vlog
Monday, April 21, 2025
I Am Raven, the follow-up to Alastair Chisholm's acclaimed science fiction novel, I Am Wolf, is set in a desolate landscape where vast mechanical animals roam and fight, protecting their territories and destroying intruders.
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Authors share stories from their disabled childhoods
Author Videos
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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Alexia Casale explores what makes a true hero in Not That Kind of Hero
Author Videos
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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Summer, festivals and first love: This Song Is About Us
Author Videos
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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Clem Fatale has Been Betrayed!
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
Find out what inspired Eve Wersocki-Morris's gripping new mystery series about a young gangster and sleuth, Clem Fatale!
