Latest Book Reviews

  • Twelve Days of Kindness

    Brightly coloured illustrations show a family spreading festive cheer as they perform twelve simple acts of kindness in the days before Christmas. Each sp...

  • Waiting for Santa

    In this charming book, a family are visiting Father Christmas at a store and in an endless queue. Unknown to the parents, one of the children has brought...

  • Santa's Journey

    This simple rhyming story follows Father Christmas as he makes his way across the skies to deliver his gifts on Christmas Eve. Each verse is accompanied b...

  • Number Train

    Number Train has fast become my favourite board book of all time! It is so cleverly made and so invitingly presented – and quite possibly the most...

  • Peekaboo Zoo

    We love the 'Peekaboo' book series in this household! It's the perfect book for babies around six months old who love to play peekaboo an...

  • Guess Who? Boo to You!

    Guess Who? Boo to You! is the perfect book if you’re looking to gently introduce your littlest one to all things Halloween! The structure...

  • The Christmas Tree Mouse

    The Christmas Tree Mouse is on a mission- to help Santa on his busiest night of the year. And when she notices that baby Ola has been left the wrong prese...

  • Santa's First Christmas

    Usually, after working hard all year making toys and then delivering these on Christmas Eve, Santa celebrates the big day with an extra half an hour’s lie...

  • Penguin and Pup: The Perfect Christmas: A laugh-out-loud Christmas story - giggles guaranteed!

    Penguin and Pup is a nice Christmas story to enjoy with children of all ages either at home or at school. This is a rhyming book,...

  • A Beginner's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Pet

    This is a guide to choosing a pet that has been completely turned on its head. A Beginner's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Pet recommends...

  • Trick or Treat?

    Who doesn't love a spooky, seasonal story when the leaves are falling and the nights are drawing in? Trick or Treat is the perfect, silly...

  • Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire

    Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire is such a fun book to read and share and what perfect timing for Halloween!  The cover immediately grabbed my...

  • Celebrations & Festivals: Christmas

    In Celebrations and Festivals: Christmas, readers are introduced to Charlie and his family as they prepare for and celebrate Christmas, f...

  • A World Full of Christmas Crafts: 24 ways to celebrate the festive season

    Christmas seems to arrive earlier and earlier each year- or perhaps I’m just getting older! As children eagerly anticipate its arrival, having enjoyable a...

  • The Search for Carmella

    The Search for Carmella is an exquisite picture book that takes us deep into the ocean on a search for the mythical Carmella. However, we...

  • Evie and Dr Dino: Can We Meet a Dinosaur?

    Ready to go back in time for a prehistoric adventure? Well then jump inside the pages of this book and step foot in the Time Machine. Joi...

  • Marv and the Alien Invasion

    Every child wishes that they had a suit which they could put on and which would turn them in to a super hero - but Marvin actually has one! Space and alie...

  • Adventuremice: The Ghostly Galleon

    Who doesn’t like a good ghost story? In this the fifth Adventure Mice story, The Ghostly Galleon, the team are sitting t...

  • Pizza Pete and the Perilous Potions: WINNER OF THE WEEK JUNIOR YOUNGER FICTION AWARD

    Pete lives with his dad, who runs a pizza shop, which is losing business due to competition from a new pizza chain opening nearby. Pete loves his home mor...

  • Live Like An Ancient Egyptian: Discovering the Secrets of the Ancient Egyptians

    Live Like an Ancient Egyptian entices the reader to explore the richness of the perennially fascinating civilisation of Ancient Egypt thr...

  • Future Vision: Stories of Our Brilliant Tomorrow

    Future Vision: Stories of Our Brilliant Tomorrow sits alongside another Button Books title - 100 Ways to Save the Planet, and is just as...

  • Meesh the Bad Demon: The Secret of the Fang

    Meesh the Bad Demon: The Secret of the Fang is the eagerly awaited second book in the graphic novel adventures of <a href="/books/meesh-t...

  • Lola and Larch Make a Winter Wish

    Lola and Larch Make a Winter Wish is the third title in the series about a girl and a fairy who are best friends. As in the previous adve...

  • Tasty Tales

    Tasty Tales is a fascinating book which offers 'facts and fables about our favourite foods'. Each story explores the origin of a well-kno...

  • At Home in a Book

    In At Home in a Book, Lauren O'Hara introduces readers to nine classic tales through a combination of illustration and extracts. This is...

  • Jed Greenleaf

    It is the reign of Queen Jane III and the Guild of Iron, led by Cromwell, helps her rule the kingdom of Albion. Although the six magickal guilds compete f...

  • Seven Small Inventions that Changed the World

    Seven Small Inventions that Changed the World is an utterly fascinating read which shares the story behind these small inventions which h...

  • On The Wall: Finding Happiness in the Strangest of Places

    Starting secondary school can be a daunting time; many young readers will relate to the feelings of anxiety, the pressure to 'fit in', the fear of standin...

  • Oliver's Great Big Universe: the laugh-out-loud new illustrated series about school, space and everything in between!

    Oliver's Great Big Universe is the first title in the series about 11-year-old Oliver. The series follows in the footsteps of characters...

  • Podkin and the Tentacled Terror

    A return to the World of Podkin One-Ear is always an absolute joy and offers a totally immersive reading experience, taking you into an a...

  • Fated Winds and Promising Seas: A tender-hearted tale of forging fates, fantastic creatures, and found family

    After ten years of imprisonment for a crime he cannot remember committing, Lucky is ripped free from his prison and swept out into the ocean. . . and resc...

  • Black History for Every Day of the Year

    This fabulous new history is an introduction to notable black figures and events across centuries and from around the world. From noted h...

  • Play

    After reading Luke Palmer’s debut novel for young adults, Grow, I was immediately eager to order his second book Play</...

  • When It's Your Turn For Midnight

    When It's Your Turn For Midnight by award-winning author Blessing Musariri is a real life novel about a family based in Zimbabwe. After t...

  • The Twelve

    The Twelve by Liz Hyde is a beautifully crafted middle grade book with an enticing, atmospheric cover illustrated by Tom de Freston. Alth...

  • The Girl who Fell to Earth

    Aria is a girl who lives with her family in a strange planet called Terros, during a class experiment she discovers that she has human DNA. Since she was...

  • Every Borrowed Beat

    I really enjoyed reading Every Borrowed Beat by Erin Stewart. You might rightly expect this book to be extremely sad but the author has c...

  • The Blind Bowman: Dark Fire

    Robin Hood and Marian have made the forest their home and scores of outlaws have joined them to prepare for battle with the Sherriff of Nottingham...

  • Crying Wolf

    Joey is trying to get his life back on track after the disappearance of his step-father and a descent into drugs and petty criminality. Lured by his devot...

  • Heist Royale: The enemies-to-lovers sequel to Thieves' Gambit

    Heist Royale is the sequel to the action-packed Thieves' Gambit and once again...

  • The Moss

    This book is phenomenal; an eerie, atmospheric ghost story that slowly but surely builds up the tension. Emma's mother disappeared, follo...

  • Old Wounds

    Set in small-town America, Old Wounds is a creepy, thrilling and thought-provoking novel following trans teens Erin and Max who are tryin...

ReadingZone Authors of the Month

  • Chloe Savage's The Search for Carmella:  Introducing Mindfulness to young children

    Chloe Savage's The Search for Carmella: Introducing Mindfulness to young children

    Chloe Savage introduces her new picture book, The Search f...

  • Robert Tregoning:   Exploring the Water Cycle in Flow with the Snow

    Robert Tregoning: Exploring the Water Cycle in Flow with the Snow

    We find out how Robert Tregoning and Oliver Averill's new picture book, Flow with the Snow...

  • Wendy Meddour & Merle Goll discuss 'Patrick and Flippa'

    Wendy Meddour & Merle Goll discuss 'Patrick and Flippa'

    Wendy Meddour is a Doctor of English Literature and an award-winning children's writer. She has written sev...

  • Emma Yarlett

    Emma Yarlett

    Discover what the book-loving monster Nibbles has been up to in his latest adventure, Nibbles the Very Hungry Book M...

  • Barry Timms & Laura Borio:  Griselda Snook's Spectacular Books

    Barry Timms & Laura Borio: Griselda Snook's Spectacular Books

    Barry Timms and Laura Borio introduce spooks, the joy of bookshops and reading for pleasure, in Griselda Snook's Spe...

  • Ged Adamson

    Ged Adamson

    Author and illustrator Ged Adamson introduces Be Normal!, a story about accepting our friends for who they are. Ged w...

  • Moira Butterfield - Look What I Found

    Moira Butterfield - Look What I Found

    Moira Butterfield is the creator of the 'Look What I Found...' non-fiction series for young children about...

  • Sean Taylor

    Sean Taylor

    You're a Poet, Sean Taylor's new book about writing poetry, draws on his years of writing and teaching poetry in schools. </...

  • Farrah Riaz & Navya Raju:  The Twirly Wiggly Dance

    Farrah Riaz & Navya Raju: The Twirly Wiggly Dance

    Farrah Riaz is a London-based author from a Hindustani background. Creating characters in all sorts of narr...

  • Professor Anjali Goswami

    Professor Anjali Goswami

    Professor Anjali Goswami's first children's book, Dig Dig Dinosaur, is aimed at sharing her passion about n...

  • Alex Latimer

    Alex Latimer

    Award-winning writer and illustrator Alex Latimer introduces Godfrey is a Frog, a hilarious picture book about being content...

  • Tom McLaughlin

    Tom McLaughlin

    Tom McLaughlin introduces The Boy Who Painted the World, his new picture book that encourages children to embrace creativity...

  • Susannah Lloyd & Kate Hindley: Who Ate Steve?

    Susannah Lloyd & Kate Hindley: Who Ate Steve?

    Susannah Lloyd is the author of picture books including Who Ate Steve?, Here Be Giants and Here Be Dragons....

  • Gloria Goes for Gold by Marina Firth & Annabel Tempest

    Gloria Goes for Gold by Marina Firth & Annabel Tempest

    Discover a young hippo who loves her medal-winning family, but who wants to win a prize al...

  • Marcela Ferreira & Mark Chambers: Bear Vs Dragon

    Marcela Ferreira & Mark Chambers: Bear Vs Dragon

    Marcela Ferreira was born in Rio de Janeiro, and moved to London as a teenager. S...

  • Leigh Hodgkinson

    Leigh Hodgkinson

    Leigh Hodgkinson joins ReadingZone to introduce her picture books, Martha Maps it Out and Martha Maps it Out in Time...

  • Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie

    Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie

    Catherine Cawthorne's Big Bad Wolf Investigates explores the science behind our favourite fairy tales... Gr...

  • Jarvis

    Jarvis

    Jarvis, author of The Boy With Flowers In His Hair, shares his new picture book, Thank You, with ReadingZone. Jarvis's earli...

  • Mariajo Ilustrajo

    Mariajo Ilustrajo

    Award-winning author and illustrator Mariajo Ilustrajo introduces her new picture book, I Love Books, on ReadingZone. <p...

  • Katrina Charman & Guilherme Karstenn

    Katrina Charman & Guilherme Karstenn

    Katrina Charman and Guilherme Karsten tell ReadingZone how a traditional children's song i...

  • James Carter

    James Carter

    James Carter introduces Once Upon a Big Idea, the latest in his poetry books exploring ideas and science ab...

  • Sufiya Ahmed & Hazem Asif

    Sufiya Ahmed & Hazem Asif

    Sufiya Ahmed and illustrator Hazem Asif introduce their new picture book, The Best Eid Ever.      </p...

  • Matty Long

    Matty Long

    Matty Long creates picture books including Who Rules the Rockpool?, the Super Happy Magic Forest series, Turbo Bunnies, and...

  • Anna Wilson & Harry Woodgate

    Anna Wilson & Harry Woodgate

    Anna Wilson lives in Cornwall in the UK with her husband and dog, cat, ducks and a tortoise called Hercules...

  • Ruth Doyle & Alexandra Finkeldey

    Ruth Doyle & Alexandra Finkeldey

    Ruth Doyle's new picture book, A Horse Called Now, explores children's worries with the help of a horse, No...

  • Tracey Corderoy & Steven Lenton

    Tracey Corderoy & Steven Lenton

    Tracey Corderoy grew up in South Wales, on a council estate firmly sandwiched between the steel and chemica...

  • John Kane

    John Kane

    When John Kane was younger, he liked to make up stories for his little sister. Jimmy and Bear, who appeared in them, are sti...

  • Ross Montgomery

    Ross Montgomery

    Author Ross Montgomery tells ReadingZone about his new book, I Am Rebel, about a dog's quest to save the boy who res...

  • Fleur Hitchcock's Murder Mysteries

    Fleur Hitchcock's Murder Mysteries

    Fleur Hitchcock's latest murder mystery novel, Murder at Wintertide, is now available and is her most sinister yet.... Fleur...

  • Jack Jackman

    Jack Jackman

    Discover how a journey to Antarctica inspired Jack Jackman's debut novel, Maisie Vs Antarctica, an adventure-packed...

  • Sinéad O'Hart

    Sinéad O'Hart

    In the Lola and Larch series by Sinéad O'Hart, we follow a special friendship between Lola and a f...

  • Dominique Valente

    Dominique Valente

    Look out for Witchspark, the magical new adventure by Dominique Valente, author of the bestselling Starfell </em...

  • Mike Rampton and Guilherme Karsten:  Why we should ask questions!

    Mike Rampton and Guilherme Karsten: Why we should ask questions!

    Discover the importance of asking questions in the fact-tastique Why There is No Such Thing as a Silly Question!</st...

  • The comic inspirations behind Swapna Reddy's new Reggie Rabbit series

    The comic inspirations behind Swapna Reddy's new Reggie Rabbit series

    Humour, comic-style illustrations and daring-do will have children reaching for the new Reggie Rabbit books by Swapn...

  • Liz Flanagan introduces her Wildsmith series

    Liz Flanagan introduces her Wildsmith series

    Liz Flanagan introduce her latest and final book in the Wildsmith series, Magical Mountain Rescue</...

  • Martin Howard

    Martin Howard

    Martin Howard writes absurdly funny books for children and he's here to tell us about his latest book, Mallory Vayle and the...

  • Berlie Doherty and Tamsin Rosewell introduce The Seamaiden's Odyssey

    Berlie Doherty and Tamsin Rosewell introduce The Seamaiden's Odyssey

    Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children,...

  • Olivia Tuffin

    Olivia Tuffin

    Olivia Tuffin, whose passion for horses shines through her writing, joins ReadingZone to tell us about The Horse Who Danced,...

  • Alex Foulkes

    Alex Foulkes

    Discover a world of mischievous imps in Alex Foulkes's new children's book, Ministry of Mischief! Al...

  • Katherine Woodfine

    Katherine Woodfine

    Katherine Woodfine and Isabelle Follath introduce their retelling of LM Montgomery's classic story, Anne of Green Ga...

  • Katya Balen

    Katya Balen

    Katya read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behavi...

  • BB Alston

    BB Alston

    BB Alston started writing in middle school, entertaining his classmates with horror stories starring the whole class where n...

  • Katherine Rundell

    Katherine Rundell

    Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author and whose novels for children include Rooftoppers, The Wolf <br /...

  • Nazima Pathan

    Nazima Pathan

    Discover Dream Hunters, the debut fantasy novel by Nazima Pathan, set in a richly imagined alterna...

  • Natasha Farrant

    Natasha Farrant

    Natasha Farrant tells ReadingZone about her new adventure, The Secret of Golden Island.  Her earlier children's adventure st...

  • Helen Peters

    Helen Peters

    Helen Peters revisits her childhood, growing up on an old-fashioned farm in Sussex, surrounded by family, animals and mud, i...

  • Nicola Colton

    Nicola Colton

    Nicola Colton introduces her new series, Bertha and Blink, about a bear inventor and an excitable Robo-bird! </stron...

  • Marie Basting

    Marie Basting

    Discover an alternate world peopled by Roman gods in Marie Basting's Auntie Medusa and Me, the follow-up to her hilarious My...

  • Kieran Larwood:  Dungeon Runners

    Kieran Larwood: Dungeon Runners

    Kieran Larwood lives on the Isle of Wight where he enjoys exploring rockpools, climbing trees and writing....

  • MT Khan

    MT Khan

    MT Khan is back to tell us about her new novel, Amir and the Jinn Princess, which returns us to the world o...

  • Gita Ralleigh

    Gita Ralleigh

    Gita Ralleigh introduces The Voyage of Sam Singh, the adventurous follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Destiny of M...

  • Emma Carroll

    Emma Carroll

    Emma Carroll's new historical fiction novel, The Houdini Inheritance, explores the intrigue and mystery of...

  • Sarah Matthews & Rodney Matthews

    Sarah Matthews & Rodney Matthews

    Sarah and Rodney Matthews have created a new children's fantasy adventure, Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Benea...

  • Alan MacDonald

    Alan MacDonald

    Alan MacDonald introduces his brilliant new series for younger readers about best friends Huxley, a koala b...

  • Adeola Sokunbi

    Adeola Sokunbi

    Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise is Adeola Sokunbi's first book for children. Adeola is both a writer and illustrator, and an...

  • Bryony Pearce

    Bryony Pearce

    Discover ancient gods, mysterious thefts, and new friends in Hannah Messenger and the Gods of Hockwold, Bryony Pearc...

  • Patrick Gallagher

    Patrick Gallagher

    Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda...

  • Jennifer Bell

    Jennifer Bell

    Find out what inspired Jennifer Bell's wondrous new series, Magicalia: Race of Wonders!  Londoner Jennifer Bell worke...

  • Ramzee

    Ramzee

    Author and comic creator Ramzee joins ReadingZone to tell us about his school days, a 'cheat book', and making reade...

  • Chibundu Onuzo

    Chibundu Onuzo

    Chibundu Onuzo, author of Welcome to Lagos, introduces her first children's book, Mayowa and the Sea of Words</stron...

  • Fiona Longmuir

    Fiona Longmuir

    Freya's Gold by Fiona Longmuir is a mystery story about a secret tunnel, hidden treasure and a community fighting to...

  • Alex Falase-Koya

    Alex Falase-Koya

    Author of the Marv superhero books, Alex Falase-Koya has been writing since he was a teenager and in 2019 w...

  • Manon Steffan Ros

    Manon Steffan Ros

    Carnegie-winning author Manon Steffan Ros tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Me and Aaron Ramsey. Manon was born...

  • Greg Jenner

    Greg Jenner

    Greg Jenner, historian, author and podcast host, tells ReadingZone about his new Totally Chaotic History series, sta...

  • Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction novel I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow) is the first in an exc...

  • Josh Lacey

    Josh Lacey

    Josh Lacey's Time Travel Twins series (Andersen Press) takes its readers back in time to explore different...

  • Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain

    Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain

    Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. Aftera decade at the forefront of brain research, he...

  • Louise Forshaw

    Louise Forshaw

    Louise Forshaw's hilarious new graphic novel series, Bad United, stars Hoof the unicorn in a football team with some unusual...

  • Catherine Bruton

    Catherine Bruton

    Catherine Bruton, author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria, introduces her new book, Bird Boy. Catherine s...

  • Abi Elphinstone

    Abi Elphinstone

    Abi Elphinstone grew up in Scotland where she spent most of her childhood running wild across the moors, hiding in tree hous...

  • Zohra Nabi

    Zohra Nabi

    Zohra Nabi grew up inventing stories for her two younger sisters. She studied law at Cambridge and Oxford universities, but...

  • Nicola Penfold

    Nicola Penfold

    In her books Where the World Turns Wild and its follow-up, When the Wild Calls, Nicola Penfold explores how climate change m...

  • Carlie Sorosiak

    Carlie Sorosiak

    Carlie Sorosiak writes books about magical summer camps, missing people, and the inner life of dogs.  She grew up in North C...

  • Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson

    Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson

    Anders Sparring writes children’s books and is a screenwriter for many popular television shows.  He is als...

  • Ash Bond

    Ash Bond

    Ash Bond writes magical stories that have classical myth sprinkled through them like fairy dust. Look out for her debut, <st...

  • Guy Bass:  Hugh Dunnit Mysteries

    Guy Bass: Hugh Dunnit Mysteries

    Guy Bass introduces Hugh Dunnit, 'a self-styled detective who loves nothing more than cracking cases and solving mys...

  • Alexandra Sheppard

    Alexandra Sheppard

    Alexandra Sheppard introduces her latest novel, Alyssa and the Spell Garden, exploring community, teamwork...

  • Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie

    Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie

    Catherine Cawthorne's Big Bad Wolf Investigates explores the science behind our favourite fairy tales... Gr...

  • Katie and Kevin Tsang

    Katie and Kevin Tsang

    Authors Katie and Kevin Tsang introduce their new Dragon Force adventure, Devourer's Attack, in this special ReadingZone fea...

  • Steve Webb

    Steve Webb

    Steve Webb tells ReadingZone about his hilarious new graphic novel about the newest superheroes in town, Peng and Sp...

  • Catherine Doyle

    Catherine Doyle

    Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea!   Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the we...

  • Christopher Edge

    Christopher Edge

    Black Hole Cinema Club, Christopher Edge's latest novel, is a love story to movies. Dive into an immersive blockbuster exper...

  • Guy Bass & Pete Williamson

    Guy Bass & Pete Williamson

    The bestselling Stitch Head series is getting a new look - as a graphic novel!  Author Guy Bass and illustr...

  • Justin Somper

    Justin Somper

    Justin Somper, author of Vampirates, introduces his brand new pirate series, Pirate Academy! Justin grew up in St Alb...

  • James Nicol

    James Nicol

    James Nicol, author of The Apprentice Witch series, tells ReadingZone about his new eco fantasy, The Cloud Thief. Jam...

  • Piu DasGupta

    Piu DasGupta

    Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone...

  • Rachel Chivers Khoo

    Rachel Chivers Khoo

    Rachel Chivers Khoo introduces her magical new story, The Magician Next Door, and tells Re...

  • Elys Dolan

    Elys Dolan

    Rex Dinosaur in Disguise is the brilliantly funny novel for younger readers from E...

  • Jenny McLachlan

    Jenny McLachlan

    Stink the troublesome fairy is back in Fairy Vs Wizard  Jenny McLachlan's first b...

  • Gabriel Dylan

    Gabriel Dylan

    For readers who like their adventures laced with a dash of horror.... Look out for Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point series!...

  • Alex Bell

    Alex Bell

    Alex Bell introduces her magical new middle grade novel, The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts, the latest in a range of  nove...

  • Bex Hogan

    Bex Hogan

    Bronte Tempestra is author Bex Hogan's first young fiction series and it's packed with adventure, friendship and magical cre...

  • Ross Montgomery

    Ross Montgomery

    Author Ross Montgomery tells ReadingZone about his new book, I Am Rebel, about a dog's quest to save the boy who res...

  • Blessing Musariri

    Blessing Musariri

    Award-winning author Blessing Musariri's new YA novel, When It's Your Turn for Midnight, draws on the Zimba...

  • Fleur Hitchcock's Murder Mysteries

    Fleur Hitchcock's Murder Mysteries

    Fleur Hitchcock's latest murder mystery novel, Murder at Wintertide, is now available and is her most sinister yet.... Fleur...

  • Chris Vick

    Chris Vick

    Chris Vick tells us how his latest novel, Shadow Creatures, was inspired by his family's experiences in Nor...

  • Berlie Doherty and Tamsin Rosewell introduce The Seamaiden's Odyssey

    Berlie Doherty and Tamsin Rosewell introduce The Seamaiden's Odyssey

    Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children,...

  • Brian Dungan

    Brian Dungan

    Irish author and cameraman Brían Dungan introduces his debut novel Wintour's Game, a time-twisting, action-packed adventure...

  • Olivia Tuffin

    Olivia Tuffin

    Olivia Tuffin, whose passion for horses shines through her writing, joins ReadingZone to tell us about The Horse Who Danced,...

  • Katya Balen

    Katya Balen

    Katya read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behavi...

  • Nazima Pathan

    Nazima Pathan

    Discover Dream Hunters, the debut fantasy novel by Nazima Pathan, set in a richly imagined alterna...

  • MT Khan

    MT Khan

    MT Khan is back to tell us about her new novel, Amir and the Jinn Princess, which returns us to the world o...

  • Gita Ralleigh

    Gita Ralleigh

    Gita Ralleigh introduces The Voyage of Sam Singh, the adventurous follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Destiny of M...

  • Emma Carroll

    Emma Carroll

    Emma Carroll's new historical fiction novel, The Houdini Inheritance, explores the intrigue and mystery of...

  • Laura Jane Williams

    Laura Jane Williams

    Queen of the cute-meet Laura Jane Williams introduces her debut novel for teenagers, Taylor Blake i...

  • Helen Comerford

    Helen Comerford

    Helen Comerford is a Black mixed-race British debut author and is passionate about Black British and mixed...

  • Efua Traoré

    Efua Traoré

    Efua Traoré's latest novel Sister Spirit draws on her years growing up in Nigeria, as well as the mythology and supe...

  • Chloë Heuch

    Chloë Heuch

    Chloë Heuch introduces her new novel, A History of my Weird, which challenges our perceptions of autism. Chloë was bo...

  • Patrick Gallagher

    Patrick Gallagher

    Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda...

  • Manon Steffan Ros

    Manon Steffan Ros

    Carnegie-winning author Manon Steffan Ros tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Me and Aaron Ramsey. Manon was born...

  • Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction novel I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow) is the first in an exc...

  • Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain

    Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain

    Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. Aftera decade at the forefront of brain research, he...

  • Catherine Bruton

    Catherine Bruton

    Catherine Bruton, author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria, introduces her new book, Bird Boy. Catherine s...

  • Zohra Nabi

    Zohra Nabi

    Zohra Nabi grew up inventing stories for her two younger sisters. She studied law at Cambridge and Oxford universities, but...

  • Nicola Penfold

    Nicola Penfold

    In her books Where the World Turns Wild and its follow-up, When the Wild Calls, Nicola Penfold explores how climate change m...

  • Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl

    Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl

    Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl is a writer and editor. Her recent books include Beyonce (Knowles-Carter) and Nelson (Mandela), whi...

  • Ash Bond

    Ash Bond

    Ash Bond writes magical stories that have classical myth sprinkled through them like fairy dust. Look out for her debut, <st...

  • Sarah Crossan

    Sarah Crossan

    Sarah Crossan introduces her powerful new verse novel, Where the Heart Should Be (Bloomsbury YA). Sa...

  • Nora Dasnes

    Nora Dasnes

    Nora Dåsnes is an author and illustrator. Cross My Heart and Never Lie is her debut as a writer and illustr...

  • Alexandra Sheppard

    Alexandra Sheppard

    Alexandra Sheppard introduces her latest novel, Alyssa and the Spell Garden, exploring community, teamwork...

  • Catherine Doyle

    Catherine Doyle

    Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea!   Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the we...

  • Christopher Edge

    Christopher Edge

    Black Hole Cinema Club, Christopher Edge's latest novel, is a love story to movies. Dive into an immersive blockbuster exper...

  • Piu DasGupta

    Piu DasGupta

    Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone...

  • Sylvia Bishop

    Sylvia Bishop

    Sylvia Bishop's new book, On Silver Tides, is her first novel for teenagers. Sylvia spent an entire childhood reading fictio...

  • Gabriel Dylan

    Gabriel Dylan

    For readers who like their adventures laced with a dash of horror.... Look out for Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point series!...

  • Tim Hall

    Tim Hall

    The inspiration to write about Robin Hood struck Tim Hall while trekking in the 'primal and dangerous landscape' of the Amaz...

  • Blessing Musariri

    Blessing Musariri

    Award-winning author Blessing Musariri's new YA novel, When It's Your Turn for Midnight, draws on the Zimba...

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    Ross Montgomery

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  • Jack Jackman

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  • Sinéad O'Hart

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  • Dominique Valente

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    Jenny Valentine

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    Professor Anjali Goswami

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    Alan MacDonald

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    Adeola Sokunbi

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  • Patrick Gallagher

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    Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda...

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    Jennifer Bell

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    Susannah Lloyd & Kate Hindley: Who Ate Steve?

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    Gloria Goes for Gold by Marina Firth & Annabel Tempest

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  • Fiona Longmuir

    Fiona Longmuir

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    Marcela Ferreira & Mark Chambers: Bear Vs Dragon

    Marcela Ferreira was born in Rio de Janeiro, and moved to London as a teenager. S...

  • Alex Falase-Koya

    Alex Falase-Koya

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    Manon Steffan Ros

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    Greg Jenner

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  • Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction novel I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow) is the first in an exc...

  • Josh Lacey

    Josh Lacey

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    Louise Forshaw

    Louise Forshaw's hilarious new graphic novel series, Bad United, stars Hoof the unicorn in a football team with some unusual...

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    Catherine Bruton

    Catherine Bruton, author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria, introduces her new book, Bird Boy. Catherine s...

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    Abi Elphinstone

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  • Leigh Hodgkinson

    Leigh Hodgkinson

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    Zohra Nabi

    Zohra Nabi grew up inventing stories for her two younger sisters. She studied law at Cambridge and Oxford universities, but...

  • Nicola Penfold

    Nicola Penfold

    In her books Where the World Turns Wild and its follow-up, When the Wild Calls, Nicola Penfold explores how climate change m...

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    Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl

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    Carlie Sorosiak

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  • Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson

    Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson

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    Sarah Crossan

    Sarah Crossan introduces her powerful new verse novel, Where the Heart Should Be (Bloomsbury YA). Sa...

  • Nora Dasnes

    Nora Dasnes

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  • Guy Bass:  Hugh Dunnit Mysteries

    Guy Bass: Hugh Dunnit Mysteries

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  • Alexandra Sheppard

    Alexandra Sheppard

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  • Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie

    Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie

    Catherine Cawthorne's Big Bad Wolf Investigates explores the science behind our favourite fairy tales... Gr...

  • Katie and Kevin Tsang

    Katie and Kevin Tsang

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  • Steve Webb

    Steve Webb

    Steve Webb tells ReadingZone about his hilarious new graphic novel about the newest superheroes in town, Peng and Sp...

  • Catherine Doyle

    Catherine Doyle

    Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea!   Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the we...

  • Christopher Edge

    Christopher Edge

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  • Guy Bass & Pete Williamson

    Guy Bass & Pete Williamson

    The bestselling Stitch Head series is getting a new look - as a graphic novel!  Author Guy Bass and illustr...

  • Ginny Myers Sain

    Ginny Myers Sain

    Ginny Myers Sain tells ReadingZone what inspired her latest page-turning YA novel, One Last Breath. ...

  • Justin Somper

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    Mariajo Ilustrajo

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    Katrina Charman & Guilherme Karstenn

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  • Bex Hogan

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  • Tim Hall

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  • Matty Long

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    Anna Wilson & Harry Woodgate

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    Poet AF Harrold joins the ReadingZone Bookclub

    Find out all about AF Harrold's latest poetry collection, Welcome to Wild Town (Otter Barry Books), written with Dom Conlon, and enjoy a gli More...