Author of the Month See all

Nora Dasnes

Nora Dasnes

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

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Author Q&A See all

Christopher Edge's Black Hole Cinema Club

Christopher Edge's Black Hole Cinema Club

Christopher Edge introduces his new book, Black Hole Cinema Club, a page-turning read that i More...

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A Career in..... See all

What is a Designer?

What is a Designer?

Theatre isn’t all about acting. It takes a whole team of people working together to make a show happen. In this film you can find out abo More...

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Latest Books & Extracts

  • Where the Heart Should Be

    The outstanding novel from the multi-award-winning and former Laureate na nOg Sarah Crossan; thought-provoking and incredibly moving, it

  • Bite Risk: Caught Dead

    In the dead of night, the Immortal rises . . . welcome to the Town of the Turned.

  • Pirates of Darksea

    From the award-winning author of The Storm Keeper's Island, set sail on Catherine Doyle's latest perilous adventure to the magical island

  • Secrets of the Snakestone

    Menacing magic fills the streets of nineteenth-century Paris in this thrilling and fantastical adventure.

  • Black Hole Cinema Club

    Another edge-of-your-seat adventure from the award-winning author of Escape Room, Christopher Edge. A trip to the cinema will never be th

  • The Prisoner of Bhopal

    Amil has always dreamed of working at the modern, space-age pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, where he lives. Instead, on his tenth birth

Featured Authors

  • Piu DasGupta

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

  • Liz Flanagan

    Liz Flanagan: Liz Flanagan, an award-winning author who writes about strange worlds and fantastical creatures, joins ReadingZone to introduce her new b

  • Christopher Edge

    Christopher Edge: Black Hole Cinema Club, Christopher Edge's latest novel, is a love story to movies. Dive into an immersive blockbuster experience! <p

  • Nora Dasnes

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

  • Sylvia Bishop

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

  • 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!        Gab

Your Reviews

  • Pirates of Darksea

    Sue

    In Pirates of Darksea, Christopher Reid longs to go on an adventure with Captain Thorne O'Malley aboard his pirate ship, the Stolen Sunri...

  • Bite Risk

    Emelia

    At first glance you can tell what the theme of the book is going to be, with its well illustrated front cover. Bite Risk is a book that h...

  • Secrets of the Snakestone

    Louisa

    Zélie Dutta may be able to crush the head of a cobra with a bare heel, lick her elbow and peel a banana with her toes, but for all that she is stuck worki...

  • Cross My Heart and Never Lie

    Clair

    A heart-warming graphic novel, translated to English from Norwegian by Matt Bagguley. Perfect for girls on the cusp of becoming a teenager and nav...

  • Black Hole Cinema Club

    Tracy

    Have you ever watched a film wishing that you were a part of the action, the hero, the person who saves the town, saves the day, saves the world?  You nee...

  • The Love Report

    Kelly

    It was amazing, Noah dumps(not really) Lola and then Lola dumps Noah in front of the group that forced him to dump her, but the group leader assaulted Ade...

  • Seven Million Sunflowers

    Ruth

    Malcolm Duffy's latest novel is an authentic, emotional story of a displaced Ukranian family which will resonate with anyone living or working with famili...

  • Girl (In Real Life)

    Poppy  Age 12

    Girl (In Real Life) is such a great read! If you struggle to find a book you like or don't particularly find reading fun, try this book!...

  • Shiver Point: A Tap At The Window

    Hayley

    The second book of Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point Series, A Tap at the Window, does not disappoint. This chilling horror story is a perfect...

  • The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

    Jennifer

    The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts is an absolutely amazing and epic adventure across perilous, peculiar and far flung lands in a race of a lifet...

Videos & Vlogs

Breathing underwater

Breathing underwater

On Silver Tides is an extraordinary fantasy adventure, set in the real world of the UK's rivers and s

Friendship, changes and first crushes

Friendship, changes and first crushes

Nora Dasnes introduces her debut graphic novel, Cross My Heart and Never Lie, a story about<

Polly Crossby revisits Little Red Riding Hood

Polly Crossby revisits Little Red Riding Hood

Polly Crosby tells ReadingZone about her novel, This Tale is Forbidden (Scholastic), a fractured fairy tale set in a dystopian world.

This month’s highlights

  • Picture Book

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024 The ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024 is challenging those aged four to 18 years to make a picture book. The competition is...

  • Book Trailers

    Make a Book Trailer

    Make a Book Trailer

    Create a Book Trailer Create a book trailer of your favourite book or your latest bookclub read for ReadingZone, and encourage others to read the book!  Or you can use it...

  • Podcasts

    Create your own Podcast

    Create your own Podcast

    Bex, a presenter for Fun Kids, has put together a simple guide for us about creating podcasts and gives us some top tips for starting your own podcast.

  • Videos & Vlogs

    Creating a Book Vlog

    Creating a Book Vlog

    Ever wanted to create your own vlog, but don't know how to get started? In these videos, author and book vlogger Lucy Powrie (lucythereader) gives her tips on getting started, what to inc...