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Finbar Hawkins

Finbar Hawkins

Finbar Hawkins's novel Ghost weaves ancient tales of haunting and evil with an eerie contemporary story. He tells ReadingZone what inspir More...

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Odd Girl Out, a novel about finding your place in your world

Odd Girl Out, a novel about finding your place in your world

Odd Girl Out (David Fickling Books) explores themes of community, faith and intolerance, and f More...

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Film Production

Film Production

What is a film producer? Sophie tells us what the day-to-day job of a film producer involves, what she loves most More...

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Latest Books & Extracts

  • Red as Royal Blood

    The Inheritance Games gets the royal treatment in this original thriller that combines courtly intrigue, succession drama, and romance.</

  • Ask Me Anything

    A gorgeously sassy campus-set romcom, where Mary-Elizabeth sorts out other students' love-lives as the university magazine's agony aunt.

  • Ghost: A chilling story of the supernatural from the author of Witch

    Marie has dropped out of art college and is staying with her aunt for a while. But the woods nearby are hiding something. Marie can feel

  • Witchlore

    Romance, magic, and a love story to raise the dead....

  • Owl King: Faery Realms series: The darkly enchanting YA fantasy

    A dark, captivating 12+/YA tale of deception and survival, set in the Realm of Never Moon where faeries live in fear of the Owl King.

  • Lie or Die, Blood Moon

    Kass barely survived reality-TV show Lie or Die, but now she's been lured to a castle where perilous challenges await in the most extreme

Featured Authors

  • Finbar Hawkins

    Finbar Hawkins: Finbar Hawkins's novel Ghost weaves ancient tales of haunting and evil with an eerie contemporary story. He tells ReadingZone what inspir

  • Freddie Kölsch introduces her folk horror YA novel, Empty Heaven

    Freddie Kölsch introduces her folk horror YA novel, Empty Heaven: Freddie Kölsch explores identity, gender and how societal norms keep the true monsters hidden in her new YA folk horror novel, Em

  • Emma Shevah introduces her compelling new YA novel, My Name is Jodie Jones

    Emma Shevah introduces her compelling new YA novel, My Name is Jodie Jones: ReadingZone caught up with Emma Shevah to explore the inspiration for her stunning YA debut, My Name is Jodie Jones.

  • Exploring Rachael Davis-Featherstone's moody thriller, Oxford Blood

    Exploring Rachael Davis-Featherstone's moody thriller, Oxford Blood: Enter the dark academia of Oxford Blood, Rachael Davis-Featherstone's suspenseful YA debut, with a murder at its heart. . .</stro

  • Kathryn Clark introduces her YA debut, Things I Learned While I Was Dead

    Kathryn Clark introduces her YA debut, Things I Learned While I Was Dead: Kathryn Clark explores consent and medical ethics in her dystopian debut, Things I Learned While I was Dead, and tells ReadingZon

  • Kenechi Udogu

    Kenechi Udogu: Kenechi Udogu introduces her eco science-fiction adventure, Augmented, set in a near-future, climate-challenged London.

Your Reviews

  • Red as Royal Blood

    Rachel

    No one is more surprised than Ruby herself when she discovers that the late king has made her heir to his throne, especially as she works as a maid in the...

  • Ghost: A chilling story of the supernatural from the author of Witch

    Sue

    In 60 AD, Aine finds herself captured and enslaved by the Romans. Fleeing her new master, she hides in a tunnel where she finds an altar and unwittingly u...

  • Electric Life: Surge

    Sue

    Having left Estrella, Alara has been living in London Under for six months. Although desperate to escape the restrictions of the city and feel alive, she...

  • Murder on a School Night

    Kitty  Age 13

    I think this book is really good, as it's quite feminist and encourages girls to talk about their period and if you catch your boyfriend cheating with you...

  • Ask Me Anything

    Sue

    Mary-Elizabeth Baxter is a girl brimming with confidence. Agony aunt for the university's magazine, she offers up-beat advice to her fell...

  • Make Me a Monster: From the author of TikTok sensation Cinderella Is Dead

    Rachel

    Make Me a Monster is not for the faint-hearted. Set in a funeral home with graphic descriptions and explanations about preparing a body f...

  • Keep Your Friends Close

    Rachel

    Taut, tense and captivating, I found this new title from Cynthia Murphy to be completely addictive. Set in a private school that has been...

  • Empty Heaven

    Clair

    Empty Heaven is a truly terrifying supernatural horror which contains themes that are suited to a young adult reader. It is set in a cree...

  • My Name is Jodie Jones

    Clare

    Jodie Jones is intelligent, enigmatic and never short of a pithy comeback. Unfortunately, she's also dealing with trauma, a fractured fam...

  • Not Going To Plan: A powerful verse novel

    Kimberley

    Kicked out of the exclusive boarding school, where she has been a scholarship student, because of her disruptive behaviour, Marnie has only a few months u...

Videos & Vlogs

Ghost, a riveting  story that spans centuries

Ghost, a riveting story that spans centuries

ReadingZone caught up with award-winning author Finbar Hawkins to explore his eerie new novel, Ghost (Zephyr<st

Neal Shusterman shares All Better Now

Neal Shusterman shares All Better Now

What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Bett

A story about following your dreams: Leah Osakwe's Rock Band

A story about following your dreams: Leah Osakwe's Rock Band

Debut author Leah Osakwe tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Rock Band: Music and Misfits, a story about following your dreams

This month’s highlights

  • Picture Book

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024 announced We are thrilled to announce the winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024, judged by Ste...

  • 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...

  • 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...