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Beccy Blake on Chicken Hill

“You can always find strength in hard times, even when you feel very small”

There are 3 snackable stories in Chicken Hill: Attack of the Zombie Cactus. It begins with the story of Uncle Russ, an Octogenarian conspiracy theorist and ginger cat, who goes on a bit of an adventur…

09 July 2026
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Discover your These Shattered Spires discipline!

You awake in the decaying Fourspires Castle. The Slaughter fast approaches, and you're facing down the prospect of having to work with three fellow familiars from rival disciplines. Joy. 

20 Mar 2026
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince Illustrated Edition inside of a green-lit block of ice.

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince

Live-action scene filmed for new Harry Potter Illustrated Edition

The Harry Potter Team revealed the stunning new Illustrated Edition jacket in an evocative social media trailer celebrating one of the most thrilling moments in Half-Blood Prince. The sequence highlig…

13 Mar 2026
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Finbar Hawkins on Ghost

“I think writers understand innately that the universe is just not defined in any way we can understand”

I’m glad you liked it! Well, I think my way into this structure, centring it around the three young women, came from my take on what a ghost might be. What if spirits are actually people, but in diffe…

24 Feb 2026
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Laura Jane Williams on Taylor Blake Seizes the Day

“Self-love isn't about liking how the world receives you, it's about liking how you receive the world”

The older I get, the more I feel like I'm shedding all of the expectations the world put on upon me - if that doesn't sound too dramatic. I'm really struck, as I reach 40, how much I relate to my teen…

02 Dec 2025
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Larry Hayes on The Fate of Finnegan Quick

“As soon as I start scaring myself too much, I find myself reaching for humour”

I crack jokes whenever I’m nervous, and I just bring that to my writing. As soon as I start scaring myself too much, I find myself reaching for humour. Having a genius editor really helps. Ben Schlank…

02 Dec 2025

Book round-up

Fantastic books for children to celebrate Earth Day 2025

In hope of encouraging love towards a better planet, we have inspiring fiction books from Katherine Rundell and outstanding non-fiction, such as Don't Panic! We CAN Save The Planet.

15 Apr 2025
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Sophie Kirtley on The Haunting of Fortune Farm

“I love listening to the ‘found stories’ of everyday life”

I love creating an atmospheric sense of place in my writing. Northern Ireland still feels like 'home', even though I no longer live there - the memories run deep in my soul. The mountains where The Ha…

07 Jan 2025

Bex Hogan on Nettle

“I love picking up books that explore faery tales from far and wide”

I was raised on Grimm’s faery tales and so it almost feels full circle for me to be writing my own. For a long time it was something I shied away from, because how could I possibly do justice to the g…

07 Jan 2025

Mark Powers on Hero Wanted!

“I love writing action sequences, so all the sword-fighting and chases and monster attacks were super-fun to do”

I'd had the opening image -- girl wakes up to find strange armoured figure in her bedroom handing her a sword -- in my mind for years and not done anything with it. Then during lockdown I had the time…

29 Oct 2024
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Catherine Doyle on Pirates of Darksea

“I’ve loved pirates ever since I read Peter Pan as a child”

I’m inspired by the stories I loved as a child. Big themes of magic and adventure have always called to me, so I include them in every children’s book I write. I also like to focus on family relations…

03 June 2024
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Brigid Kemmerer on Destroy the Day

“I love discovering new stories in all their varied forms”

Tessa and Corrick – and King Harristan! – are not having an easy time of it in Destroy the Day! At the beginning of the book, they’re all divided for the first time, and they need to work with some re…

17 Jan 2024

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