11 fantasy, horror and sci-fi books to read as the nights draw in

Autumn is a favourite season for many a bookworm. The days are shorter, the nights…

The best thriller, suspense and mystery books to read this autumn

2020 has been a bad year on so many levels but, through it all, publishers…

Book Review: Dokkaebi – Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho

Dokkaebi: Vicious Spirits, Kat Cho’s companion to Gumiho: Wicked Fox, captures the same wonderful modern…

Book Review: This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens

There’s nothing like a good, romantic read to make the world disappear for a while,…

Book Review: A Girl Made Of Air by Nydia Hetherington

Looking at the cover of A Girl Made of Air, you might be deceived into…

Read an extract from She Lies Close by Sharon Doering

Five-year-old Ava Boone has been missing for six months. There are have been no leads,…

Book Review: D – A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber

Where to start when describing the story held between the gorgeous gold-foil adorned covers of…

Author Letter: Nic Stone on the inspiration behind her YA novel Dear Justyce

In this author letter, published in Dear Justyce, author Nic Stone writes about the inspiration…

Book Review: Help Yourself by Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld has had a busy few years. Her first collection of short stories, You…

Clare Whitfield on the idea behind her dark historical crime novel People of Abandoned Character

The idea for the story, a woman who thinks she might be married to the…

Francine Toon on the Halloween traditions that inspired her debut novel Pine

For many people, especially in England, where I now live, Halloween is just another commercial…

Book Review: Fire Queen by Joanna Courtney

The story of Shakespeare’s Ophelia is one that most of us will know, even if…