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Benjamin Dean on the inspiration behind his YA debut

I’m often asked for my inspiration behind writing my YA debut, The King is Dead,…

Happening Review

France, 1963. Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei) is a literature student at the top of her class,…

Cat Gray on choosing to write a middle grade children’s novel as opposed to adult fiction

The first novel I wrote was literary fiction. I was studying English literature, and it…

13 films you need on your watchlist for the rest of 2022

If you’re in the UK right now, you’ll know that our summer weather can be…

Bea Setton on Berlin and how the German city inspired her debut novel

One of the profound anxieties I have is that because I only have one life,…

Victoria Scott on why she set her new novel in the Malvern Hills

Shortly after my first serious relationship ended when I was 24, my mum took a…

Book Review: Berlin by Bea Setton

After leaving her previous job in less that ideal circumstances, and thanks to the support…

Book Review: Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez

Inspired by medieval Spain and infused with a heady Hispanic spirit, Isabel Ibañez’s Together We…

Book Review: Just For Today by Nell Hudson

Just For Today, the debut from actor Nell Hudson, is a novel that touches on…

Rebecca Barrow on writing about grief in Bad Things Happen Here

When I was asked to write this piece about grief and why I wrote about…

Book Review: This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede

Being gifted in a fantasy world is often a trait envied by us mere mortal…