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Book Review: A Curse For True Love by Stephanie Garber

Finishing a beloved book series always brings mixed emotions. On the one hand, you can’t…

Jennifer Claessen on taking old stories and reworking them to fit a more modern world

Merlin, the many storied wizard, is different in every version but he is always mostly…

Emma Orchard on the tricky issue of sex in historical romance

“There was something else at her entrance, something hard and hot and very, very demanding.”…

12 spooky season books to get you in the Halloween mood

Halloween is almost upon us and there’s nothing better than curling up with a suitably…

Jennifer Lane: 6 witchy YA reads perfect for Halloween

As a practising witch, Halloween is my busiest time – it is the Witches’ New…

Book Review: Upon A Frosted Star by M. A. Kuzniar

When struggling artist Forster finds an invitation to an enchanting annual party at a sprawling…

Book Review: Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Returning to a fictional universe you love is one of the most rewarding bookish feelings…

G. M. Linton on how the Windrush generation and self-identity inspired her Sunshine Simpson series

I nagged my parents for a typewriter for my sixteenth birthday; they duly saved up…

Book Review: The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo

If there’s one thing that Alexandra Christo – author of the Hundred Kingdoms and Into…

Jasmine Richards: 5 middle grade fantasy books with Black characters

To celebrate the release of The Myth Keeper, the fast-paced middle-grade fantasy sequel to The Unmorrow…

Derek Landy on sharing storytelling responsibilities and relinquishing control

I’m quite used to being the emperor of my own empire. I’ve been writing the…

Docu-fiction at London Film Festival: Little Girl Blue and Ramona

Acting is becoming someone else and inhabiting them convincingly. Rarely do we see that process…