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Heartstopper
Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper is a gentle coming of age story, with characters exploring themes of friendship, love, sexuality, gender and mental illness. The story centres around two boys who meet at school: the highly-strung, openly gay Charlie, and easy-going, sporty Nick. Heartstopper is sweet without being sickly sweet. It’s fun and heartwarming, while still feeling […]
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The Fowl Twins
Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl novels were a fixture during my childhood and teen years. I revisited the stories again in my twenties, introducing my partner to the adventures of Artemis, Butler, Holly, Foaly, Mulch and the rest of the crew. It was such a joy on long drives to listen to the audiobooks. And now, […]
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False Value
In the latest installment of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, Peter Grant has taken a job at a tech startup based at Old Street’s ‘silicon roundabout’. He’s soon caught up in a secret that’s a dangerous mixture of artificial intelligence, magic and technology. False Value is the eighth in the main series of novels, […]
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Novella: Duck and Dive
I did it! My first piece of fiction available for sale (UK, US, AU, CA), to anyone in the world. I’m pretty excited for you to read it. I’ve included the blurb/description, first chapter, and links to buy below – if you’re so inclined. Please let me know what you think! Buy on Amazon Kindle: UK, […]
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The Secret Commonwealth
Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth is the second volume of the Book of Dust. Lyra Silvertongue has grown up and lost her sense of adventure and imagination, attributes that once defined her. La Belle Sauvage, the first volume of the Book of Dust, followed baby Lyra and young Malcolm. His Dark Materials – the original […]
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Short story: Tea and Biscuits
Hangovers are never fun. But if you want to relive the tragedy right now, check out my new short story here for free. The spark for this story came when my good friend Hollie was telling the hilarious tale of one challenging morning. I’ve checked, and she doesn’t mind that I’ve taken her moment of […]
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What If It’s Us
Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera co-authored What If It’s Us; a cute, gay romance with some diverse and realistic characters bursting with personality. Ben is broken-hearted and stuck in summer school. Arthur is interning at his mother’s office and in love with everything New York. After a chance encounter at the post office the boys […]
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Highfire
Eoin Colfer’s Highfire chronicles the hilarious and action-packed adventures of a well-intentioned but wild tearaway, a crooked constable, and a snarky, fire-breathing dragon. Vern may be the last dragon on Earth, but he hadn’t survived this long by causing a scene or getting caught up in human affairs. He had been quite content hiding out […]
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