Author Articles

Ross Welford and The Monkey Who Fell From The Future

It’s ridiculous, really, isn’t it? That is, for something so utterly impossible – and never, frankly, likely to be possible – time travel remains a mesmerising ‘what if?’ Read More

Holly Jackson introduces her new YA thriller, Five Survive

When it came to writing my first book Post-Pip, the blank page was more intimidating and the blinking cursor loomed even larger. Read More

Monica Heisey on her debut: Really Good, Actually

Having spent the year after my own divorce emotionally and physically on the floor, I did not want to read a book that made heartbreak seem easy, but I did want to hear about the ways it is ridiculous. Read More

R.F. Kuang talks Babel

I don’t believe in casting out the old, but I love adding previously unheard voices into the mix. Babel, I hope, has taken all the threads of Victorian fiction and spun them together to make something new. Read More

Sue Lynn Tan introduces Heart of the Sun Warrior

I have always loved reading fantasy, exploring worlds filled with magic, wonder, and infinite possibilities. Read More

Iona Rangeley introduces Einstein the Penguin

"When I first started writing Einstein The Penguin I was still a student. As a child I'd always wanted to write books for adults, so it's funny that as soon as I became one I turned everything upside down and started writing for children..." Read More

Author Q&A: Oliver Jeffers on There’s a Ghost in this House

There's a Ghost in this House is the latest instalment from author, artist and illustrator Oliver Jeffers, whose 2017 book, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, became a New York Times No.1 bestseller. Read More

Author Q&A: Jay Kristoff on Empire of the Vampire

From the Sunday Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Nevernight Chronicle, comes Empire of the Vampire, a masterful new series. Here, Jay Kristoff answers some questions about writing the new book. Read More

Hannah Gold introduces The Last Bear

‘I hope this book encourages every reader to believe that he or she can help’  When I sat down to write The Last Bear, I had one simple idea in my head, and that was to write about the things I most loved in the world. Read More

Where Did Mrs March Come From? by Virginia Feito

I was listening to the Overture from The Nutcracker when I first envisioned Mrs. March. She appeared to me fully-formed, in her fur coat and skirt suit, just walking down the street, as excited and hopeful as that flute, and I knew at that moment I was going to destroy her. Read More

Cari Thomas on the inspiration behind her debut novel Threadneedle

I remember the old family stories about my Great Aunt Mary. A fiercely independent, enigmatic woman who was said to be a witch... Read More

Christina Sweeney-Baird introduces her debut novel The End of Men

Contracting Coronavirus was a step towards authenticity I could have done without'.  Christina Sweeney-Baird introduces her debut novel The End of Men. Read More