It's publication day for my new middle-grade cold-case crime thriller THE GARDEN OF LOST GIRLS, which is, as always, creates an exquisite emotional blend of excitement and anxiety. The response to DANGER ROAD has been so incredible that the idea of writing another...
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know that I started out (many, many, many years ago) writing romance novels (for adults). Or trying to write romance novels as it turned out. I started reading the genre when I was about 13 (Sweet Dreams and Sweet...
After another exciting and busy year, Team Your Kid's Next Read has consulted our brilliant members and compiled book lists based on their recommendations. The Your Kid’s Next Read community now comprises 39,000+ members, connected via our Facebook group, the Your...
After another exciting and busy year, Team Your Kid's Next Read has consulted our brilliant members and compiled book lists based on their recommendations. The Your Kid’s Next Read community now comprises 39,000+ members, connected via our Facebook group, the Your...
After another exciting and busy year, Team Your Kid's Next Read has consulted our brilliant members and compiled book lists based on their recommendations. The Your Kid’s Next Read community now comprises 39,000+ members, connected via our Facebook group, the Your...
After another exciting and busy year, Team Your Kid's Next Read has consulted our brilliant members and compiled book lists based on their recommendations. The Your Kid’s Next Read community now comprises 39,000+ members, connected via our Facebook group, the Your...
Can you believe it's that time again? After another exciting and busy year, Team Your Kid's Next Read has consulted our brilliant members and compiled book lists based on their recommendations. The Your Kid’s Next Read community now comprises 39,000+ members,...
Have you seen the headlines? Boys aren't reading. Again. Still? It seems as though the topic of boys and reading flares up in a media tsunami every couple of years and then subsides, and 2025 has definitely been one of those years. In fact, in 2025, we're focused not...
What does adventure mean to you? This year's CBCA Book Week theme is 'Book An Adventure' and it got the Your Kid's Next Read team thinking about the many different types of adventure stories there are – and the many brilliant adventure books for kids out there that...
