The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings illustrated by Alex T Smith

I'm honoured to be celebrating Natasha's gorgeous middle grade debut The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair which is released in the UK on the 27th October, my only regret, is that I didn't have enough time, nor energy to create a bookbounding costume in time for my date on the Write Reads Tour, as I …

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The Ice Bear Miracle- Cerrie Burnell

This is firmly in the myth interpreted in the real world camp and that’s a wonderful thing though fans of stories like The Girl Who Speaks Bear, North Child and The Way Past Winter will find much to love in this tale creaking with myth and magic. Whereas Burnell fully revealed her hand with the …

Believathon Seasonal Read: The Eye of the North- Sinéad O’Hart

I absolutely adored Sinead’s The Star Spun Web earlier this year for its alternate reality- parallel worlds theme and the way she explored real events and places within a fictional alternative setting that made it both a safe space and yet closer to home through investment in the characters. So when Believathon popped up I …