Today I am delighted to hand over my blog to Vali Benson who published her debut novel Blood and Silver in April 2020. YA historical fiction, Blood and Silver is described as ‘a story of the best and worst of human nature, the passion for survival and the beauty of true friendship’. In June of…
‘Accept your destiny and join THE FOREVERS…’ [ About the Book ] What would you do if you knew the world was going to be destroyed by a huge asteroid in one month? They knew the end was coming. They saw it ten years back, when it was far enough away in space and time…
Two very different families…..One is loud, eccentric, rich and confident.The other is less sure of their place in life. [ About the Book ] On holidays in Portugal, a near-drowning brings the ten-year-old daughters, Jamie and Sarah, together and a friendship is formed.As the bond between the girls grows deeper, so too do the ties…
Today I welcome Irish writer Tina Callaghan with a wonderful guest post entitled ‘Hope Springs Eternal’
I review a book today that is a little different for me. It is a historical book targeted at the YA market. The Tides Between is written by Elizabeth Jane Corbett and is an insight into emigration in the 1800’s through the eyes of a fifteen-year-old girl.
Today on #IrishWritersWed I have something a little different. Sheena Wilkinson, writer of YA contemporary fiction, has written a post entitled ‘The Street Song Challenge’, an inspiring post encouraging us all to step outside the comfort zone and see how something wonderful can happen.
I was delighted to be asked by Bonnier Zaffre to join the blogtour for Lisa Selin Davis’ new YA novel ‘Lost Stars or what Lou Reed taught me about love’ Published by Hot Key Books, a division of Bonnier Zaffre, on the 6th October 2016, Lisa’s novel is a story about love lost & found and…
Lost In Static is the debut novel from Christina Philippou. Just published by Urbane Publications, it is a coming-of-age novel that will appeal to a YA audience, as it deals with events surrounding the first year in residence of a group of young people at university. I received my copy from the publisher in exchange for…