Honor Cargill: What it’s like to write a book with your mum

Can you imagine writing a teen novel with your own mother at the age of 16? The teenage half of the mother and daughter co-writers of Waiting For Callback tells how they survived the “constructive criticism” and had a surprising amount of fun

Libraries and schools need free author visits, so I set up YA Shot

Cuts to library funding in schools and community mean author visits are a luxury that only some can afford, that’s why author Alexia Casale founded the YA Shot festival and programme to partner libraries and schools for author visits – here’s how your library system can apply to be part of YA Shot

Ask someone “How are you?”: a Blue Monday message

Even though it’s a horrible question for me to answer (because I don’t want to answer either way), I appreciate knowing that someone cares. Let me handle the awkwardness of the question – let’s end the stigma around mental health, a teen writes

Top 10 worriers in children’s literature

From Piglet and Little Mouse to Lola Rose, children’s books are full of worriers who face up to, and even overcome, their fears. Here are 10 of the best, from Wilf the Mighty Worrier author Georgia Pritchett

We need to talk about mental health without shame

Juno Dawson, the transgender author formerly known as James, shares a very personal story about her anxiety attack at Hay festival for the very first time, and explains why she wrote her new teen advice guide Mind your Head