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Secrets and Sorcery: The Witch of Turlingham Academy by Ellie Boswell – review

HorseLover3000: 'It is a great and exciting book which I would recommend'

Adam Lancaster’s top 10 ‘library’ books

School librarian of the year, Adam Lancaster, picks his favourite books that are set in libraries or have set his library alight, from Harry Potter to the Wimpy Kid

To Be A Cat by Matt Haig – review

sapphirebooklover: 'It has action, drama, romance and adventure all stuffed inside it'

Lemony Snicket’s Who Could That Be At This Hour – watch the trailer

We think this trailer for the first book in a new series by Lemony Snicket, All the Wrong Questions, is very cool and really quite awesome - what do you think?

Your stories: Who to trust by ellathebookworm

Part two of the Who to Trust series by ellathebookworm is coming your way. Can Ralph escape and steal back the pyramid? Can you bear the suspense?

Philip Pullman: ‘one of the greatest storytellers of our time’

Site member vulpes spent an evening in the company of His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. Find out more

Moomins’ first adventure reaches UK

Written in 1945, The Moomins and the Great Flood is to be published in Britain this November

Raccoon Rampage: Hang out with the Hole-in-the Tree-Gang by Andrew Cope – review

Sylvanians: 'It was a great book because of the adventures the raccoons had'

Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie – review

Awesome-Charlie: 'I think this book has romance, loads of thrill and a tiny bit of comedy so you'll definitely LOVE IT!'

Tom Trueheart by Ian Beck – review

dax: 'The story has a brilliant ending. There should definitely be a sequel'

Spiderwick Chronicles: The Completely Fantastical Edition by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi – review

Hankenstein: 'A delight for anyone from 9-99 years of age, this book is a win in many ways'

Ruby Redfort: Take Your Last Breath by Lauren Child – review

HorseLover3000: 'I loved this book, it is a fantastic story which keeps you gripped throughout'

Percy Jackson and The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan – review

BookTrain125: 'It's a book that you can read over and over again'

Breathe by Cliff McNish – review

sapphirebooklover: 'a truly scary story, the most chilling ghost story I have ever read'

Quickfire interview: Eoin Colfer

The Artemis Fowl author shares his bookish secrets from his favourite place to read to his advice for aspiring writers

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