What revealed the magic of books for me was The Wind in the Willows. When I was five, I contracted measles, which meant I had to spend my days in bed in a darkened room. My mother sat outside my bedro

It’s another classic from the much-loved Belfast writer/illustrator Jeffers, known for Lost and Found and The Way Back Home. This one is about a little girl, Bridget, who has a birthday. She would lik

This year marks the publication of my eighth novel, The Time Hop Coffee Shop. Eight feels like quite an impressive number, especially when there were times I thought I’d never get a book published. I

BESTSELLING AUTHOR GARETH RUBIN ON HIS WRITING INSPIRATIONS

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Bluemoose Books won this year’s Small Press Northern Publisher of the year award at the British Book Awards, and several of the company’s titles have won or been shortlisted for major literary awards,