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…ce is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a d… Continue reading

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WIN Daughter of Smoke and Bone!

…as to family. Raised half in our world, half in ‘Elsewhere’, she has never understood Brimstone’s dark work – buying teeth from hunters and murderers – nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn’t whole. Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sough… Continue reading

Meg Rosoff and Claire Armitstead

EVENT: Puffin Panel: Tales of the Unexpected

…ns which involved myself and another young ‘un (though I suspect she was older than I) talking about how the 70s setting of Naked affected our expectations of the 70s etc. At around 8pm, the discussion was called to a close, and there was more time for mingling and eating some lovely food as well as talking to the authors. I got my copy of iBoy signed as well as my proof of Naked. I even bought a finished copy of Naked to be signed because Kevin B… Continue reading

Winner of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone Giveaway

So, the tenth came and went on Monday, but I’ve only just got around to drawing the winner! And the winner of the gorgeous UK hardback copy of Daughter of Smoke and Bone is… Karen! Congratulations Karen! I’ll be sending you an email of this aswell, just to confirm it’s you as I’m not publicly announcing surnames. I’ll be sending you the package within a week- I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for all of you who participated! NOTE: The winner was chosen… Continue reading

Best of 2011

…s is a touching and profound exploration of friendship between a boy who becomes a British soldier and fights in Afghanistan and an extremist muslim. Alan Gibbons is so in touch with his characters it’s unbelievable, and the novel is stangely surreal as you read it: as if real life passes you buy as you delve within its pages.   Naked by Kevin Brooks Ok, ok, perhaps Naked is historical fiction. But it’s also one superb bildungsroman. Quite possibl… Continue reading

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Blog Tour: An Introduction to Mortal Chaos

…ave read as many books about it as I can get my hands on. I’m not saying I understand the deep physics behind it but I can get the broad points and that’s enough for me! Perhaps one moment when I really got hooked was when I made a film about avalanches. I discovered that an avalanche containing millions of tons of snow can be triggered by a single snow flake. That was an incredible thing to get my head around. Basically we are all connected. Chao… Continue reading

Julianna Baggott

Julianna Baggot, author of Pure, speaks to ThirstforFiction!

…ut in front of me, into the dark. T4F: You’ve written several adult novels under pen-names. Why do you use these pen-names? I’m prolific. The pen names allow me to keep writing and to move through genres and build audiences. T4F: Pure is your first Young Adult novel. Are there any things your consciously change in your writing to cater for younger audiences? Technically, it’s YA-adult crossover and went out to both adult and YA editors. In the end… Continue reading

EVENT: Puffin Live Untold Stories Panel

…t 30, although not by ‘much’… ; ) At least you weren’t totally on your own with the oldies. Very relieved to find myself mostly hidden behind a pile of books in the photo. I’d have crouched under the table if I’d known. Sarah Great write up Rhys & it was a fab event wasn’t it :o) All of the authors were so friendly & I really enjoyed meeting them… Continue reading