SFX

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RELEASED OUT NOW! 496 pages | Paperback/ebook/audiobook Author Jordan Ifueko Publisher Hot Key Books This is Jordan Ifueko’s first novel, and it’s already evident that this young Nigerian-American author is going to be one hell of a force once she re

New Zealand Listener

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As a lifelong reader, I find it a big ask to make a list of books important to me. The “short” list inevitably devolves into pages. As a result, no such list is ever anything but a snapshot of my reading journey. Today’s snapshot begins with THE TIME

You South Africa

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FOR readers there’s a real poignancy to seeing The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley at the top of the SA fiction bestseller list because it’s the last book that will be released by the much-loved Northern Irish author. Riley’s family recently announce

NPR

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Lucy Maud Montgomery — creator of Anne of Green Gables — seems like the perfect subject for a work of young adult fiction. But Melanie Fishbane's Maud feels like a draft of a Montgomery story.

Simply Woman & Home

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Writing about relationships, bestselling novelist Sarah Morgan now has more than 80 contemporary romance novels to her name. Her latest, Family for Beginners (£7.99, HQ), focuses on second chances. Ideas often come to me at inconvenient moments. Fort

Woman & Home

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I was disappointed by the lack of diversity in your summer books special. Two of my favourite inspiring, fun and thought-provoking novels by contemporary writers are Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, and Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. S

Horticulture

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• Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson • Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson • Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert • The Very Hungry Caterpillar (and others) by Eric Carle • The Night Gardener by Terry and Eric Fan • The Secret Garden by F

WHO

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Because he lost his own father Joseph when he was just 11 years old, Bert was a devoted and involved father himself. Patti has spoken about raising their family. “We have two children and they both had a wonderful childhood,” she has said. ■

Literary Hub

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Often a measure of a novel’s success, in its depiction of a particular place, occurs when readers feel they know it, they recognize it, or, better yet, they want to visit. Such has been the case with the perennial favorite, Anne of Green Gables. Sinc

Woman & Home

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This is the book that made me a writer. I believe that, historically and racially, there’s a lot that’s not right with the book, but I remember as a 13-year-old reading it and thinking I could smell the leather burning. It was the first time I though

Chat

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The Britannia Bridge carries the A55 and a railway line over which strait? The number next to the clue tells you which line the answer’s in. We’ve put a section in to start you off! There may be two Across answers in one line. Down words fill themsel

Woman & Home

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Writing about relationships, bestselling novelist Sarah Morgan now has more than 80 contemporary romance novels to her name. Her latest, Family for Beginners (£7.99, HQ), focuses on second chances. Ideas often come to me at inconvenient moments. Fo

SFX

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RELEASED OUT NOW! 560 pages | Paperback/ebook/audiobook Author Ciannon Smart Publisher Hot Key Books Author Ciannon Smart has successfully soaked her Jamaican heritage into this debut novel, bathing her pages in the culture, patois and descriptions o

Mother & Baby India

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Making Pinterest-perfect food with smileys/animal shapes, to get the child excited about food is commendable, but it also is cruel expectation setting for oneself. Remember you have to fix four to five fresh meals a day for your toddler, day after da

that's life

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It’s often considered a childhood issue, but bed wetting can also be a problem for some teenagers and young adults. The good news is that help is at hand through the National Continence Helpline, a confidential service that provides advice and suppor

Literary Hub

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Every year, we ask The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Finalists to reminisce about the first book they fell in love with. This year, we asked Finalists to reflect not just on the first story that stole their heart, but the story that seeded cur

Mother & Baby India

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We’ve all scowled at those mums ticking off their tots at the mall but before you become a mum yourself, it’s easy to judge other people’s parenting skills. You may vow do things completely differently when your mummy moment comes but it’s more than

Woman

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As I turn the pages of the book, I love the expressions of my three sons, eight, six and four – lost in the magic of the tale. After years of missing out on bedtime stories, I relish this. What makes it even more special is that this book was written

Total Film

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How would you describe Tristan? Eccentric? You’re correct! It’s a very eccentric and solitary character and in a children’s film, villainy and antagonism are interesting forces to play with. I’ve been thinking that as a genre, children’s literature a

Sparkle Buds Magazine

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June is National Safety Month, is all about teaching children, and adults, how to be safe. The goal is to teach about how to avoid the leading causes of preventable injuries and death. Children often take the lessons home and remind their parents how

Scoop

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David is an Australian illustrator and storyboard artist. He creates award-winning science fiction adventure graphic novels for readers of all ages. www.scoopthemag.co.uk www.patreon.com/davidfollett INSTAGRAM: @davefollettdraws ■

SFX

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RELEASED 5 MARCH 288 pages | Hardback/ebook/audiobook Author Camilla Bruce Publisher Bantam Press How transparent do you like your metaphors? This sort-of-fantasy novel begins with a challenge: Cassandra Tipp, a famous and controversial author, has g

The Caravan

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In the 1970s, when the bazaars first came to Uttarakhand’s Munsyari village, people began to purchase grain instead of growing it. Barley, one of the crops native to the region, slowly diminished in quantity and purpose. Rekha Rautela, who wrote abou

NPR

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Bruce Handy's new book takes an emotional, intuitive look at the world of children's books, from Goodnight Moon to Charlotte's Web, which he calls "a mastery novel of ideas" about life and death.

New Idea

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Best & Less is encouraging children to explore their creativity by giving away free colouring books! There are great prizes up for grabs including a $10k Day Care/ Preschool Colour Makeover and Best & Less gift cards. Pick up a free Colour Me Happy!

Mother & Baby India

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When you are a parent, shopping evolves from being a leisure activity to one of necessity. And yet, all of it is not all that necessary. When we were expecting little S, I went all out to make sure I had ticked off everything on my “baby essentials”

New Zealand Listener

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The books that have most influenced me are those that have fully immersed me in another world, where the characters linger with me years later, or where the author has written something unique. One that achieved all these is Keri Hulme’s THE BONE PEO