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‘Moving and gripping’ environmental parable The Dark Wild – by son of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen author – is set in a future Britain where wildlife is almost extinct. Alison Flood reports
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This debut novel exposes truths about class, adolescence and womanhood as it stokes a sense of impending doom, writes Ann Friedman
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GrrlScientist: Our teen-aged hero, Itch, is back. This, the third book in a mystery-thriller trilogy, follows Itch’s continuing adventures as he and his friends try to outwit criminal masterminds who are desperately seeking radioactive chemical element 126 -- an element that still lurks out there. Somewhere.
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The author of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was also a poet and a travel writer. Celebrate his birthday by testing your knowledge of his life and work
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Andrew Brown: The brutal Treasure Island villain has a realistic charm and charisma that could have made him an all too plausible politician
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Do authors of YA novels glamorise crime, or help readers to avoid it? In the wake of the murder of teacher Ann Maguire, authors answer charges of glamorising violence
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I had to leave child protection, but I wanted to write about how hard it is