Culhwch and Olwen by Catherine Fisher: an accessible retelling of Welsh folklore

Jun 18, 2024 | Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books

    Genre: Mythology, Retelling, Children’sDate Published: June 2024Rating: ★★★★ A mythical adventure of love and heroism. Culhwch falls madly in love with Olwen, the daughter of the malevolent giant Yspaddaden Penkawr. But Olwen’s father isn’t happy about the...

Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend by Lizzie Huxley-Jones: a diverse adventure rooted in Welsh mythology

May 30, 2023 | Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books

    Genre: MG FantasyDate Published: June 1, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ The lake has been calling to twelve-year-old Vivi Conway. On the day she and her Mams will move from Wales to London, she sneaks out to investigate what is calling her there. Instead of a quiet swim, she...

Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai: an excerpt from the tale inspired by Japanese legend

Mar 17, 2023 | Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books

Magical realism blends with Japanese myth and legend in an original story about grief, memory, time and an earthquake that shook a nation. There’s a catfish under the islands of Japan and when it rolls the land rises and falls. Sora hates the catfish whose...

The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho: contemporary verse inspired by ancient mythology

Oct 10, 2022 | Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books

  Genre: YA Verse, Contemporary, MythologyDate Published: October 6, 2022Rating: ★★★★ This story is about two boys, separated by centuries, parted by myth, divided by reality. Two boys hoping to be men. Two boys severed from their fathers. Two boys searching a maze of...

Something Certain, Maybe: Review & Q&A with Sara Barnard [Blog Tour]

Aug 15, 2022 | Author Interviews, Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books

Genre: YA Contemporary, LGBTQ+Date Published: July 7, 2022Rating: ★★★★★ A powerful novel about first love, friendships and embracing the uncertainty of an unknowable future, from Sara Barnard, winner of the YA Book Prize. Rosie is ready for her life to begin, because...

Queer Up by Alexis Caught: Look After Yourself with the Joy Diamond [Blog Tour]

Jan 25, 2022 | Blog Tours, Books, LGBTQ+

I’m excited to be on the blog tour for this wonderfully colourful, queer book today: Queer Up by Alexis Caught. The cover calls it an “uplifting guide to LGBTQ+ love, life and mental health,” and it’s everything teenage me needed. – Queer Up is...