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Horror

Laura Evans, author of Little Wild

Laura Evans: 'I wanted to write something with ritual and tradition woven through it'

In this interview Laura Evans, author of the debut gothic horror Little Wild, shares her advice for creating a believable magic system.

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Author Interviews

India Rose-Bower, author of We Call Them Witches

10th Feb 2026

India-Rose Bower: 'Horror is transformative, it is interested in the hidden and the daring'

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Author Interviews

Gabrielle Griffiths, author of Greater Sins

27th Mar 2025

Gabrielle Griffiths: 'I love testing a reader’s sympathies towards a character'

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Author Interviews

Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb

29th Jan 2025

Lucy Rose: 'Be vulnerable and write honestly about the things that scare you'

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Author Interviews

Breakthrough Writers' Programme

Stack of Halloween books on an orange chair with mini pumpkins

29th Oct 2024

11 hair-raising Halloween reads

Reading Recommendations

26th Oct 2023

10 bewitching reads for Halloween

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Reading Recommendations

28th Oct 2021

10 spooky reads for Halloween

Reading Recommendations

21st Oct 2021

Ally Wilkes: 'You want to be constantly tantalising your readers'

Author Interviews

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28th Jul 2020

Cynthia Murphy: 'I knew that I wanted to write something scary but also fun'

Author Interviews

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Children's Fiction

28th Nov 2019

Andrew Michael Hurley: 'Read widely, write every day and never feel that time spent doing either is wasted'

Author Interviews

31st Oct 2019

Frighteningly good books for Halloween

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