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The Book of Doom is here!
Today in the UK it’s the book birthday for The Book of Doom by one of my absolute favourite authors, Barry Hutchison. Sadly we have to wait until 21 March to get it here in NZ, but it’s well worth the...
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Michael Grant’s Light Book Trailer
Light is one of my most anticipated books of 2013. It spells the end of Michael Grant’s brilliant Gone series. I have a copy sitting on my coffee table staring at me but I’m waiting until I can give...
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The Dark Book Trailer
A picture book written by Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Jon Klassen – what more could you ask for! It sounds wonderful. The Dark is released in New Zealand on March 26 by Hachette NZ.
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Official US book trailer for Michael Grant’s Light
This US book trailer for Michael Grant’s Light is quite different from the UK version but I think it’s great. Light is one of my Easter reads and it’s fantastic but very nerve-wracking. Light is the...
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Department 19: If you go down to the woods…
Tom Percival is the brilliant artist that creates the amazing Skulduggery Pleasant covers. He’s also an animator, and an author and illustrator of his own picture books. Tom created this very cool...
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The 5th Wave book trailer
There has certainly been a lot of hype around The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey. The teasers haven’t mentioned very much about what the story is about but it sounds intriguing. The 5th Wave is due out in...
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W.A.R.P.: The Reluctant Assassin book trailer
W.A.R.P. (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme) is Eoin Colfer’s new series. The Reluctant Assassin is the first book in the series and is released later this month by Penguin Books NZ. It sounds...
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The Watcher in the Shadows book trailer
The Watcher in the Shadows is the latest Young Adult book from one of my favourite authors, Carlos Ruiz Zafon. His books are eerie, atmospheric and mysterious and The Watcher in the Shadows has hooked...
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Boy Nobody book trailer
I’m really looking forward to reading this one. It looks like a great action-packed read. Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff is out now in NZ from Orchard Books.
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David Levithan and Andrea Cremer talk about Invisibility
This book sounds amazing and I’m a huge fan of David Levithan, so I will get this book the minute it’s released! Invisibility by David Levithan and Andrea Cremer is released in NZ by Penguin Books in...
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Silver book trailer
Who will turn silver next? When a boy is bitten by a strange silver beetle, he becomes the first victim of a mysterious infection. But this is no ordinary virus. It turns flesh into metal, and pupils...
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Monkey Wars book trailer – Choose your troop
When Rhesus monkeys are brutally massacred on the dusty streets of Kolkata by a troop of power-hungry Langur monkeys, Mico’s life is changed for ever. As he attempts to help the surviving Rhesus, he...
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Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman talks about Noble Conflict
Years after a violent war destroyed much of the world, Kaspar has grown up in a society based on peace and harmony. But beyond the city walls, a vicious band of rebels are plotting to tear this peace...
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Herve Tullet reads Help! We Need a Title
Help! We Need a Title is the latest book from Herve Tullet, the creator of innovative picture and board books, including Press Here. Help! We Need a Title is a very cool new picture book that would be...
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Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Book Trailer
It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman,...
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Allegiant Book Trailer
What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation – like a single choice – changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? The faction-based society...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 8: Hard Luck
Greg Heffley’s on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to...
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Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done book trailer
He doesn’t like to pull rank. To reveal that he’s this guy: Timmy Failure, founder, president and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, probably the country, perhaps the world. But he is. And...
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