SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE WINNERS FOR 2022 INFORMATION BOOK AWARD

In partnership with their sponsors, Hachette Children’s Book Group (HCG), and Peters, who support the award, the School Library Association are pleased to announce the 2022 winners of their Information Book Award (IBA). Now in its twelfth year, the IBA aims to emphasise the importance of non-fiction by highlighting and celebrating the high standard of … Continue reading SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE WINNERS FOR 2022 INFORMATION BOOK AWARD

BBNYA Spotlight Tour – Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olsen

Publisher: Self-Published Length: 421 Pages Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy Age Category: Adult Date Published: 26 October 2021 Blurb Miss Mildred Percy inherits a dragon. Ah, but we’ve already got ahead of ourselves… Miss Mildred Percy is a spinster. She does not dance, she has long stopped dreaming, and she certainly does not have adventures. That is, … Continue reading BBNYA Spotlight Tour – Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olsen

BBNYA Spotlight Tour – The Gatekeeper of Pericael by Hayley Reese Chow

Publisher: Self-Published Length: 186 Pages Genre: Dark Fantasy Age Category: Upper Middle Grade Date Published: 6 April 2021 Blurb In Pericael, no one goes out after dark... Twelve-year-old Porter would much rather spend his weekends playing soccer than channeling spirits in the parallel universe of Pericael. Unfortunately for him, Porter's family has guarded the gate … Continue reading BBNYA Spotlight Tour – The Gatekeeper of Pericael by Hayley Reese Chow

BBNYA Spotlight Tour – The Iron Crown by L.L.Macrae

Publisher: Self-Published  Length: 568 Pages Genre: Epic Fantasy Adventure Age Category: Adult Date Published: 28 May 2021 Blurb Fenn’s first and only memory is finding himself in the middle of a forest, face to face with a dragon spirit mocking him, all knowledge gone apart from his own name. Lost and confused, his only hope … Continue reading BBNYA Spotlight Tour – The Iron Crown by L.L.Macrae

BBNYA Spotlight Tour – Emma and the Minotaur by Jon Herrera

Publisher: Self-Published Length: 207 Pages Genre: Fantasy Age Category: Middle Grade (Upper) Date Published: 8 April 2020 Blurb All stories are true. All legends are real. Emma Wilkins must face the monster in the woods for the fate of the world. Emma Wilkins is eleven years old and lives on Belle Street. Determined to help … Continue reading BBNYA Spotlight Tour – Emma and the Minotaur by Jon Herrera

BBNYA Spotlight Tour – Earthlings (The Beginning) by Ray Star

Publisher: Chronos Publishing Length: 364 Pages Genre: Fantasy Age Category: Young Adult Date Published: 12 August 2021 Blurb Peridot has lived a sheltered life, raised by an overprotective mother on a remote island, the ways of the world remain a mystery, until the arrival of a young boy Euan, and she finally learns the truth.  … Continue reading BBNYA Spotlight Tour – Earthlings (The Beginning) by Ray Star

BBNYA Spotlight Tour – The Unraveling of Luna Forester by Marisa Noelle

Publisher: Question Mark Press Length: 356 Pages Genre: Dark Fantasy, Psychological Horror Age Category: Young Adult Date Published: 9 December 2021 Blurb MATTHEW HAS ALWAYS PROTECTED LUNA’S SECRET. NOW HE MUST PROTECT HER LIFE. When his best friend Luna is found catatonic after a devastating house fire, Matthew begins to fall apart.  “Take care of … Continue reading BBNYA Spotlight Tour – The Unraveling of Luna Forester by Marisa Noelle

BBNYA Spotlight Tour – The Lucky Diamond by Valinora Troy

Publisher: Disresponsible Nodpots Publications Length: 308 Pages Genre: Children’s Fantasy Age Category: Middle Grade Date Published: 27 September 2021 Blurb “The whirlclouds erupted on all sides, buffeting the boat first one way and then the next, sending Alan sprawling from one side of the deck to the other. He couldn’t stay on his feet long … Continue reading BBNYA Spotlight Tour – The Lucky Diamond by Valinora Troy

BBNYA Spotlight Tour – Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows

Publisher: Self-Published Length: 447 Pages Genre: Urban Fantasy, Dark Fantasy Age Category: (Upper) Young Adult Date Published: 15 September 2021 Blurb In a world where magic has come roaring back from myth to reality, a snarky cat-eared thief touched by darkness falls into the care of a softhearted girl with the power to cleanse him—but … Continue reading BBNYA Spotlight Tour – Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows