Who’s Holly…?

Holly Jackson is an author who has written ‘A Good Girls Guide to Murder’, ‘Good Girl, Bad Blood’, ‘As Good as Dead’, ‘Five Survive’,’ Kill Joy’ and soon coming ‘The Reappearance of Rachel Price’. Her agency ‘RCW Literary Agency’ explained that Holly grew up in Buckinghamshire and started writing stories Continue Reading

The Reappearance of … Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson is releasing a new book ‘ The Reappearance Of Rachel Price’ which will be available to the public on the 2nd April 2024. Jackson wrote the bestselling series ‘A Good Girls Guide To Murder’ which has sold over 400 thousand copies on only the first book in the Continue Reading

‘Worlds Oldest Dog’ is a Guinness World Record holder

The world’s oldest dog, Bobi a Portuguese Mastiff, dies aged 31 ( 217 in dog years). Bobi’s whole life was a miracle when he and his 3 brothers were born his current owners could not afford to take care of them. The owners decided to sell all the puppies and Continue Reading

Wonka: Hit or miss?

Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming Wonka film starring Timothee Chalamet. Wonka is an upcoming musical fantasy film that is set to hit the cinemas on December 8th.  The film tells the origin story of Willy Wonka, the main character in Roald Dahl’s 1964 novel, Charlie and Continue Reading

The Hunger Games: The Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes!

The iconic dystopian trilogy, The Hunger Games, is a series of novels, focusing on a corrupt government. The wealthier region known as the Capitol, and the 12 Districts, picking 24 random children, (who they call tributes) to be put in an arena for a fight to the death. With a Continue Reading

Falling Hard For The Royal Guard

Today we interviewed Megan Clawson, the author of ‘Falling Hard for The Royal Guard’ who came to our school for an interview, sign books, autographs and the occasional selfie! Megan Clawson is an inspirational story writer and actor known for her new novel “Falling Hard For The Royal Guard”. She Continue Reading

Anime Cosplay

The word ‘Cosplay’ was created from the words “costume” and “playing” because people dress up for fun. Cosplaying is a popular hobby across the world. Cosplayers love dressing up as their favourite character and even acting out their personalities.  Anime is animated Japanese movies which most of the time contain Continue Reading

No Ballet Shoes in Syria

No Ballet Shoes in Syria is a captivating book that I definitely suggest you read. From the graphics to the blurb, everything is excellent. But have you even thought about how the book was written, or why? In the afterword section of the book, author Catheine Bruton, explains that she Continue Reading

YJA Live at the Newark Book Festival

Young journalists Ethan and Leon had exclusive access to this years Newark Book Festival. The first Newark Book Festival took place in July 2017 – a two-day event bringing authors, illustrators and readers together for a programme covering many writing genres with events for all ages to enjoy. This years Continue Reading