Tag: halloween reads

  • The Devouring Light is coming in 2025!

    It’s been a while since I’ve been able to do one of these book announcement posts, and I am over the moon to be sharing that my next YA horror novel titled The Devouring Light will be published by HarperCollins in 2025. This book is my scariest yet, but also my most fun … at…

  • 5 Random Questions with Kate Anderson, author of Here Lies Olive

    In September’s newsletter (catch up HERE if you did) I interviewed Kate Anderson about her creepy and mysterious new YA novel, Here Lies Olive. In it, Olive lives in a sinister town where death and the macabre are celebrated, but since a near-death experience left her with questions about what comes after, she’s had a…

  • ‘A Taste of Darkness’ is out today

    This YA anthology, curated by Amy McCaw and Maria Kuzniar and featuring stories by 13 young adult authors – including me! – has finally arrived, just in time for Halloween. Buy now I’m thrilled to have a story featured in this collection, and one inspired by a legend that’s very close to home for me.…

  • A Taste of Darkness comes out in one month!

    That’s right – it’s almost time for this stunningly chilling YA anthology to hit bookshelves in the UK when it releases 14th September, but there’s still time to preorder it if you’d like to make sure you’re one of the first to get your hands on it. If you’d like to preorder a copy (please…

  • Read, Scream, Repeat – Waterstones Special Edition!

    Read, Scream, Repeat – Waterstones Special Edition!

    Some exciting news landed today: Waterstones are doing a special edition of Read, Scream, Repeat – the spooky Middle Grade anthology I’ve contributed a story to – and it will have exclusive sprayed edges! Isn’t the design and the colour amazing? Perfect for Halloween, I reckon. There’s not long now until it comes out on…

  • READ, SCREAM, REPEAT book cover reveal

    In case you missed the announcement last week, Farshore Books have revealed the cover of the brand-new middle grade horror anthology they’re publishing this August, which is curated by MG horror queen Jennifer Killick (author of the Dread Wood and Crater Lake series) and features stories by a fantastic host of authors: Kirsty Applebaum, Rachel…

  • A Taste of Darkness – announcing a new YA horror anthology

    I always love reading short story anthologies. They’re perfect for just dipping into when you have a few spare minutes, and have introduced me to tons of new authors whose longer novels I then go on to read. Which leads me to my exciting news: I’m thrilled to have been asked to contribute a short…