Gemma E McLaughlin

Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

GREEK mythology has long since captivated the minds of people, from scholars with a passion for classics or children picking up their first adaptation of these ideas by Rick Riordan after school.

IN recently reading and reviewing CG Moore’s Trigger, a dark novel about recovery from sexual assault as a young person, I was reminded of the powerful books in the form of poetry which made the style popular.

Shadow Fox by Carlie Sorosiak Published by Nosy Crow SOME authors can be recognised by their style of writing, by their fantastical world-building, or bright sense of humour.

RICK Riordan became a beloved writer of fiction, aimed at nine to 12-year-olds, with his series Percy Jackson And The Olympians.

NOVELS in verse take two forms – poetry and the novel – and draw them together. With each poem, a long-form story is advanced, with an engaging rhythm...

KAREN McCombie’s emotionally rich novel – continued by its sequel Little Bird Lands – introduces nine-to-12-year-old readers to large and often difficult themes by ensuring they are presented with a human and relatable twist.

THE worst and best aspects of the imagination are often those which seem unreachable. From the concepts of perfect peaceful futures to the weight of unfulfilled fear hanging over one’s head, which has characterised so much of horror, such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

WITH the holidays peacefully wrapping up, one might think of the origin of all the nostalgia and magic associated with the time by so many children.

IT’S the season of sitting down with leftover chocolates and a hot drink to watch romantic Christmas movies