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Doyle and Webber reign supreme as newest jewels in the crown for Electric Monkey

Bestselling authors, Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber, have joined forces to write an utterly compelling romantic fantasy about twin princesses separated at birth. Award-winning YA imprint Electric Monkey was crowned the victor after a major pre-empt secured Twin Crowns from the two stars of the children’s and YA book world, and soon-to-be… Read More

Electric Monkey pre-empts a collaboration from six of the biggest stars of YA fiction

Electric Monkey, the Nibbie-shortlisted YA imprint of Farshore, has made a lightning-strike pre-empt to acquire Blackout, the blockbuster commercial romance of the summer and collaboration between six bestselling and award-winning Black authors: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon. Liz Bankes, Fiction Editorial… Read More

K-pop Icon Jessica Jung Shines in YA Debut

Jessica Jung, former lead singer of superstar group Girl’s Generation, is set to bring the hyper-colourful, hyper-competitive world of K-pop to life in her sparkling YA debut, in collaboration with Glasstown Entertainment. Read More

Mystery Solved! – Good Girl, Bad Blood Reveal

If you've been keeping an eye on Electric Monkey's Twitter and Instagram accounts you will have noticed some mysterious activity going on this week. Read More

I Am Not A Number – Lisa Heathfield’s message to the reader

This month we celebrate the release of Lisa Heathfield's book, I Am Not A Number. If you've haven't heard what Lisa's fourth book is about, there is no better introduction that the author note from the pages of the book itself. Read More

Electric Monkey enrols in Chelsea High

Hot on the heels of her Romantic Novelist Association Awards shortlisting, Electric Monkey an imprint of Farshore has snapped up the rights for commercial women’s fiction bestseller, Jenny Oliver’s debut YA, Chelsea High. Read More

Exclusive interview with Villain author Michael Grant

To celebrate the publication of his new book Villain, internationally acclaimed author Michael Grant reads an extract from his gripping follow-up to Monster and the globally bestselling GONE series, and answers your questions about how he writes. Read More

A Girl Called Shameless – announcing the next novel by Laura Steven

We are thrilled to reveal the cover for A Girl Called Shameless, the sequel to Laura Steven’s explosive debut novel, The Exact Opposite of Okay. In this special feature you can also feast your eyes on an exclusive extract from the upcoming book! Read More

Top Tips for YALC

From 27-29 July, Electric Monkey will have a stand at YALC, the UK’s Young Adult Literature Convention, held within the London Film and Comic Con. Read More

Visit Electric Monkey and Holly Jackson at YALC 2018

This weekend (27-29 July) Farshore will have a jam-packed stand at YALC for our Electric Monkey books range. Read More

The Poet X – reading by author Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X is an astonishing NY Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Read More

Electric Monkey signs addictive crime thrillers from debut author Holly Jackson

One year on from HarperCollins UK's acquisition of Egmont Books (formerly Egmont UK Ltd) from the Danish media group, Egmont, we are delighted to announce our new identity: Farshore. Electric Monkey are delighted to announce a two-book deal from debut author Holly Jackson. Read More