Middle Grade (9 to 12yo)

Dreadfully good new trailer for A Series of Unfortunate Events

Dear visitor. We regret to inform you that a new trailer has been released for Season 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events, and it's dreadfully good, if you like that sort of thing. Read More

Read Jim Smith’s amazekeel writing tips

Throughout November, we've been sharing writing tips from a selection of our amazing authors. To round off the month of brilliant advice, we have amazekeel tips from Jim Smith, author of the hilarious Barry Loser and Future Ratboy series. Read More

Author Katy Birchall’s Three Tips for Writing

As we enter the last week of NaNoWriMo, children's author Katy Birchall offers three all-important writing tips to help you reach your final goal. Read More

Writing tips from Katherine Woodfine

Children's author Katherine Woodfine offers her three most important tips for writers taking part in this year's NaNoWriMo. Read More

Barry Loser in the Tom Fletcher book club!

It's cheeky, it's fun, it's amazekeel - it's Barry Loser: I am Not a Loser by Jim Smith, the final book to be featured in the Tom Fletcher Book Club. Read More

Andy Stanton’s top 5 comedy writing tips

Have you ever wondered how to get ribs tickling and bellies shaking with laughter from your writing? Luckily for you, Mr Gum author Andy Stanton has shared his top 5 tips for comedy writers, as part of a series of features from Farshore authors for NaNoWriMo. Andy Stanton’s top 5… Read More

Mr Gum in the Tom Fletcher Book Club!

Children's author, singer-songwriter and vlogger Tom Fletcher has selected You're a Bad Man Mr Gum by Andy Stanton as one of the books in his book club. Read More

Penelope Lively’s advice for writers

To help inspire all the writers taking part in NaNoWriMo this November, a selection of Farshore authors share their writing tips. Today our exclusive writing advice comes from the esteemed, award-winning author Penelope Lively. Read More

Making a Sinclair’s Mysteries scrapbook

To celebrate the publication of The Midnight Peacock, the last in her popular The Sinclair's Mysteries series, author Katherine Woodfine has written a special feature on her creative process. Read More

Sarah Driver’s Advice for Budding Authors

Notes from a rookie author’s publishing journey Read More

The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris – Cover Reveal!

We are proud to reveal the incredible new cover for The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris, which will be released on 30 November 2017. Do you believe in magic? Carter doesn’t. He knows magic tricks are just that – tricks. And as a street magician he’s also pretty good… Read More

My favourite fantasy novels for children and young adults

I read widely as a child. I loved everything from quiet stories about friendship, schools or animals, to wild adventures, classics, ghost stories, circus stories, books about plants or human biology, encyclopaedias, fairy tales and stories spun with nonsensical, zany humour. But whenever I was asked to name my favourite… Read More