Author opinion

It’s hard to believe that just 30 years ago teachers used to routinely hit children who got out of line. Author Jon Walter on what it was like to fear physical punishment at school when he was growing up

In the wake of the Brexit vote, children’s author Sita Brahmachari on the sustaining stories that will help young people find hope and strength in these unsettled times

Zana Fraillon wrote The Bone Sparrow, her book told through the eyes of a boy who has grown up in an immigration detention centre, for children because they are strong and courageous enough to question the truth behind the silences

The latest book from the bestselling author of Before I Die is a dense web of ‘unbecomings’, a story exploring the societal, familial and self-imposed limits placed on girls and young women, and the experience of living with dementia. Here she explains why she chose the title – what it means to lose yourself, and find yourself

Self confessed word nerd Hayley Long decided to take a big risk with her latest book Sophie Someone which is about someone so utterly freaked out that she just can’t put it into words