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Kaleb the Brave by Adam McCoy

Adam McCoy’s brightly illustrated chapter book about a boy trying to conquer the fears of his overactive imagination has a positive message

A coming-of-age novel told by Jayne, a science lover whose life is transformed and how she uses her differing parents’ views to navigate it

Auriel Roe’s memoir is honest, warm and really, really funny with moments that will remain with me long after reading it

Helen G. Huntley’s book is ostensibly a ghost story with a touch of fairytale, a little romance, a soupçon of sauciness and a dash of tension

Moving between Massachusetts and the Caribbean, Jenny Bond’s novel is an enjoyable tale of the hope of young love, betrayal and pirates

Self-scrutiny and reconciliation is at the heart of this poetry collection as the author wrestles with the uncertainties that life offers.

A murder mystery, lightly told with the deft hand of Sydney Preston, which is big on character and well-plotted

Harris Kloe has written a tense short story to open his forthcoming collection with seams of horror and suspense

Norman Bacal has reimagined Shakespeare in a great thriller based on a dysfunctional family dynasty, set in the world of pharmaceuticals.

A tense well-plotted thriller about a mystery gang of terrorist assassins who seem to be randomly killing civilians and no-one knows why.