Interviews

We Are Family, a beautiful collection of poems by Oli Sykes, is one of my standout books of 2024. It’s a moving, funny, and touching tribute to Oli’s father, and

Emily Ann Davison joins Ian Eagleton in The Reading Realm to talk about her magical new book THE BLUE UMBRELLA! Before we settle down in The Reading Realm to talk

Sarah Hagger-Holt’s beautiful, inclusive LGBTQ+ inclusive books are some of my favourite reads, so it’s a real honour to have her join me in The Reading Realm today to talk

I’m a HUGE fan of WIDER THAN THE SEA, so when the chance came to interview Serena Molloy about her beautiful new book THE TREE THAT SANG TO ME, I

Today Corrinne Averiss joins Ian Eagleton in The Reading realm to talk about her heart-warming new picture book A Home For A Stone, which is gorgeously illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw.

Today Kathryn Simmonds talks about her beautiful, bright new book BE MY SUNFLOWER, which is illustrated by Ros Beardshaw. Without giving too much away, can you tell us about your

A big, cheery hello to author Julian Gough who joins me today in The Reading Realm to talk about THIS LAKE IS FAKE, wittily and wonderfully illustrated by Jim Field!

It’s no secret that that I’m a HUGE fan of Paddy Donnelly, so I’m thrilled to welcome him into The Reading Realm today to talk to me about his brand

Laura Baker joins Ian Eagleton in The Reading Realm to talk about her fabulous new book ALL THE WONDERFUL WAYS TO READ, which is brightly and quirkily illustrated by Sandra

Today we welcome Clare Helen Welsh into The Reading Realm to talk to Ian Eagleton about her wonderfully riotous, animal-tastic story THERE’S A GORILLA AT THE DOOR, which is engagingly

For our first interview of 2024, I’m really pleased to welcome Kael Tudor into The Reading Realm to talk to me about his hilarious debut picture book ONE GOOSE, TWO

Matt Goodfellow joins Ian Eagleton in The Reading Realm today to discuss his moving, sensitive and compassionate new verse novel THE FINAL YEAR, which is beautifully illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton