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Small Joys (2023)Elvin James Mensah"This heart-warming, witty, and moving debut is one of the most charming books you'll read this year. Exploring love, friendship, grief, and the bittersweet joy of being young, Small Joys is utterly beautiful." The Forgetting (2023)Hannah Beckerman"A tense, stylish thriller. Beautifully written and utterly compelling, with an important message at its heart. It's fantastic." No Accident (2022)Laura Bates"Laura Bates is one of the most important feminist voices we have and The Trial is engaging and clever, thought-provoking and thrilling. I inhaled it in one sitting." London, With Love (2022)Sarra Manning"Reading London, with Love reminded me why Sarra Manning is one of my favourite writers. It's wonderful - romantic, sexy, moving, and impossible to put down." Her Majesty's Royal Coven (2022)(HMRC, book 1)Juno Dawson"HMRC is such a joy to read - the world building is incredible, the writing sophisticated, and the exploration of gender and identity is done with nuance and care. Utterly compelling." Careering (2022)Daisy Buchanan"So perceptive and wise about the media, privilege, the differing but equally troubling pressures that women of all ages face, while still being moving, laugh out loud funny, and inspiring. I loved it." Magpie (2021)Elizabeth Day"Magpie is tightly plotted, crackling with an uneasy tension, and has an ingenious twist you won’t see coming. Stylish, sinister, and clever, this is a sublime thriller." Voyeur (2021)Francesca Reece"Unsettling, addictive, and razor-sharp, Francesca Reece is a devastatingly compelling new voice in literary fiction." Holding Her Breath (2021)Eimear Ryan"A beautiful coming-of-age story told with impressive skill and lightness of touch. It marks the arrival of an exciting new voice on the Irish literary scene, one whom I can't wait to hear more from. I absolutely loved it." Snowflake (2021)Louise Nealon"Snowflake is a beautiful novel; tender, laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply moving." The Rules of Revelation (2021)Lisa McInerney"THE RULES OF REVELATION is a perfect end to one of the best trilogies in modern Irish literature. McInerney's writing moves from the tragic to the hilarious with a dazzling deftness, examining a post-Crash Ireland - and its hypocrisy in how it shapes class, art, and feminism - with a gimlet eye. A triumph." House of Hollow (2021)Krystal Sutherland"This dark, deliciously twisted novel has everything you could hope for as a reader—a brilliant concept, glamorous characters with secrets to hide, immersive world-building, and some of the finest writing I’ve seen in YA fiction. I’ll put it like this—I am obsessed with House of Hollow." If I Disappear (2021)Eliza Jane Brazier"A fascinating, twisty, beautifully written tale with an unforgettable premise and an ending you won't see coming...a delight from start to finish." Girl A (2021)Abigail Dean"Girl A isn’t just an astonishingly accomplished debut novel, it’s a masterpiece." Olive (2020)Emma Gannon"Honest, relatable, and incredibly real, Olive is going to resonate with an entire generation of young women." Blood Moon (2020)Lucy Cuthew"Blood Moon is one of the best YA debuts I've read in years. Moving, compelling and bold, it filled me with such hope. It's a very special book." Scenes of a Graphic Nature (2020)Caroline O'Donoghue"With Scenes Of A Graphic Nature, Caroline O'Donoghue establishes herself as one of the most exciting young Irish writers on the literary scene. Her acerbic wit is matched by her sharp-eyed observations, resulting in a piece of fiction that is dark, gripping, and beautifully written." Queenie (2019)Candice Carty-Williams"Queenie has all the things you want in a debut novel—a startlingly fresh voice, characters you fall in love with from the very first page, and a joyous turn of phrase that makes this book almost impossible to put down. In turns hilariously funny and quietly devastating, Queenie is an important, timely story." The Hunting Party (2018)Lucy Foley"Gripping and exciting and wonderfully written, of course, with such incredible characters and a wonderful twist that I really didn’t see coming. I bloody loved it." The Fandom (2018)(Fandom, book 1)Anna Day"An ingenious idea, brilliantly realised. I cannot recommend THE FANDOM highly enough." I'll Eat When I'm Dead (2017)Barbara Bourland"I can't put I'll Eat When I'm Dead down, I LOVE it. Biting, funny, and brilliantly subversive; Bourland's debut is like The Devil Wears Prada meets American Psycho." Awards
| YA Book Prize Best Young Adult winner (2015) : Only Ever Yours | | YA Book Prize Best Young Adult nominee (2016) : Asking For It | | Michael L. Printz Award Best Book nominee (2017) : Asking For It | | YA Book Prize Best Young Adult nominee (2019) : The Surface Breaks: A Reimagining of The Little Mermaid |
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