The Art of Faking It #3

12th May 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

It’s the last day of Ramadan and I come bearing good news . . . My novel, The Art of Faking It, is currently free for purchase as an ebook on Amazon! This free promotion ends on the 14th May at 23:59 so please get it before then! It’s a pretty amazing book, if i […]

Having Books As Friends Doesn’t Make You Weird

15th Jan 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Because books have the power to change your life, teach you lessons and inspire you [This is a snippet from my article for A Thousand Lives.] With your back against the plush chair and your legs crossed beneath you, the soft murmurs from the other students in the library, and a gentle noise in the […]

Jacqueline Wilson’s Impact and the Power of Representation

12th Jan 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Let’s talk about the legend that brought us, Tracy “bog off” Beaker and how readers remember her books [this is a snippet from my article on Medium for A Thousand Lives.]

The Book that Changed How I See Relationships

3rd Jan 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

[this is a synopsis from my article / review on Medium] Sometimes, we read books that end up changing us as people — how we think, feel or even behave. They impact the way we view the world around us and our relationships. These are the books that, in all the ways that count, matter […]

Revenge of the Sluts: on slut shaming, double standards and patriarchy

26th Nov 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

Thank you so much to Holley Corfield at Wattpad for sending me a copy of REVENGE OF THE SLUTS by Natalie Walton! This does not affect my review, nor rating of the book. Double standards are about to get singled out.

In Conversation with Tashie Bhuiyan

28th Oct 2020.Reading time 29 minutes.

I am so excited to post this interview with the lovely Tashie Bhuiyan. Her YA debut, COUNTING DOWN WITH YOU, releases in 2021, featuring a “Bangladeshi-Muslim teenager who navigates the difficulties of independence, family, and first love after being roped into a fake dating facade by a classmate”. I’m even more excited because Tashie herself […]

Interviewing Cathy Hopkins

20th Sep 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

I’m so excited to tell you all that I have had the pleasure of interviewing the previous reigning Queen of teen fiction, Cathy Hopkins. She’s been writing since 1986, and has published over 70 books. Cathy has always been one of my favourite YA writers, loving how unapologetically British and relatable, feisty and lovable her […]

All Your Perfects

5th Sep 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

TRIGGER WARNING: infertility, depression, cheating, mental health ALL YOUR PERFECTS by Colleen Hoover is another book my boyfriend gifted me. I finished reading it last night and cried. A lot. This book was so heartbreaking, devastating and life-changing in every meaningful, important way. Quinn and Graham’s perfect love is threatened by their imperfect marriage.

Diversity in Children’s Books & Why We Need to Do Better

26th Jun 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

[This article was first written for and published on The Opinion Panel.] As I was growing up, the children’s books I read mainly featured white, straight characters all of which could fit under the umbrella term of ‘white cishet’. They portrayed strong illusions of heteronormative (the suggestion or belief that only hetrosexual relationships are normal and that […]

Q&A With Deanna Cameron

3rd Jul 2019.Reading time 23 minutes.

Hey lovelies! I had the pleasure of interviewing Deanna Cameron, author of What Happened That Night. The book is out in September, being published by Wattpad Books. I reviewed it here.