This was initially a massive list of all the books I wanted to highlight but since I’m going back to my book blogging roots of primarily reading and review children’s books (with some speculative fiction thrown in for good measure) this list will now focus on upcoming books in those areas.
Eventually each listing will link to the author’s page/twitter/facebook and the publisher, but for the moment welcome to some upcoming books I’ve seen and been told about and am going to get.
This is also my wish list!
May 2023
- Dead Water – C A Fletcher – Orbit (25/05/23)
- Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver – Faber & Faber (25/05/23)
- The Kingdom Over the Sea – Zohra Nabi – S&S Children’s (25/05/23)
- More Peas Please! – Tom McLauchlin – Bloomsbury Children’s (25/05/23)
- Perilous Times – Thomas D Lee – Orbit (25/05/23)
- Wellington’s Big Day Out – Steve Small – S&S Children’s (25/05/23)
- Yellowface – Rebecca F Kuang – The Borough Press (25/05/23)
June 2023
- Blobfish – Olaf Falafal – Walker Books (01/06/23)
- City of Stolen Magic – Nazneen Ahmed Pathak – Puffin (01/06/23)
- Grandad’s Pride – Harry Woodgate – Andersen Press (01/06/23)
- Into the Wild – Thomas Docherty – OUP (01/06/23)
- Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Ruling the World – Louie Stowell – Walker Books (01/06/23)
- Welcome to Dead Town, Raven McKay – Eibhlis Carcione – Everything With Words (01/06/23)
- Bad Influence – Tamsin Winter – Usborne (08/06/23)
- The Devil’s Playground – Craig Russell – Constable (08/06/23)
- Fablehouse – Emma Norry – Bloomsbury Children’s (08/06/23)
- The Kingdom of Broken Magic – Christine Aziz – Everything With Words ()
- A Method, A Path – Rowan Evans – Bloomsbury (08/06/23)
- Orpheus Build a Girl – Heather Parry – Gallic Books (08/06/23)
- The Wall Between Us – Dan Smith – Chicken House (08/06/23)
- Wild, Wild Wood – Anna Kemp, illus. Natelle Quek – Puffin (08/06/23)
- Winter’s Gifts – Ben Aaronovitch – Orion (08/06/23)
- Yeseni and the Daughter of Peace – Solange Burrell – Unbound Firsts (08/06/23)
- Luna and the Sky Dragon – Bethan Woolbin – Two Hoots (15/06/23)
- You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight – Kalynn Bayron – Bloomsbury Children’s (20/06/23)
- The First Bright Things – J R Dawson – Tor (22/06/23)
- The Illusions – Liz Hyder – Manilla Press (22/06/23)
- Locks – Ashleigh Nugent – Picador (22/06/23)
- Ordinary Monsters – J M Miro – Bloomsbury Publishing (22/06/23)
- Scare Me – Teri Terry – Hodder’s Children (22/06/23)
- Gods of the Wyrdwood – R J Barker – Orbit (29/06/23)
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin – Vintage (29/06/23)
July 2023
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