OcTBR Challenge

Hello again, dear readers. Six years! Yup, that's right. We started this way back in 2019 (which only feels like it was yesterday) and...

Hello, readers! Ahem. HAS IT REALLY BEEN FIVE YEARS? Goodness. I think I speak for all when I say we're glad the past year hasn't been on...

As our final guest post of this year, we're thrilled to have writer D.C. McNaughton here to give us a few tips for learning to read again...

Huge thanks to author Julie E. Czerneda for today's fab guest post, about reading when you're writing! Julie's standalone science...

Huge thanks to author Ada Hoffmann for today's guest post, which will likely strike a chord with many of us! Ada is the author of the...

We're delighted to bring you the first of our guest posts this month! Today, fantastic author Maggie Wells talks about how books are her...

Hey, you, reader of books! Can you believe this is the fourth year of the Challenge? Nope, us neither. The time has simply flown past,...

Another OcTBR Challenge is over, but we couldn't leave without one more little post, this time finding out what the Challenge experience...

Hello! We hope you're all having a happy October and enjoying the OcTBR Challenge so far. Life being what it is, this year has been a...

It's the last week of the OcTBR Challenge and the perfect time to gently encourage you to go review some of those books you've read....

Another fun recommendations post today. This one is all about those lazy Sunday mornings where you're snuggling under the covers with a...

This week's interview features another brilliant Angry Robot debut author, Ginger Smith, author of the absolutely fantastic sci-fi...

In this week's interview with a 2020 debut author, we are delighted to chat with the brilliant and lovely Andrea Stewart, author of the...

This month is all about keeping things light and fluffy. However, we wouldn't be doing our jobs properly if we didn't also throw a whole...

It's been a hell of a year. We know it's been tough for some to keep reading, with so much real-world stuff going on. We also know it's...

Wishing you all a very happy 1st October... or as we like to call it THE START OF THE OCTBR CHALLENGE! We've said previously you can be...

We're delighted that you're going to join us for the OcTBR Challenge...

Hello OcTBR Challengers! Normally reaching this time of year would be exciting for most of us. We'd be doing cartwheels and dressing up as

[Updated 23/3 with new rules!] With all the (very wise) social distancing going on at the moment, we can't help feeling for all those...

It's prize time!