Interviews

Katherine talks to the multi-talented Julie Mayhew - actress, writer of plays and short stories, and now novelist  - about her debut book for young adults, Red Ink

One of the most successful authors working today, Nicholas Sparks has our hearts and minds. With his tales of love, loss and redemption, he has seen many of his films adapted for film (including The Notebook starring Ryan Gosling). With Safe Haven about to come out, we spoke to Nicholas about his writing process, about adapting his work for film and how he manages to get through 100 books a year.

Katherine talks to critically-acclaimed young adult author Nick Lake about his latest book, Hostage Three

Annabel Pitcher was the overall winner of the 2013 Waterstones Children's Book Prize for her second novel, Ketchup Clouds. Here, she talks to Katherine about the challenges she faced when writing the book.

Author Eleanor Updale tells us about her latest book, The Last Minute

North Child is a beautifully-written fairy-tale for older readers, and one of our favourite books this month. We spoke to author Edith Pattou about where the idea for the story came from.

Author Hayley Long tells Katherine Woodfine about her Costa-shortlisted book What's Up with Jody Barton?, and why she wanted to write a book with a young gay protagonist

Katherine Woodfine talks to award-winning children's author Rebecca Stead about her latest novel, Liar and Spy

Ahead of our event with Sally Gardner for Dyslexia Awareness week, Alexandra Strick catches up with the award-winning author about her latest book Maggot Moon - and the impact of dyslexia on her work

Young adult author Libba Bray tells Katherine Woodfine about her latest novel The Diviners and why she wanted to write about New York City in the Roaring Twenties.