OcTBR Challenge

[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 authors launching books...

It's prize time!

Did you know that reading can physically change your brain for the better? Here's how...

We've had a lot of fun this month catching up on our reading and seeing so many of you do the same. Having the whole of October dedicated to chewing through ...

Hello, OcTBR challengers! We're so excited to be able to bring you this author interview with a wonderful writer, kick-ass artist, Lara Croft enthusiast, an...

“Sara, what advice can you give to a writer looking for an agent?” My answer is always the same and it’s these two things:

Yes, I can admit I received my first kiss in the main library located at 5201 Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, inside a study cubicle in

Children’s literary agent Joanna Moult knows a thing or two about books. Having worked for Hodder Children’s books, with writers like current Children’s Lau...

We knew it was going to be exciting to see what readers had in their TBR piles this month. But we couldn’t help thinking about the authors themselves. When t...

[Today's post is brought to you by the amazing co-founder of OcTBR - Kathryn Alton!] OK – so as the OcTBR Challenge kicks off in all its tantalising TBR glor...

[Today's guest post is about the very important topic of keeping your creative well topped up and how reading (and other things) can help. Huge thanks to won...

My free time has diminished to dangerous levels - resulting in a To Be Read pile of books that would be taller than me if I stacked them.

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