It was also a book that pushed back the boundaries of what is now considered literature "suitable" for young adults. All very different books that have something very much in common - they are all just a little bit special.Īnd then we have Margo Lanagan, the Australian author who first teamed up with DFB in 2009 to publish the Fantasy Award winning Tender Morsels, a re-imagining of the classic Grimm tale of Snow White and Rose-Red which was a big, dark, atmospheric tale about the fact that hell and heaven are other people. Over the last 5 years quality book after quality book has arrived: Eon by Alison Goodman, The Deserter by Peadar Ó Guilín, The Toymaker by Jeremy de Quidt, X-isle by Steve Augarde and Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman to name but a few. There are few sureties of quality in the literary world but when a review copy comes through bearing the names David Fickling Books and Margo Lanagan then I will happily admit that this is as close as it comes.ĭavid Fickling Books have a mission, and that is to choose the very best stories they can find for people to read.
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