PaperBound Magazine

💜🌟The CHANGES issue is officially out now!🌟💜 Look no further for your favourite author interviews, #bookrecommendations, writing and drawing tips, new content and illustrations - and loads more! Check it out TOTALLY FREE now👇 🌟 paperboundmag.com/issues

🌟 New Blog Post! 🌟 Author of The Wycherleys series, Annaliese Avery, explores the roots of modern fantasy. 📚✨️ Read it here: paperboundmag.com/2026/03/02/ann… @simonYAbooks

If you’d like to stay in the winter season just a little bit longer, check out our fascinating guest blog post with #GHOST author, Finbar Hawkins, where he shares his thoughts on ‘Why We Tell Our Darkest Stories in the Darkest Season’. ❄️🖤 Read it here: paperboundmag.com/2026/02/28/fin…

Check out our interview with @mlinton8 in our autumn/winter issue, where she chats about her book #TheBindingSpell 💚 Download the magazine free on our website: paperboundmag.com/issues #UKYA #AuthorInterview @chickenhsebooks

Would definitely recommend checking out this interview and the full issue @PaperboundMag

We chatted to author and illustrator, Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor, about their #GraphicNovel #EverythingAmplified 🧡 Read the whole interview free in our latest issue, available on our website paperboundmag.com/issues @cicadabooks

Looking for some writing or drawing tips? Check out @PoppyTPerry's article in our latest issue. 💖 Click the link in our bio to download the issue, completely free, or visit paperboundmag.com for more bookish content. #Illustration #KidLit #UKYA #DeadReal @foxandinkbooks

Here's another sneak peek inside our latest issue where Manjeet Mann chats to us about her YA verse novel #Roar 💜 Read the whole interview by downloading our autumn/winter issue free at paperboundmag.com/issues #UKYA #AuthorInterview @penguinplatform @PenguinUKBooks

We'll be sharing some sneak peeks from our autumn/winter interviews and articles over the next couple of weeks. First up is an article from #Gloam author @jamackay_ all about fear! Read more and visit paperboundmag.com/issues to download the latest issue now. @RocktheBoatNews

✨NEW BLOG POST🖤 YA author @SpareWriter shares invaluable advice on the writing process and her top tips for aspiring writers. Plus, find out how she wrote 'A Beautiful, Terrible Thing' - and its journey from first draft to publication! @DFB_storyhouse paperboundmag.com/2026/02/13/gue…

Catching up on some exciting #BookPost 📚 Look at these beauties! 💖 #BethIsDead @KatieBernet 💚 #AGirlsGuideToSpying -Holly Webb 🧡 #TheSeekerAndTheShade -Ellen Osborne 💙 #KingOfBeasts @doyle_cat @EMTeenFiction @guppybooks @LizScottPR @RocktheBoatNews @scholasticuk

The 2026 Henrietta Branford Competition is now open! This year’s competition theme is inspired by Margaret McDonald's novel, GLASGOW BOYS. Anyone under the age of 19 can enter. #writing Find out more: branfordboaseaward.org.uk/the-henrietta-…

Hope you're enjoying our #PaperBoundMag #SneakPeeks. More coming soon. In the meantime, here's the beautiful cover again - illustrated by the talented Stephanie Buosi 🧡💚 Follow the link in our bio to download your free copy. #KidLit #WritingTips #WritingMagazine

Here's another #SneakPeek inside the latest issue. This #Teaser from Graham Cawser's Vlad the Bad is also a little sneaky look inside his latest poetry collection Wizards, Witches & Magical Glitches. Read more at paperboundmag.com 📚🖤 #KidLit #Poetry #PaperBoundMag

Have you seen the longlist yet? 💛 Congratulations to the incredible authors and editors longlisted for the @BranfordBoase Award 2026! Just take a look at these phenomenal books to add to your TBR pile (if you haven't already!)😍📚

We’re delighted to share that Gloam has been longlisted for @BranfordBoase Award!! ✨✨ Huge congratulations to @jamackay_ and his editor Katie! 👏 Find out more about the longlist here ➡️ branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2026-longlist/

Congratulations to all the longlistees, and especially Becca Rogers and her first novel #TheGirlWithGills! We love the spirit of this award solely for debut authors & Becca was our debut of 2025. We’re excited, congratulations Becca!

We are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 #BranfordBoase Award, recognising the year's outstanding debut writers for children AND their editors 👏👏👏 Find out more about this year's longlist: branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2026-longlist/

Today's PaperBound #Teaser comes from this issue's winning submission - Masquerade by @GooseyGandering 🖤💛 Read the whole poem and more over at paperboundmag.com #PaperBoundMag #KidLit #Poetry #SneakPeek

Our next #teaser is from @words_outwest, and her beautiful poem What is a Flag 💚 Check out the whole poem and more in our latest issue, free at paperboundmag.com #KidLit #Poetry #PaperBoundMag #SneakPeek

Can you solve a riddle? Get your thinking caps on for our next #teaser. Read Mr Rebus by Erica Chester in our latest issue and see if you can solve the clever rebus riddles hidden along the way... Free to download at paperboundmag.com #RebusRiddles #Poetry #KidLit