Reviews elsewhere

Some recent bookish pieces:

an interview with the very cool and lovely Jacqueline Wilson about films, retellings, the Victorians, and social media
the best swoon-worthy but also real romances in YA novels (hint: we are so over love triangles and insta-love)
what booksellers and critics are saying about the importance of Philip Pullman’s work, with a new trilogy kicking off this autumn
the best children’s and YA titles of this month, ranging from books about dog-robots to ones about alcohol-abusing teenagers